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Publications

1. Full Papers
   1. Khalsa, S.J., Nativi, S., Geller, G. (2009). The GEOSS Interoperability Process Pilot Project (IP3). IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Special issue on data archiving and distribution, 47(1):80-91
   2. Eva Klien, Alessandro Annoni, Pier Giorgio Marchetti (2009): The GIGAS project – an action in support to GEOSS, INSPIRE, and GMES In: J. Hrebícek, J. Hradec, E. Pelikán, O. Mírovský, W. Pillmann, I.Holoubek, T. Bandholtz (eds.): Proceedings of TOWARDS eENVIRONMENT: Opportunities of SEIS and SISE: Integrating Environmental Knowledge in Europe.
   3. Marchetti, PG (2009). Exploiting Earth Observation Missions: Opportunities and Issues in Ground Segment Interfaces Harmonization. Book Chapter in: R. De Amicis, R. Stojanovic and G. Conti (eds): GeoSpatial Visual Analytics: Geographical Information Processing and Visual Analytics for Environmental Security, Part 3, p.141-153. Springer
      Available at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/l37870/?sortorder=asc&p_o=10
   4. Mazetti, P, et al. (2009). A Grid platform for the European Civil Protection e-Infrastructure: the Forest Fires use scenario. Journal of Earth Science Informatics 2(1-2): 53-62, DOI: 10.1007/s12145-009-0025-8.
      Available at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/qv2u214l4t182872/.
   5. Mazzetti, P.; Nativi, S., J. Caron (2009) RESTful Implementation of Geospatial Services. International Journal of Digital Earth, 2(1): 40-61
   6. Meissl, S. and Gerhard Triebnig (2010). Land Monitoring Network Services based on international geospatial standards: SOSI and geoland2/SDI Projects. International Journal of Digital Earth 3(1): 70 - 84.
   7. Nativi, S, P. Fox,(2010). Advocating for the use of informatics in the earth and Space Sciences, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 91(8): 75 - 76.
   8. Nativi, S., L. Bigagli, Discovery, Mediation, and Access Services for Earth Observation Data, Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal 2(4):233 - 240.
   9. Nativi, S. and B, Domenico (2009). Enabling interoperability for Digital Earth: Coverage access services, International Journal of Digital Earth, 2(1): 79-104
   10. Nativi,S., Mazzetti, P., Saarenmaa, H., Kerr, J., Ó Tuama, É (2009), Biodiversity and Climate Change Use Scenarios framework for the GEOSS Interoperability Pilot Process. Ecological Informatics, 4(1): 23-33
   11. Percivall, G. (2010). Web Services for the Global Earth Observing System of Systems. Book Chapter in: Dr. Peisheng Zhao and Dr. Liping Di (eds.). Geospatial Web Services: Advances in Information Interoperability.
       To be published by IGI Global
   12. Schade, S., Luraschi, G., de Longueville, B., Cox, S., Diaz, L. (2010). Citizens as sensors for Crisis Events: Sensor Web Enablement for Volunteered Geographic Information. Paper at the WebMGS 2010, Milan, Italy
   13. Schade, S. and Cox, S. (2010): Linked Data in SDI or How GML is not about Trees. Full paper at the AGILE Coference 2010, Guiramaes, Portugal.
   14. Usländer, T. (2009): Towards Interoperable Environmental Security Applications – The Role of Open Geospatial Service Platform. Book Chapter in: R. De Amicis, R. Stojanovic and G. Conti (eds): GeoSpatial Visual Analytics: Geographical Information Processing and Visual Analytics for Environmental Security, Part 1, p. 15-27. Springer
       Available at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/l37870/?sortorder=asc&p_o=0.
   15. Usländer, T. (2010). Service-oriented Design of Environmental Information Systems. PhD thesis of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Faculty of Computer Science, KIT Scientific Publishing. ISBN 978-3-86644-499-7.
       Available at: http://digbib.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/volltexte/1000016721
2. Abstracts
   1. Brauner, J., Bernard, L. & M. Müller (2010).  An Organisational Frame for Interoperability Testing in Spatial Data Infrastructures. Paper at the INSPIRE Conference 2010, Krakow, Poland.
      Available at: http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/events/conferences/inspire_2010/abstracts/69.doc.
   2. Bertrand F., Craglia M., Nativi S.(2010), EuroGEOSS: building inter-disciplinary interoperability for the global community, Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, Proceedings EGU General Assembly 2010
   3. Cauchy, A. and Giacobbo D. (2010). SAFER, the GIGAS Effect How INSPIRE, GMES and GEOSS are influencing EC projects Paper at the INSPIRE Conference 2010, Krakow, Poland.
      Available at: http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/events/conferences/inspire_2010/abstracts/152.doc.
   4. COMPTON Michael; NEUHAUS Holger; BERMUDEZ Luis; COX Simon (2010): An Ontology for Sensor Networks. Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, Proceedings EGU General Assembly 2010
      Available at: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/EGU2010-3817-1.pdf.
   5. Cox, S., Schade, S and Portele, P (2010): Linked Data in SDI. Paper at the INSPIRE Conference 2010, Krakow, Poland.
      Available at: http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/events/conferences/inspire_2010/abstracts/206.doc.
   6. Cox, S. (2010): The European Directive INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe) Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, Proceedings EGU General Assembly 2010
      Available at: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/EGU2010-15659.pdf.
