2012 SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 10 T. KLIMENT, M. TUCHYŇA, M. KLIMENT METHODOLOGY FOR CONFORMANCE TESTING OF SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENTS INCLUDING AN EXAMPLE OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN SLOVAKIA KEY WORDS • SDI, • INSPIRE, • conformance testing, • methodology, • design, • tools, • reporting ABSTRACT Before any spatial data infrastructure (SDI) is implemented as fully operational, many relevant testing procedures should take place. Such procedures should evaluate the compliancy level of particular SDI components against the relevant standards and implementing rules. Hence, they should ensure a high interoperability level. Many testing activities have already been performed within the implementation of the European SDI (INSPIRE – Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community). Nevertheless, a common and versatile testing methodology, which is possible to use at any level of SDI realization is still lacking. This paper proposes a conformance testing methodology for selected SDI components applicable via network services for the discovery, view and downloading of data. An example of such an implementation has taken place within an environmental SDI developed by the Slovak Environmental Agency. A testing report template summarizing the results of the tests is proposed to be considered as a common template on a national level to be used within the implementation of a National Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the Slovak Republic. Tomáš KLIMENT email: tomas.kliment@stuba.sk Research field: Discovery of the Geospatial Resources on the Web, Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) - Metadata, Geospatial Web Services, Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) Address: Department of Theoretical Geodesy, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 11, 813 68, Bratislava, Slovakia. Martin TUCHYŇA email: martin.tuchyna@sazp.sk Research field: Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) - Spatial Data Modelling, Data Quality, Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) - Data Specification Development and testing Address: Department of Information Systems, Slovak Environmental Agency in Banská Bystrica, Tajovského 28 , 975 90 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Marcel KLIMENT email: marcel.kliment@uniag.sk Research field: Digital Photogrammetry Applications for Spatial Data Capture, Surface Modelling, Remote Sensing Address: Department of Landscape Planning and Ground Design, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tulipánová 7, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia Vol. XX, 2012, No. 1, 10 – 20, DOI: 10.2478/v10189-012-0002-y Unauthenticated Download Date | 5/13/15 9:10 AM