WGISS A Way Forward

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WGISS - A Way Forward
WGISS 8 - Brighton May 12th - 14th
Peter Churchill WGISS Vice Chair
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WGISS - A Way Forward

• Presentation Objective
• to identify a way forward for WGISS for the next
  2 years
• on the basis of what has been achieved before
• on the basis of what is required of us by our
  primary customer base
• on the basis of a rapidly changing technical
  environment
• on the basis of a rapidly changing context for
  Earth observation
• Followed by discussion
• there will be a discussion period following the
  presentation
• there will be a separate agenda point on Thursday
  afternoon

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WGISS- The Basis

• When WGISS was formed a Plan was defined
• This defined a role to
• Stimulate.. the development of systems services
• Co-ordinate.. which manage supply the data
• Monitor.. information for space missions

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WGISS - The Basis

• In the Plan it is stated that WGISS should
  address the following concepts of DATA within
  Space Missions and FOR CEOS Members and
  Associates
• Capture
• Description
• Processing
• Access
• Retrieval
• Maintenance
• Exchange
• Enable utilisation of Earth Observation data

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WGISS - The Basis
and on this basis to undertakke the following
functions

• Harmonize issues on Data
• formats
• interoperability
• calibration
• Interoperability on Data Access
• data transfer
• catalogues
• Optimise use of Data Networks
• networking strategies and ideas
• .. And thereby enabling users to find, handle and
  access Earth Observation data

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WGISS - The Basis
CEOS Plenary
Level 1 Policy
WGISS Chair T. Moriyama P. Churchill (VC)
Level 2 Policy / Technical
User Vice Chair Mick Wilson
Strategy Task current Vice Chair
Data Subgroup Wyn Cudlip
Access Subgroup Ken MacDonald
Network Subgroup Dick DesJardins
WGISS Tasks
Level 1 Technical
Task Teams
Task Teams
Task Teams
Level 1 Technical
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WGISS - The Customer

• The primary customer of WGISS are the CEOS
  Agencies
• but CEOS agencies have their own customers
• and these vary from agency to agency
• commercial customers
• scientific customers
• governmental customers
• inter-governmental customers
• WGISSs aim must be to address our customers
  needs
• this requires careful thought

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CEOS Interactions with Users

• WGISS

• Scientific Driver

• IGOS

• CEOS Members

• Commercial Driver

• Service Provider

• User

CEOS

• Government Driver

• Commercial Systems

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WGISS - Achievements

• WGISS, with its predessor WGD, has achieved much,
  e.g.
• WGISS has succeeded to
• introduce the idea of catalogue interoperability
  amongst all Earth Observation catalogues and to
  define basic standards and tools therefore
• raise the concern in the harmonisation of
  standards in data formatting (old CEOS format)
• highlight and support the generation of global
  data sets
• kick-off improvements in network-connection
• to act as a forum for the exchange of views and
  information

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WGISS - New Drivers?

• CEOS, and its members / associates are evolving
• the requirements of the CEOS membership are
  diversifying and evolving
• new emphasis on user driven customer aspects,
  e.g. IGOS
• the importance of the associates is increasing
• requirement from Plenary for closer links between
  the agencies and the technical WGs
• individual agencies are developing their
  objectives
• Earth observation is evolving
• commercial systems are becoming / going to become
  more dominant
• these systems will, in many cases, be independent
  of CEOS members
• Earth observation is being seen as being part of
  a wider spatial / space information
  infrastructure
• EO is no longer seen, by many, as a special
  case

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WGISS - New Drivers?

• Other related fields are evolving
• the geographic information field is rapidly
  developing
• in terms of technology
• in terms of market
• EO is one form of geographic / spatial data
• the technology requirements of this field are
  often the same as for EO
• satcomms and satnav are increasingly being seen,
  with EO, as being part of an overall global
  information infrastructure
• Technology is evolving
• in the area of information technology, technology
  is very rapidly evolving
• new potential is becoming available all the time

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European Satellite Navigation Market Projections
Annual growth rates 40 p.a.
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Geographical Information (GI) Europe
European market growing at 14 p.a. (i.e.
doubling in 5 years)
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WGISS - Impact of the New Drivers?

• CEOS, and its members / associates are evolving
• need to keep close to the requirements of
  Plenary / our agencies
• need offer solutions to their problems
• need to ensure that WGISS technology /
  recommendations / standards are used / adopted
• need to convince our customer that our work is
  current and operational
• Earth observation is evolving
• need to ensure that we address the requirements
  of commercial systems
• need to respond flexibly and rapidly to their
  requirements
• need to ensure that WGISS technology /
  recommendations / standards are used / adopted
• need to address wider technology issues and place
  EO in a wider context

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WGISS - Impact of the New Drivers?

