GeoSciML: Enabling the Exchange of Geological Map Data

Bruce Simons; Eric Boisvert; Boyan Brodaric; Simon Cox; Tim R. Duffy; Bruce R. Johnson; John L. Laxton; Steve Richard

doi:10.1071/ASEG2006ab162

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oa GeoSciML: Enabling the Exchange of Geological Map Data
Authors Bruce Simons^a, Eric Boisvert^b, Boyan Brodaric^c, Simon Cox^d, Tim R. Duffy^e, Bruce R. Johnson^f, John L. Laxton^g and Steve Richard^h
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^a GeoScience Victoria, GPO Box 4440 Melbourne, Victoria,, 3001, , Australia, [email protected] ^b Geological Survey of Canada, 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, G1K9A9 Canada [email protected] ^c Geological Survey of Canada, 615 Booth St, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0E9 Canada [email protected] ^d CSIRO Exploration & Mining ARRC,, PO Box 1130, Bentley WA, , 6102, , Australia, [email protected] ^e British Geological Survey Murchison House, , W Mains Rd Edinburgh, , EH9 3LA, UK, [email protected] ^f U.S. Geological Survey, 954 National Center Reston, VA 20192, , U.S.A., [email protected] ^g British Geological Survey Murchison House, , W Mains Rd Edinburgh, , EH9 3LA,, UK, [email protected] ^h Geological Survey of Arizona, 416 W. Congress St., #100 Tucson, , Arizona, , 85701, , USA, [email protected]
Publisher: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Source: ASEG Extended Abstracts, Volume 2006, Issue ASEG2006 - 18th Geophysical Conference, Dec 2006, p. 1 - 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2006ab162
- Published online: 01 Dec 2006

Abstract

The CGI data model working group have established an initial geology data model and XML based exchange language to accommodate geological map data, referred to as GeoSciML. The language is based on prior work carried out at North American, European and Australian geological survey and research organisations. Unified Modelling Language (UML) has been used as a design aid for capturing the geological concepts and their properties. The UML model has then been converted to the GML-conformant GeoSciML.

The design of GeoSCiML meets the short-term goal of accommodating the geoscience information presented on geological maps, as well as being fully extensible to include the full range of geological concepts covered by the geosciences. To demonstrate the ability of GeoSciML to deliver data via web feature services, a small subset has been selected as a testbed. This testbed will deliver lithostratigraphic units, boreholes, faults, contacts and compound materials from different national geological surveys.

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Article Type: Research Article

Keyword(s): data exchange; geology data modelling; GeoSciML; GML; Web Feature Services; XML

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