HR: 14:10h
AN: IN53C-03    [Abstracts]
TI: GroundWater Markup Language (GWML): Extending GeoSciML for Groundwater
AU: Boisvert, E
EM: eboisver@nrcan.gc.ca
AF: Geological Survey of Canada, 490 rue de la Couronne, Quebec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada
AU: * Brodaric, B
EM: brodaric@nrcan.gc.ca
AF: Geological Survey of Canada, 234 - 615 Booth St., Ottawa, ON K1A 0E9, Canada
AB: The emerging growth of OGC web services in the groundwater domain is likely to follow trends in other disciplines and result in a rich supply of groundwater data in heterogeneous and complex GML formats (Geography Markup Language), even within a single organization. The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) has developed the Groundwater Markup Language (GWML) to overcome barriers to the use of the data in such environments. GWML is a common format for exchanging groundwater data. It extends two advanced GML standards, GeoSciML and Observations & Measurements, by adding entities such as hydrogeologic units (e.g. aquifers), properties (e.g. storativity), water wells, and water budget entities. Due to this firm grounding in OGC standards, GWML can be used with several OGC services such as WFS, WMS, WCS, and SOS, to enable exchange of a wide spectrum of groundwater data. The design, development and intended use of GWML will be discussed, including its relation to the other GML standards and its role as an integral part of GSC's emerging groundwater information system.
DE: 0525 Data management
DE: 1880 Water management (6334)
DE: 1894 Instruments and techniques: modeling
SC: Earth and Space Science Informatics [IN]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting