Presentations from the JTC2 workshop on "Geo-Engineering Data:
Representation and Standardisation" held on 9th September 2006 are now
available on the JTC2 website: http://www.dur.ac.uk/geo-engineering/jtc2
(Click on the "JTC2 Workshop September 2006 Presentations" link on the left
side).

JTC2 is the Joint Technical Committee on "Representation of Geo-Engineering
Data in Electronic Form" of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering, International Association for Engineering Geology
and the Environment and International Society for Rock Mechanics.

The next JTC2 event will be held at the 11th Congress of the International
Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM). This will be a specialised session on
"Rock Mechanics Data: Representation and Standardisation". If you would be
interested in contributing to that event please contact David Toll (Email:
[log in to unmask]).

The presentations from the September 2006 workshop include:

Geo-Engineering Data: Representation and Standardisation
David Toll (Durham University, UK) (Chair JTC2) 

Combining the Power of AGS and XML
Steve Walthall (Bechtel, UK)

GEF and data standardisation in physical modelling
Paul Schaminée and Henk den Adel (Geodelft, The Netherlands)

Extended AGS format for road and highways investigations 
Phil Wade (Datgel, Australia)

Representing Desk Study Data in the Context of GML
John Martin (University of Plymouth, UK)

Implementing XML for geotechnical databases 
Salvatore Caronna (gInt, USA)

A Geotechnical Virtual Data Centre for California and Establishing
Connectivity between the COSMOS Strong Motion VDC and Geotechnical VDC
Salvatore Caronna (gInt, USA) 

eEarth: Multilingual Access to the European Borehole Geo-Data 
Ger de Lange (TNO, The Netherlands)

GeoSciML2: Developing XML standards for Geology
James Passmore (British Geological Survey, UK

3D Geology Modelling and Virtual Reality Management Information Systems
(VRMIS) Application in China
Da’an Liu (Institute of Geology and Geophysics, P.R. China) 

The DIGGS Standard and Piling 
Marc Hoit (University of Florida, USA)

TUNCONSTRUCT: Technology Innovation in Underground Construction
Klaus Chmelina (Geodata, Austria)

Digital Tunnelling
Hehua Zhu and Xiaojun Li (Tongji University, P.R. China)

Geotechnical Data for Transportation Infrastructure 
Tim Spink (Mott Macdonald, UK)


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Dr David Toll
School of Engineering
Durham University
Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
Tel: (+44/0) 191 334 2388 Fax: (+44/0) 191 334 2390
Email: [log in to unmask] WWW: http://www.dur.ac.uk/d.g.toll

** I am currently on research leave and my address is:
Department of Civil Engineering
National University of Singapore
Engineering Drive 2
Singapore 117576
Office phone: +65 6516 8798