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	  News in 2013
  |  LADM2013: 5th FIG International Land Administration Domain 
	Model WorkshopKuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24-25 September5th FIG International Land Administration Domain Model 
	Workshop - ReportThe 5th international edition of the Land Administration 
	Domain Model workshop series was successfully held from 24-25 September 2013 
	at the modernized Kuala Lumpur campus of the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 
	(UTM). The event coincided with ISG2013, the International Symposium and 
	Exhibition on Geoinformation. Additionally, a one-day 
				STDM training event preceded both events. Over 40 participants attended the workshop and a total of 25 
	peer reviewed papers were presented. Broad themes included: the industry 
	perspective on LADM; the linkage between LADM and information 
	infrastructures; refined LADM modeling (including legal package extension, 
	3D representations and formalizing LADM semantics; specific LADM country 
	profiles; and implementation aspects. The final discussion session 
	concluded: 
					
					The need for exploration of whether, and how, LADM can 
		contribute to the Post-2015 global development agenda, see:
					http://www.post2015hlp.org/featured/high-level-panel-releases-recommendations-for-worlds-next-development-agenda/
					
					LADM is capable of supporting the progressive 
		improvement of cadastres, including both the geographic and other 
		elements;
					LADM is capable of supporting fit-for-purpose cadastral 
		requirements;
					LADM can be integrated, and should be integrated, with 
		other geo-information standards (e.g. to link legal spaces to their 
		physical counter part represented in cityGML, landXML, BIM/IFC);
					LADM can potentially be used to support organizational 
		integration, for example, between often disparate land registry and 
		cadastral agencies;
					LADM can help to reconcile superfluous government 
		databases and reduce the large amount of data redundancy that currently 
		exists;
					LADM requires maintenance, otherwise, it will disappear. 
		This means the ‘use’ of the standard requires ongoing monitoring (i.e. 
		number of downloads from ISO);
					LADM code lists could provide the basis for establishing 
		a complete catalogue of global land-people relationships – if such a 
		database is deemed necessary (registries would be needed for managing 
		the content: code list values and their definitions);
					The LADM user community should make all efforts to 
		interact on an annual or biannual basis to further share and develop the 
		standard. This could be facilitated through utilization of FIG or World 
		Bank events through specific tracks – or potentially regional meetings;
					Whilst ISO maintains its own maintenance approach, 
		another form of governance structure – potentially included a reference 
		group – is needed to further progress the refinement and maintenance of 
		the standard (e.g. code lists, new items). In the proceedings, 
	the following countries are included (alphabetical): Australia, Bahrain, 
	Brazil, Cape Verde, China, Croatia, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, 
	Indonesia, Ireland, Kenya, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, 
	Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Turkey, and United States. This broad cross 
	section reveals growing recognition and influence for the standard. 
	Additionally, Kean Huat Soon’s (Singapore) paper on an approach for 
	representing actor roles in the land administration domain ontology was 
	awarded best paper by the organizing committee.  Follow-up activities for the workshop are likely to include: 
	1) selection and improvement of selected papers for inclusion in an LADM 
	Special Issue in a journal of international renown; 2) formalization of LADM 
	governance structures; and 3) the development of a LADM 2014 or 2015 
	workshop program.  
					
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						 LADM audience focussed
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						 Brent Jones presenting
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						 Chrit Lemmen presenting Honduras
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						 Mario Mađer presenting Croatia
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						 Traditional dance at the dinner
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						 Joao Paulo Hespanha and traditional dances.
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						 Chrit Lemmen and traditional dancers
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						 Traditional dancers group photo
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						 Traditional hunter
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						 ISC/LADM venue, UTM Kuala Lumpur.
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						 STDM partcipants
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						 STDM discussion
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						 Rohan Bennett leading STDM discussion
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						 STDM group picture Asian
 |  Peter van Oosterom (Delft University of Technology)Christiaan Lemmen (Kadaster/ITC Twente University)
 Rohan Bennett (ITC Twente University)
 
 October 2013
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