MS25 Concept to integrate use cases based on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the Water Framework Directive

This milestone MS25 report of Biodiversity Meets Data (BMD) presents the conceptual and technical design for integrating use cases of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) as portable customized Biodiversity Analysis Tools (BATs) based on a common underlying infrastructure services platform. The platform provides the shared digital infrastructure supporting data access, analysis, and collaboration across disciplines, while BATs represent specific, purpose-built analytical workspaces, tailored to defined scientific or policy use cases related to the WFD and MSFD. Based on the EU Regulation 2000/60/EC (WFD) and the EU Regulation 2008/56/EC (MSFD), it focuses on key aspects (environmental status assessment, temporal trends) that can be addressed using spatiotemporal data and modelling.