GeoSciML and GeoSciML-Portrayal

GeoSciML version 4.0 is released!

with updated cookbooks for creating web services

GeoSciML News Archive

GeoSciML - current version 4.0

GeoSciML version 4.0 is a data transfer standard for geological data - from basic map data up to complex relational geological databases.

• GeoSciML model
  • Documentation (HTML)
  • XML schemas and encoding examples(XSD, XML)
  • Enterprise Architect UML file (EAP)
• Guides for building GeoSciML web feature services
  • How To Serve a GeoSciML v4.0 Web Feature Service (WFS) Using GeoServer
  • GeoSciML v4.0 Encoding Cookbook for OneGeology and INSPIRE
• Reference database
  • An example database for mapping geological data to GeoSciML v3 web services

GeoSciML v4.0 will be submitted as an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) specification in 2016.

GeoSciML-Portrayal

GeoSciML-Portrayal is a now included as an application schema within the GeoSciML v 4.0 family. GeoSciML-Portrayal delivers a flat (denormalised) view of just a small core of the full GeoSciML model. It can be used to standardise delivery of geological map data via Web Map Services (WMS) and simple features Web Feature Services (WFS SF0).

• Guide for building GeoSciML-Portrayal (version 1) web services - © USGIN
• New v4 guide book coming soon!

Previous versions of GeoSciML and GeoSciML-Portrayal

1. GeoSciML
   • version 3.2 (2013)
   • version 3.1
   • version 3.0 (2012)
   • version 2.1
   • version 2.0 (2009)
   • version 1.1.1
   • version 1.1.0
   • version 1.0.0 (2005)
   • version 0.9.0
2. GeoSciML-Portrayal
   • version 2.0 (2013)
   • version 1.0 (2011)
3. Geologic Time
   • version 2.0 (2009)
4. Utilities
   • version 1.0
   • version 1.0 (2008)