GeoSciML

GO Publisher's unique schema translation capabilities make it the perfect solution to publish GeoSciML from an existing relational database model. The point and click user interface of GO Publisher Desktop enable mappings to GeoSciML to be set up in a matter of hours - without the need for complex scripting (such as XSLT) or bespoke software development.

Benefits of GO Publisher for GeoSciML

  • Utilise your existing investment in Oracle 9i, 10g or 11g Locator/Spatial technology to publisher GeoSciML
  • No need for data migration - generate GeoSciML from your existing relational database model.
  • Start publishing GeoSciML within hours using point and click functionality even for advanced mappings such a table joins and complex types
  • No need for complex scripting (such as XSLT) or software development
  • Create one mapping get three delivery options (Desktop, WFS & Agent)
  • Use Integrated Validation to ensure your data is well formed and validates to the GeoSciML schema

GeoSciML in GO Publisher

Mappings to GeoSciML in GO Publisher Desktop
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More Information

See our architecture diagrams of GO Publisher creating GeoSciML from an Oracle database supplied by British Geological Survey

See the video on Snowflake TV of GO Publisher mapping an existing Oracle database from British Geological Survey to GeoSciML and then deploying it as a OGC compliant WFS 1.1

Experiment with our demonstration web services of GO Publisher WFS supporting GeoSciML Test Bed 3 Use Cases

Used in conjunction with GO Loader, GO Loader and GO Publisher provide a proven platform for the exchange of GeoSciML

About GeoSciML

GeoSciML (GeoScience Markup Language) is a GML (Geography Markup Language) application language for geoscience. GeoSciML accommodates the short-term goal of representing geoscience information associated with geological maps and observations, as well as being extensible in the long-term to other geoscience data. It draws from many geoscience data model efforts, and from these establishes a common suite of feature types based on geological criteria (units, structures, fossils) or artefacts of geological investigations (specimens, sections, measurements). Supporting objects are also considered (timescale, lexicons, etc), so that they can be used as classifiers for the primary objects.

GeoSciML is based on W3C, OGC and ultimately ISO international standards for data exchange over the Internet and is being designed by the IUGS-CGI Interoperability Working Group, an international consortium of geological surveys around the world.

For further detailed information on the development of GeoSciML, see here.