[Seavox] Sea Area Thesaurus

[Michele FICHAUT]

Dear Roy,

Concerning SeaDataNet, here are some questions :
 - Is this change (C16 to C19) related to the new IHO policy which 
delegates to national representatives the naming
   of the local sea areas (still under discussion?)
 - Is the high level of C19 the same than C16 (is C16 included as a 
whole in C19)?
 - Will a mapping between C16 and C19 be provided?
 - Is a national language support planned (particularly for high 
resolution areas, Manche and English Channel for example)?
 - Is there a maximum length of the code, and the name?

If we adapt this list for SeaDatanet there are consequences on :
+ Mikado, NEMO, the XML schemas

Best regards

Michèle



Lowry, Roy K a écrit :
> Dear All,
>  
> Some life at last on planet SeaVoX!
>  
> The first stage of the Sea Area thesaurus project is now done with the 
> XML publication of an interlinked set of terms at 
> _http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/list/C191/current_. A formatted version 
> of the terms (but not their linkages) may be found as the C191 list at 
> http://seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_bodc_vocab/welcome.aspx
>  
> The next job is to obtain suitable public domain polygon co-ordinates 
> corresponding to the terms and arrange for them to be accessible via 
> WFS.  There are a number of potential data sources, including the 1953 
> S23 co-ordinates held at BODC, data served from the VLIZ gazetteer.  
> URLs to WFS-accessible polygons will be included as concept 
> definitions as they become available.  An interesting test of OGC 
> interoperability might be to have these served from multiple sources!
>  
> A meeting is planned at BODC around 14-15 May to identify additional 
> sources of high resolution data for the C19 regions in the vicinity of 
> the UK together with a set of finer-grained  sub-regions for UK waters 
> that would be added to the thesaurus.
>  
> One issue for SeaDataNet colleagues on the list to consider is whether 
> we should consider replacing C16 by C19.  If so, when and how?
>  
> Cheers, Roy.
>  
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