Geological Knowledge Entry

Description

OneGeology is the global accelerator to enable access, usability and availability of trusted geoscience data, for the benefit of society. OneGeology is an international initiative of the world's geological surveys and other international and regional geoscience organisations. Its aim is to provide access to global geoscience data via web services underpinned by commonly used geodata standards. OneGeology promotes exchange of know-how and skills enabling all potential users to participate. The OneGeology project is a coordinating activity that enables a community of geoscience organisations to share their geoscience data via web services. The services are showcased through a portal, and discoverable through a catalogue (also a service) but the services themselves are useable through any client that supports the services standards. The intention of the portal is to show that, through using common standards and protocols, data can be shared and work interoperably, independent of platform.