[Geo4All] Workshop “Smart Data Loader and Templating for GeoServer”

[Marco Minghini]

 Dear friends and colleagues,

We would like to invite you to the free online workshop “*Smart Data Loader
and Templating for GeoServer
<https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/elise-european-location-interoperability-solutions-e-government/event/elise-workshop-smart-data-loader-and-templating-geoserver>”*
to be held on *February 11th at 14h00 CET (UTC+1)*. This workshop will be
given by colleagues from *GeoSolutions*, *DataCove e.U.* and *BRGM/ “INSIDE
– environmental information systems research center”* and is organized in
the context of the API4INSPIRE
<https://datacoveeu.github.io/API4INSPIRE/>study,
funded by the ELISE
<https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/elise-european-location-interoperability-solutions-e-government/glossary/term/european-location-interoperability-solutions-e-government>
action, that we are currently running at the Joint Research Centre (JRC).
The study investigates new developments in geospatial standards and
technologies that help serve geospatial (and particularly INSPIRE) data.
After a successful webinar on the OGC SensorThings API standard (info,
slides and recording available here
<https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/elise-european-location-interoperability-solutions-e-government/event/elise-workshop-sensorthings-api-brings-dynamic-data-inspire>),
this webinar will address the OGC API - Features standard.

The workshop will cover the new enhancements that have been implemented in
GeoServer <http://geoserver.org/> to empower even more the *publishing of
INSPIRE data sets through GeoServer OGC services, including the new OGC API
– Features*. We will also demonstrate the next generation of GeoServer data
mapping tools that offer an *What You See Is What You Get* (WYSIWYG)
approach.

Going into more details, the workshop will cover:

   - *Smart Data Loader*: In contrast to the existing GeoServer App Schema
   configuration, where in-depth knowledge of the target data model is
   essential for configuration, under Smart Data Loader the structure of the
   data to be exposed is dependent purely on the underlying data source; a
   schema is generated mimicking the native database structure, and the data
   exposed in accordance. During configuration, starting from an initial
   table, the user can interactively specify to which depth the associated
   data will be nested, pruning those aspects that need not be externalized.
   The output of this step is made available via OGC API – Features, to be
   further refined via Feature Templating.


   - *Feature Templating*: Feature templating makes it possible to align
   the output of the Smart Data Loader described above with the data models
   users are expecting. Here the choice is a WYSIWYG approach, allowing the
   user to start with the final target, e.g., a simple JSON example, and then
   specify where the data content is to be taken from, e.g., an existing
   endpoint configured either via Smart Data Loader or also via the more
   traditional App Schema. With this templating approach, it becomes very
   simple to provide different profiles on one data source, each tailored to
   the needs of a specific community. At present templates can be specified in
   GeoJSON and JSON-LD; future work will extend this to XML (GML) and HTML.

The official workshop page with* registration information is available here
<https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/elise-european-location-interoperability-solutions-e-government/event/elise-workshop-smart-data-loader-and-templating-geoserver>.*
Kind regards,
Marco Minghini - on behalf of the API4INSPIRE Team
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