• Other related fields are evolving
• WGISS needs to be part of this overall evolution
• WGISS has developments to offer here
• Other related fields can help to drive WGISS
  developments
• GI is, e.g., actively working towards
  interoperability
• Satcomms offer new mechanisms for data transfer
• Technology is evolving
• we need to take account of the rapid evolution /
  revolution in technology development
• WGISS technical work must be seen to be current
• need to demonstrate to our customer that WGISS
  work is testing new areas of technology for
  future operational adoption

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New Drivers? Conclusions

• Focus on the right topics
• need a roadmap and a cook book to allow
  agencies to seek solutions
• need a roadmap and a cook book to ensure that
  weve covered all the bases
• Definition and harmonisation of standards
• need standards adoption to convince our agenices
• need standards to give us standing in other
  relevant worlds
• Evolve WGISS to fit evolving EO world
• must work with commercial entities
• Technology development
• must be current
• must be seen as a testing ground for our
  agencies
• Flexible and rapid response
• Structure of subgroups and task teams

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A Way Forward Road Map

• The Road Map analogy - providing a large scale
  view
• provides an overall view of WGISS and its
  customers
• provides an overall view of WGISS skills
• provides an overall view of WGISS
  products/standards
• provides a means to focus
• The Cookbook analogy - detailed view of
  sections of WGISS
• provides the customer with a means of
• identifying what WGISS can offer them
• putting together a complete solution - pick and
  mix components
• extracting the standards which meets their needs

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CCSDS Standards Reference Model
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Logical and Techncial Elements for an EO Ground
SegmentWGISS topics for Harmonisation/
Standardisation
Ground Segment
User Segment
Mission Control
MissionInterop.
TTC Interface
NR, QL and Off-line Processing
Catalog
UserInterface
Space Segment
Education, Training and Outreach
CatalogInterop
Metadata Generation
Archive Ingestion Interface
Global Data Inte- gration
Data Acquisition Interface
Data Capture
Archive
Station Data Storage
Data Interop
Data Formatting
DataDelivery
Global Network Connection
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Logical and Techncial Elements for an EO Ground
SegmentWGISS topics for Harmonisation/
StandardisationThe WGISS Portfolio
Ground Segment
User Segment
Command Control
TTC Interface
NR, QL and Off-line Processing
Space Segment
Station to Center I/F
Interoperability
Interoperability Layer
User Delivery Layer Interface
Education, Training and Outreach
Data and Metadata Repository
Station Data Capture and Metadata Generation
Global Data Inte- gration
Data Acquisition Interface
Formatting Layer
Data Capture
Global Network Connections
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Current WGISS Tasks Match with Technical Portfolio
Ground Segment
User Segment
Command Control
TTC Interface
NR, QL and Off-line Processing
Space Segment
Station to Center I/F
Interoperability
Interoperability Layer
User Delivery Layer Interface
Education, Training and Outreach
Data and Metadata Repository
Station Data Capture and Metadata Generation
Protocol TT
Global Data Inte- gration
Global Data TT
Data Acquisition Interface
Formatting Layer
Data Capture
Data Interop TT
Archive TT
Network SG
Global Network Connections
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A Way Forward Standards

• Define need for a new standard at WGISS level
• raised by SG, based on WGISS technical portfolio
• Establish Requirements Task Team
• technical experts (CEOS members/affil) advised
  by operators
• define what we need (in terms of functionality)
• Publish Requirements as Call for Proposal
• also open to industry but need to be primed by
  CEOS member
• existing solutions CEOS members teaming
  preferred
• Call open for 3-6 months
• Evaluation of proposals by Requirements Task Team
• Brings technical decision to the attention of
  WGISS
• Awarding of winner by simple majority vote by
  full CEOS members (or scheme where affiliates
  have also a vote)
• Implementation by winning team
• Have to invite others to participate

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A Way Forward Standards
Functional Flow for new Standards in WGISS
Requirements Task Team established just for this
job
Define Need for new Standard
Evaluate Proposals
Recommendations for Implementation
WGISS to Accept Need
New need
no
Accept Recommendations
redefine
Define Requirements for Standard
no
Endorse Implementation
Accept Requirements
redefine
no
Issue Call for Proposal
Task Team Level
Write Issue Proposals
Implement
WGISS Level
Implementation Level
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Implementation of standards in WGISS (example
CIP)
200A
200B
WGISS - n2
WGISS -n
WGISS - n1
Implementation
Writing Proposals
Establish Requirements
Presentation of established requirements.
Endorsemet byWGISS, Issue of Call for
proposals
Results of technical evaluation Recommendation
for Implementation
Special technical evaluation meeting
Need for new standard raised by Subgroup and
adopted by WGISS Craetion of requirements task
team
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A Way Forward Evolving EO World
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A Way Forward Technology Devt
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A Way Forward Flexible Response

• Actions
• are performed by one (or two actionees), have a
  clear result and shall be solved until the next
  meeting or within a definitive time
• Interest Group
• group of CEOS participants interested in the same
  topic primarily exchange of news and ideas
  possibly someone to moderate no special meetings
  apart from WGISS or Subgroup-Level sessions
• Task Team
• Project group of more than two CEOS members which
  actively contribute (incl. resources) to a common
  task with a definitive result in a definitive
  timeframe. Task Teams shall finish work after
  they have reached the result
• Subgroups
• collection of similar tasks coordination and
  moderation

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WGISS - The Way Forward
Defining a New WGISS Strategy
Produce draft Strategic Plan
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WGISS - The Way Forward
Conclusions

• Peter..