   7. COX Simon (2010): An International Standard for Observation Data. Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, Proceedings EGU General Assembly 2010
      Available at: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/EGU2010-2077.pdf.
   8. Domenico B., Nativi S., Rew R.K (2010)., CF-netCDF Standardization, Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, Proceedings EGU General Assembly 2010
   9. DIVIACCO Paolo; COX Simon; Issues Related to Handling Exploration Seismic Data within the GeoSeas Project. Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, Proceedings EGU General Assembly 2010
      Available at: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/EGU2010-3351.pdf.
   10. Mazzetti P., Nativi S.(2010), A resource-oriented architecture for a GeospatialWeb, Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, Proceedings EGU General Assembly 2010
   11. MONTANARELLA Luca; WILSON Peter; COX Simon; MCBRATNEY Alex; AHAMED Sonya; MACMILLAN Bob; JACQUIER David; FORTNER Jim (2010).  Developing SoilML as a Global Standard for the Collation and Transfer of Soil Data and Information. Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, Proceedings EGU General Assembly 2010
       Available at: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/EGU2010-3180.pdf.
   12. Nativi S., GEO Standard and Interoperability Forum (SIF) European Team. Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, Proceedings EGU General Assembly 2010
   13. Nativi S., Santoro M.(2010), GEOSS AIP-2 Climate Change and Biodiversity Use Scenarios:Interoperability Infrastructures. Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, Proceedings EGU General Assembly 2010
   14. Percivall, G., Trakas, A. and S. Ramage (2010). OGC Contributions Toward Interoperability in GEOSS and INSPIRE. Paper at the INSPIRE Conference 2010, Krakow, Poland.
       Available at: http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/events/conferences/inspire_2010/abstracts/201.doc.
   15. Portele, C., Fierens, F. and Klien, E. (2010): Achieving interoperability of spatial data. Paper at the INSPIRE Conference 2010, Krakow, Poland
       Available at: http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/events/conferences/inspire_2010/abstracts/172.doc.
   16. Portele, C., Andrew Woolf, Simon Cox (2010). Data specifications for INSPIRE. Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, Proceedings EGU General Assembly 2010
       Available at: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/EGU2010-15290.pdf.
   17. TAYLOR Peter; WALKER Gavin; VALENTINE David; COX Simon (2010):  Harmonising Standards for Water Observations Data. Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, Proceedings EGU General Assembly 2010
       Available at: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/EGU2010-7680.pdf.
   18. VENTOURAS Spiros; LAWRENCE Bryan; WOOLF Andrew; COX Simon (2010):  MOLES Information Model. Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, Proceedings EGU General Assembly 2010
       Available at: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/EGU2010-5080.pdf.
   19. WOODCOCK Robert; SIMONS Bruce; DUCLAUX Guillaume; COX Simon;  AuScope's Use of Standards to Deliver Earth Resource Data. Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, Proceedings EGU General Assembly 2010
       Available at: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/EGU2010-1556-1.pdf.
   20. YU Jonathan; COX Simon; RATCLIFFE David (2010):  Use of Standard Vocabulary Services in Validation of Water Resources Data. Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, Proceedings EGU General Assembly 2010
       Available at: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/EGU2010-7577.pdf.
3. Edited Special Issues and Books
   1. Nativi, S. and G. Percivall (eds) (2010): Advances in Implementing Open Standards for Earth Sciences Interoperability. International Journal of Digital Earth 3(1)
      Available at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g921301945.
   2. Nativi, S (ed.) (2010): The Implementation of International Geospatial Standards for Earth and Space Sciences. International Journal of Digital Earth, In press, Taylor & Francis.
   3. Nativi, S (ed.) (2009). Towards Earth and Space Science Digital Infrastructures: Network, Computing and Data Services. International Journal of Digital Earth 2(1), 2009, Taylor & Francis.
4. Articles
   1. Klien, E., Portele, C. and Bernard, L. (2009): GIGAS verbindet. In: GISBusiness 04/2009.
   2. Percivall, G. (2010). Directing the Evolution of GEOSS Technical Architecture. IEEE Earthzine on December 8th, 2009.
      Available at: http://www.earthzine.org/2009/12/08/directing-the-evolution-of-geoss-technical-architecture/.
5. Standards
   1. Cox, S.J.D., 2010. Observations and Measurements – XML Implementation v2.0 OpenGIS® Implementation Standard, OGC document 10-025 (pending approval)
   2. Cox, S.J.D., 2010. OGC Naming Authority - Policies and Procedures v1.1, OGC document 09-046r2 http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=37800
   3. Cox, S.J.D., 2010. OGC Naming Authority - Name type specification - documents - Policies and Procedures v1.1, OGC document 09-047r2 http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=37801
   4. Cox, S.J.D., 2010. OGC Naming Authority - Name type specification – definitions - Policies and Procedures v1.1, OGC document 09-048r3 http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=37802
   5. Cox, S.J.D., 2010. OGC Naming Authority - Name type specification - specification elements - Policies and Procedures v2.0, OGC document 10-103 http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=39194&version=1
   6. Cox, S.J.D., 2010. Geographic Information – Observations and Measurements. ISO/DIS 19156, vii + 49pp http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=32574
6. Reports
   1. Cox, S.J.D. (2010) OGC Identifiers – the case for http URIs OpenGIS® Whitepaper. OGC document 10-124 http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=39331&version=1 (just approved for publication, so will be moved to a non-restricted URL).