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Raymond, O.
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GeoSciML v3.0 (http://www.geosciml.org) is the latest version of the CGI-IUGS (http://www.cgi-iugs.org/) geoscience data interchange standard. It is a significant upgrade of GeoSciML v2, and has been adopted by major international data sharing initiatives, including OneGeology, the EU INSPIRE program, and the US Geoscience Information Network. GeoSciML v3 is being prepared as an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standard. GeoSciML v3 makes use of recently upgraded OGC and ISO standards, including GML v3.2, SWECommon v2.0, and O&M v2. The model has been refactored from a single application schema into a number of smaller, more manageable schema modules with individual namespaces (eg; GeologicUnit, EarthMaterial). As a result, GeoSciML v3 is not backwardly compatible with previous versions. GeoSciML v3 includes new models for geomorphological data, geological specimens, analytical metadata for geochemistry, geochronology, and better support for borehole and petrophysical data. Some previously used GeoSciML data types have been superseded in favour of data types provided by OGC's SWECommon and GML data standards. The new release includes best practice examples for delivering a range of geoscientific data types such as geological units, structures, and geochemistry. An exemplar database has been developed to assist with model testing and implementation. The GeoSciML v3 data model does not include vocabularies. However, it recommends a standard pattern to reference controlled vocabularies using HTTP-URIs. The international GeoSciML community has developed distributed RDF-based vocabularies that can be accessed by GeoSciML web services (see http://resource.geosciml.org/). Schematron validation is used to support a higher degree of semantic interoperability and accreditation of GeoSciML services.
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