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The principal topics of interest to the IHO that were discussed by the Committee were work on describing
an e-Navigation data architecture framework and the Association’s increasing interest in using IHO S-100
as the basis for its data modelling requirements. In this regard, the 10 th meeting of the e-Nav Committee
endorsed a proposal for an IALA delegation to hold a workshop at the IHB in March as part of
establishing the internal IALA procedures required to fulfil the obligations of a submitting organization
and a domain owner, as set out in IHO S-99 - Operational Procedures for the Organization and
Management of the S-100 Geospatial Information Registry. This workshop would also take advice from
IHB staff and begin investigations for using S-100 for an IALA Inter VTS (Vessel Traffic Service)
Exchange format (IVEF) and an Aids to Navigation metadata exchange standard.
IALA WORKSHOP ON GLOBAL SHARING OF
MARITIME DATA AND INFORMATION
Paris, France, 12-15 September
In September Captain WARD represented the IHO at a workshop on the global sharing of maritime data
and information organised by the International Association of Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse
Authorities (IALA). The workshop, attended by nearly 50 participants representing a wide range of
government authorities and service providers from both the government and private sector, was the first
meeting to be held in IALA’s new and refurbished headquarters in St-Germain-en-Laye.
The first part of the workshop enabled participants to present current developments in digital data services
in the maritime domain. Captain Ward described the extensive experience of the IHO and its Member
States in the delivery of digital data and information, including issues related to standards, copyright,
government policy and data security. The workshop concluded with the drafting of an IALA guideline on
the global sharing of maritime data and information.
INTERNATIONAL CARTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION
(Task 1.1.8)
MEETING OF THE ICA COMMISSION
ON GEOINFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES AND STANDARDS
Monaco, 27-29 June
The IHB hosted the 2011 meeting of the ICA Commission on Geoinformation Infrastructures and
Standards. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Antony COOPER (South Africa). The IHB was represented by
Ing. en chef Michel HUET and Capt. Alberto COSTA NEVES. Topics addressed by the meeting included:
Finalisation of a paper entitled "An initial formal model of a spatial data infrastructure from the
computational viewpoint", which will be submitted to the International Journal of Geographical
Science;
Extensive discussion on how the paper "Extending the formal model of a spatial data
infrastructure to include volunteered geographical information", could be taken further after its
initial presentation at the 2011 International Cartographic Conference held in Paris, France from
4 to 8 July.
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