GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI)

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GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI)

presented by Alessandro Annoni, JRC, ADC co-chair
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GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI)

• The Cape Town Declaration We commit to explore
  ways and means for the sustained operations of
  the shared architectural GEOSS components and
  related information infrastructure.
• An Initial Operating Capability (IOC) was
  declared in June 2008 for the GCI.
• GCI provides core capabilities that enable the
  GEO Members and Participating Organizations
  resources (systems, data and products) to be
  discovered, understood, and accessed by users and
  decision-support applications
• The GCI includes several core information
  registries, a common search facility known as
  Clearinghouse, and GEO Web Portals that provide
  a user interface to search and access all GEOSS
  resources.

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N i n e S o c i e t a l B e n e f i t A r e a
s

• Registries
• Services
• Standards
• Best Practices
• Requirements

GEOSS Common Infrastructure
Web Portal
Clearing- house
Applications
Services
Models
Metadata
Products
Data
E a r t h O b s e r v a t i o n s
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GCI progress status
Main GEO Web Site
GEOSS Common Infrastructure
?
Registries
?
GEOSS Component and Service Registry
?
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GEOSS Standards and Interoperability Registry
?
Components operational now
Best Practices Wiki
User Requirements Registry
Registered Community Resources
Websites/ Portals (Components)
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Architecture Implementation Pilot elaboration of
GEOSS architecture

• AIP Phase 2 Themes
• Augment the GEOSS Common Infrastructure
• Operational persistence
• Emphasize four communities of practices
  identified with UIC

Call For Participation (remains open) - released
in July - 37 responses - 85 persons at KO - 9 WG
established

• Community
• Disaster Response
• Climate Change and Biodiversity
• Renewable Energy
• Air Quality

• Transverse Technology
• Clearinghouse, Catalogues, Registries and
  Metadata
• Access Services products, sensors, models
• Workflow and Alerts
• Portals and Application Clients
• Others Test Facility for service registration

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GEO Executive Committee Convened IOC Task Force

• IOC Task Force was convened in July 2008 to
  report to the GEO Executive Committee (Ex Com) in
  support of GEOSS.
• IOC Task Force will assess and formalize the
  requirements of the GCI and to make
  recommendations to the Ex Com regarding
  operational and administrative issues related to
  a sustainable GCI.
• Ex Com approved the Task Force Members, its Terms
  of Reference (TOR) and Workplan
• Objectives of the TOR
• 1) to define and recommend a Concept of
  Operations plan for the GCI components.
• 2) to evaluate the existing GCI components and
  their sustained operation in light of known and
  emerging provider and user requirements,
  reliability, suitability, sustainability, and
  quality of service, and
• 3) to provide administrative recommendations
  regarding the sustainability of GCI operational
  solutions and related support.

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How to develop the contribution of Europe to
GEOSS and its GCI
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GEOSS Common Infrastructure

• Problems
• Needs
• Priorities

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Expectations you have from GEOSS

• What GEOSS is for you?
• How do you hope that GEOSS will facilitate your
  work?
• Which are the more important components?
• Is there a need for a GEOSS Common Infrastructure
  and if yes, which is its value?

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Your contribution to GEOSS

• What contribution
• What commitment to operations
• Which barriers and which incentives

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GEO 2010 ministerial

• what Europe is preparing to do or should do so
  that in 2-years time at the 2010 ministerial,
  there can be real progress demonstrated for the
  GEO?
• What can we offer?
• What should be done?

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Issues and Questions
What GEOSS is for you? How do you hope that GEOSS
will facilitate your work? Which are the more
important components? Is there a need for a GEOSS
Common Infrastructure and if yes, which is its
value?
what Europe is preparing to do or should do so
that in 2-years time at the 2010 ministerial ?
Is there a real progress to be demonstrated for
the GEO? What can we offer? What should be done?
Problems Needs Priorities
What contribution What commitment to
operations Which barriers and which incentives