1642-2511 Harmonization of Polish Natura2000 data sets with the protected sites data schema of inspire directive in the environment of Humboldt Alignment Editor (HALE) Harmonizacja polskich zbiorów danych Natura2000 ze schematem danych protected sites dyrektywy inspire w środowisku Humboldt Alignment Editor (HALE) Krawczyk Artur author Garguła Agnieszka author AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Faculty of Mining Surveying and Environmental Engineering AGH University of Science and Technology, Adama Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Polska Correspondence to: Artur Krawczyk artkraw@agh.edu.pl Correspondence to: Agnieszka Garguła 29 10 2018 Vol. 17 (2018) 2018 7 15 Copyright © 2018 2018 <p>The main purpose of this work is to test the process of harmonization of the national data schema of natural protected areas in the Natura2000 system in accordance with the European Protected Sites data framework developed under the INSPIRE directive. The analysis of the harmonization process was carried out using the open source Humboldt Alignment Editor (HALA) software and the open source QGIS application. As a result of the analysis, these elements of the Natura2000 data schema have been identifi ed which need to be supplemented as part of the shared data sets by the General Directorate for Environmental Protection. The final stage of the work was to formulate relevent conclusions and summarize the work.</p> 1 Andrzejewska M., Jała Z., Rusztecka M., 2011, Harmonisation of spatial data concerning a transboundary protected area on the example of two national parks: The polish karkonoski park narodowy and its czech counterpart, The Krkonoský Národní Park, within the framework of the project entitled Karkonosze in INSPIRE – Common GIS for nature protection. Roczniki Geomatyki, tom IX, z. 4(48). 2 Buśko M., 2017, Legal and technical aspects of harmonization of databases of buildings, Geoinformatica Polonica, vol. 16, p. 101–113. 3 Borzuchowski J, Olszar M., 2013, Data harmonization in the context of inspire directive. the hydrographic map of Poland at the scale of 1:10 000, Roczniki Geomatyki, Tom XI, z. 3(60). 4 Dyrektywa 2007/2/WE Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady z dnia 14 marca 2007 r. ustanawiająca Infrastrukturę Informacji Przestrzennej we Wspólnocie Europejskiej – INSPIRE, 2007. 5 Fichtinger A., Rix J., Schäffl er U., Michi I., Gone M., Reitz T., 2011, “Data Harmonisation Put into Practice by the HUMBOLDT Project”, International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research, Vol. 6, 234–260. 6 Garguła A., 2015, „Proces harmonizacji danych o terenach chronionych przyrodniczo zgodnie z dyrektywą INSPIRE”, Master Thesis, unpublished, AGH-UST WGGIŚ, Kraków. 7 Hintz D., 2012, Data Harmonization Principles and Development Approaches as Applied to INSPIRE SDIs Safe Software. 8 Kuczyńska J., 2009, Aspects of harmonization and integration of reference data in the process of developing SDI with application of MDA and SOA strategy, Roczniki Geomatyki, Tom VII, z. 4(34). 9 ProtectedSite “D2.8.I.9 Data Specifi cation on Protected Sites – Technical Guidelines” INSPIRE Thematic Working Group Protected Sites Ispra 2014. 10 Sikorska-Maykowska M., Olszewski R., 2005, The concept of harmonization of thematic databases of the head office of geodesy and cartography and polish geological institute based on a uniform reference data system, Roczniki Geomatyki, Tom III, z. 2.