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i. Abstract
This document describes a conceptual model, logical model, and GMLXML encoding rules for the exchange of groundwater data. In addition, this document provides
GMLXML encoding examples for guidance.
ii. Keywords
The following are keywords to be used by search engines and document catalogues. ogcdoc, OGC document, groundwater, hydrogeology, aquifer, water well, observation,
GroundwaterML, GWML2, well construction, UML, GML
iii. Preface
The primary goal of this document is to capture the semantics, schema, and encoding syntax of key groundwater data, in order to enable information systems to interoperate
with such data.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. The Open Geospatial Consortium shall not be held
responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Recipients of this document are requested to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent claims or other intellectual property rights of which they may be
aware that might be infringed by any implementation of the standard set forth in this document, and to provide supporting documentation.
iv. Submitting organizations
The following organizations submitted this Document to the Open Geospatial Consortium OGC:
Geological Survey of Canada GSC, Canada U.S. Geological Survey USGS, United States of America
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CSIRO, Australia
Bureau of Meteorology BOM, Australia Federation University Australia FedUni, Australia
Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières BRGM, France Geological Surveys of Germany GSG, Germany
Salzburg University U Salzburg, Austria
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The following organizations initiated the Groundwater Interoperability Experiment 2 in which this document was developed:
Geological Survey of Canada GSC, Canada U.S. Geological Survey USGS, United States of America
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CSIRO, Australia
Federation University Australia FedUni, Australia Bureau of Meteorology BOM, Australia
European Commission, Directorate General – Joint Research Centre JRC, European Union
Polish Association for Spatial Information Polish Geological Institute PGI, Poland
Geological Surveys of Germany GSG, Germany Salzburg University U Salzburg, Austria
Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières BRGM, France British Geological Survey BGS, U.K.
International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre IGRAC, UNESCO
v. Submitters