Article Formatting Requirements for
The International Journal of SDI Research
(Arial, 14 Point, Bold, Title Case and Centered)

Author Name1, Co-author(s) Name(s)2

1Author’s Affiliation and e-mail address

2Co-author’s Affiliation and e-mail address

(Arial 11pt centered, there should be a space (12pt) between the paper title and author name(s) and 1 blank line (8pt) after this list of authors. The institution(s) information follows without blank lines. Multiple author information should be formatted with superscripts identifying each author's institution affiliation.)

Abstract

Each paper should have a short abstract as the first paragraph followed by a list of keywords. These guidelines include descriptions of the fonts, spacing, and related information for producing your article. If in doubt, contact one of the Editors at the JRC.

Keywords: Workshop, proceedings, guidelines

SECTION TITLES (ARIAL, 11PT, BOLD AND LEFT ALIGNED, UPPERCASE WITH a space (12 pt) BETWEEN PRECEDING PARAGRAPH AND THE NEW TITLE, and a space (12 pt) after

Subsection Titles (Arial, 11pt, bold and left aligned and there should be a space (12pt) between preceding paragraph and the new sub title) and a space (6pt) after

Subsection Titles (Arial, 11pt, italic and left aligned and there should be a space (12pt) between preceding paragraph and the new subtitle and a space (3pt) after

Subsection Titles (Arial, 11pt, italic and left aligned, and there should be a space (12pt) between preceding paragraph and the new subtitle and a space (3pt) after

4th level subtitle: Normal, underlined text

Normal text should be Arial, 11pt. Please use single line spacing - do not double-space your paper.There should be no indentation at the beginning of the paragraph. Paragraphs should be justified to both margins (Top: 5cm, Bottom: 5cm, Left: 3.5cm, Right: 3.5cm). When setting margins, please use as default A4 sized paper (21x29.7 cms).

Please do not use footers or headers. Page numbers will be inserted when the paper is published. To help the editors, eliminate automatic cross-references in the final version of your paper. Ensure that all URLs are valid at the time of submitting the paper.

Footnotes: To help your readers, avoid using footnotes and include necessary peripheral observations in the text (within parentheses, if you prefer, as in this sentence). If a footnote is needed, place it at the bottom on the page on which it is referenced.

Section title

Subsection Title

Subsection Title

4th level subtitle

Caption and number every illustration, figure and table. The caption should appear in 10pt Arial Bold at the top of each figure. Illustrations, figures and tables and their captions should be centered.

Figure 1: Workshop Logo

Source: INSPIRE Data Specifications on Protected Sites

Table 1: INSPIRE Directive Annex Themes

Annex 1	Annex 2	Annex 3
Coordinate reference systems	Elevation	Statistical units
Geographical grid systems	Land cover	Buildings
Geographical names	Ortho-imagery	Soil
Administrative units	Geology	Land use
Addresses	Elevation	Human health and safety
Cadastral parcels	Utility and governmental services
Transport networks	Environmental monitoring facilities
Hydrography	Production and industrial facilities
Protected sites	Agricultural and aquaculture facilities
Population distribution – demography
…

Citations should be indicated in the text with the last name of the first author and year of publication (e.g. Riecken et al, 2003). List of citations must be separated by semicolon (e.g. Oeschger et al, 1975; Goudriaan and Kettner, 1984). References should be listed in alphabetical order and presented as shown in the example at the end of this document. Use Arial 11-pt, single-spaced, flush left, with 6pt spacing after each reference, first line hanging by 1.27 cm.

In text, tables and figures, use point as decimal separator, and a comma for thousand separator.

Bullet lists

First item;

Second item;

Third item

Numbered lists

First item

Second item

Third item

Numbered lists (letter)

First item

Second item

Third item

Although you do not need to submit your paper in hardcopy, please make sure that your paper file is printable and the printout looks fine, before you submit the file.

