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2. Theoretical framework
2.1 Preamble
Kofi Annan, the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations and winner of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize, declared: "Information and knowledge are at the heart of democracy and the conditions for development .... Knowledge is power. Information is liberation. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family".
In a globalized world supported by information and communication technologies (ICT), the means of communication have considerably broadened our horizons, giving us access to an enormous and continuous flow of information that has a major influence on our society, our economy, and the way people live and work. Overall, ICTs have improved people's productivity, enabling individuals,...
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Bibliography
Software tools
Deegree http://www.deegree.org/
GeoNetwork http://geonetwork-opensource.org/
GeoServer http://www.geoserver.org
MapFish
Websites
Group on Earth Observations http://www.earthobservations.org
INSPIRE http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
SDI Cookbook http://www.gsdidocs.org/GSDIWiki/index.php/Main_Page
...Events
INSPIRE Conference, held every year in a different European city http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/501
GEO/GEOSS Plenary, held annually http://www.earthobservations.org/meetings.php
Standards and norms
- Geographic information – Metadata – Part 1: Fundamentals - ISO 19115-1 - 2004
- Geographic information – Metadata – XML schema implementation - ISO/TS 19139 - 2007
- ISO Geographic information – Services - ISO 19119 - 2005
- OGC Catalogue Service http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/cat - -
- OGC Geography Markup Language http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/gml - -
- OGC KML...
Regulations
Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of March 14, 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32007L0002
Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament...
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