Marine Strategy Framework Directive reporting resources Support files for the reporting on the 2018 update of articles 8, 9 & 10

Reporting tools:

SVN Repository

Link to the svn repository to access the code of the reporting tools (EIONET login required):

• SVN Repository

Access Database

This is the Access database you can use to report on MSFD:

• Access Database (Microsoft Access 2007)

Conversion tools

• Conversion tool from Access Database to XML

Web-forms

A web-form has been developed for each schema. The following document has been developed as guide for web-forms.

• MSFD Web Forms User Guide

The web-forms can be accessed at this url http://webforms.eionet.europa.eu/. You need to click on the 'Create new session file' button to start any questionnaire (see the image below).

Merge Tool

The web-forms platform allows us to merge two files, to improve this tool we have developed an external tool where you can select the schema to use and a folder where many XML files of a same schema are located giving as result anew file merging all the information. This tool has been tested in Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Download it in this link MSFD 2018 Merger Tool - Version 1.2.5, unzip it and double click in the setup.ex file to start the installation. If you find any error or want to give us some feedback to the helpdesk email.