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Reitz Thorsten

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Expert Information
Name: 
Reitz
Surname: 
Thorsten
Email: 
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Organisation: 
wetransform GmbH
Country: 
Germany
Expertise
Metadata: 
Implementation in the Member States, INSPIRE Technical Guidelines, Conformance testing, metadata standards (e.g. ISO 19115, Dublin core, W3C DCAT)
Metadata expertise: 
- Development of metadata generation and validation tools - Development of a formal Profile Management Tool for ISO 19115 metadata profiles which generates ETF testsuites - Supporting development of several profiles as well as translations of metadata standards
Network services and spatial data services: 
Conformance testing, Download Services, Service architecture, Transformation services, SCHEMA TRANSFORMATION SERVICES, Performance requirements, service monitoring, VIEW SERVICES, XML schemas, Web standards (e.g. XML, Atom, OpenSearch)
Networking Expertise: 
- Development and product management for a scalable, integrated INSPIRE Software as a Service Solution (hale connect) which currently operates more than 1.200 data sets - Development and provision of a coordinate and schema transformation service (part of hale connect) - Configuration of geoserver and deegree services - Configuration of INSPIRE compliant styling
INSPIRE applications and software components: 
Value-added services and applications
INSPIRE applications and software components Expertise: 
- Development of the Feature Explorer / Linked Maps framework for direct visualisation and analysis of complex spatial data models, e.g. for geohazard applications
Thematic knowledge related to one or more INSPIRE themes: 
Buildings
Thematic knowledge related to one or more INSPIRE themes Expertise: 
- Due to previous work in urban planning, CAD and BIM I have substantial experience with use cases and applications for the Buildigns theme. - In addition, I have harmonisation experience for 26 of the 34 themes
Communication: 
YES
Communication Expertise: 
- My company continoulsy communicates both the WHY and the HOW of INSPIRE. - I have also contributed to "official" outreach materials of INSPIRE, such as the video on INSPIRE extensions. - I have been a presenter at 8 INSPIRE conference with a total of more than 30 presentations and workshops. - At the INSPIRE Helsinki event, I have been invited to hold the keynote.
Cost-benefit considerations: 
YES
Cost-benefit considerations Expertise: 
- I have done detailed cost benefits analysis for our own business model - I have done detailed analysis on the costs of setting up and maintining network services, and have published articles and held presentations at GWF and INSPIRE on the topic.
Cross-cutting technical issues and INSPIRE architecture: 
Registers and registries, Conformance testing, Computing infrastructures
Cross-cutting technical issues and INSPIRE architecture Expertise: 
- Maintenance of the GDI-DE registry - Operation of an ETF instance and generation/edting of ETS - Operation of several clusters for INSPIRE network services
Interoperability of spatial data sets and services: 
Interoperability of spatial data sets and services INSPIRE Technical Guidelines: Data specification framework documents (D2.5, D2.6, D2.7, D2.9), INSPIRE Technical Guidelines: INSPIRE data specifications and base models (D2.8.x, D.2.10.x), Encoding standards (e.g. GML, RDF), Data transformation, ETL, Identifiers, URIs, Linked Data, Conformance testing, Abstract Test Suites
Interoperability Expertise: 
- Original developer of the hale studio ETL framework, which has been specifically designed to suport INSPIRE data specifications - Implemented hundreds of INSPIRE interoperable data sets in between 2011 and 2019 based on a wide range of themes and data sources - Editor of the GeoJSON Encoding Rule for INSPIRE - Editor of the "INSPIRE Extensions" methodology and registry - Developed best practices for IDs, Identifiers, InspireIds