REFERENCES

All references should be in alphabetical order in one single list. Below are some examples of how to reference articles, reports, book chapters etc. Nevertheless, do not make separate lists for each type of resource, please. If in doubt, look at previously published articles (6 pt after each reference).

Examples:

(Peterson, 1997)

(Benediktsson and Kanellopoulos, 1999)

(Riecken et al., 2003)

An IJSDIR Citation Style Language (CSL) template has also been provided on the IJSDIR web site (http://ijsdir.jrc.ec.europa.eu/IJSDIR.csl ). CSL is a popular open XML-based language to describe the formatting of citations and bibliographies. More information can be found at http://CitationStyles.org.

Example how to reference:

Articles in journals:

Benediktsson J.A. and I. Kanellopoulos (1999). Classification of Multisource and Hyperspectral Data Based on Decision Fusion, IEEE Transactions on Geosciense and Remote Sensing, 37(3): 1367-1377.

Reports:

Craglia, M. and A. Annoni (2003). The Spatial Impact of European Union Policies, EUR 20121 EN, Ispra: European Communities.

Chapters in Edited Volumes:

Licklider, J.C.R. (1960). "Quasi–linear operator models in the study of manual tracking", in Duncan, R.L. (Ed.) Developments in Mathematical Psychology: Information, Learning, and Tracking. Glencoe, Ill.: Free Press, pp. 167–279.

Web-based articles:

Peterson R. E. (1997). Eight Internet Search Engines Compared, First Monday, 2(2) (February), at http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue2_2/peterson/, [accessed 14 December 2001].

Proceedings:

Riecken, J., L. Bernard, C. Portele and A. Remke (2003). “North-Rhine Westphalia: Building a Regional SDI in a Cross-Border Environment / Ad-Hoc Integration of SDIs: Lessons learnt”, Proceedings 9th EC-GI & GIS Workshop ESDI, June 25-27 2003, Coruña, Spain, pp. 13-56. Ispra: European Communities.

On line Proceedings:

Crompvoets, J. (2009). "Future of SDI-Performance Assessment", Proceedings GEOMATICA 2009, Worshop “Assessing SDI Impact on society”, February 9-13 2009, Havana, Cuba, at http://www.spatialist.be/download/2009_geomatica/20090213_JC_Impact_Geomatica.pdf, [accessed 10 October 2014].

Books:

Soille, P. (1999). Morphological Image Analysis - Principles and Applications, Berlin: Springer Verlag.

Standards:

OGC (2006). OGC, Web Map Service specifications, 1.3.0.

Web pages

AGIMO - Australian Government Information Management Office (2011). A Guide to Open Source Software for Australian Government Agencies, Version 2.0, at http://www.finance.gov.au/e-government/infrastructure/docs/AGuidetoOpenSourceSoftware.pdf [accessed 27 April 2012].

Thesis

Sebake, M.D. (2011). Assessing the motivators and barriers of interorganizational GIS data sharing for address data in South Africa, M IT mini-dissertation, University of Pretoria.

Example of Reference section:

Craglia, M. and M. Campagna (2009). Advanced Regional Spatial Data Infrastructures in Europe, EUR 23716 EN, Ispra: European Communities.

Craglia, M. and M. Campagna (2009). Advanced regional SDIs in Europe: comparative cost-benefit evaluation and impact assessment perspectives, International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research, 5: 145-167.

Crompvoets, J. (2009). "Future of SDI-Performance Assessment", Proceedings GEOMATICA 2009, Worshop “Assessing SDI Impact on society”, February 9-13 2009, Havana, Cuba, at http://www.spatialist.be/download/2009_geomatica/20090213_JC_Impact_Geomatica.pdf, [accessed 10 October 2014].

Riecken, J., L. Bernard, C. Portele and A. Remke (2003). “North-Rhine Westphalia: Building a Regional SDI in a Cross-Border Environment / Ad-Hoc Integration of SDIs: Lessons learnt”, Proceedings 9th EC-GI & GIS Workshop ESDI, June 25-27 2003, Coruña, Spain, pp. 13-56. Ispra: European Communities.

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