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TI: Evolution of SECAA's Services and Role to Support SEC Virtual Observatories and the Missions of LWS
AU: * McGuire, R E
EM: robert.e.mcguire@nasa.gov
AF: Code 630, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
AU: Candey, R M
EM: robert.m.candey@nasa.gov
AF: Code 630, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
AU: Chimiak, R A
EM: reine.a.chimiak@nasa.gov
AF: Code 580, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
AU: Fung, S F
EM: shing.f.fung@nasa.gov
AF: Code 630, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
AU: Green, J L
EM: james.l.green@nasa.gov
AF: Code 630, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
AU: Han, D B
EM: david.b.han@nasa.gov
AF: Code 580, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
AU: Harris, B T
EM: bernard.t.harris@nasa.gov
AF: Code 580, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
AU: Johnson, R C
EM: johnson@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: QSS, Code 630, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
AU: Kessel, R L
EM: ramona.l.kessel@nasa.gov
AF: Code 630, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
AU: Kovalick, T J
EM: kovalick@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: QSS, Code 630, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
AU: Leckner, H A
EM: leckner@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: QSS, Code 630, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
AB: The successful definition and implementation of a Virtual Observatory (VO) framework to be the future Sun-Earth Connection (SEC) / Solar-Terrestrial data environment will enable a distributed and modular implementation but nonetheless increasingly integrated and transparent data view by end users. All important SEC science data must be easily accessible and scientifically usable, both for specialized studies and across the boundaries of missions and traditional disciplines. The systematic long-term preservation, access and usability of data must be ensured. The SEC Active Archive (SECAA) center in the Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF), in close coordination with the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC), operates uniquely important multi-mission data services and active archiving activities. Services such as CDAWeb, SSCWeb, OMNIWeb, various FTP data access and display capabilities, and new interfaces to translation-software tools supporting the Common Data Format (CDF) must be extended to function within and actively support the VO framework for this SEC thrust to be ultimately successful. In this presentation, we will briefly review the importance of our existing unique capabilities, our understanding of the VO thrust in SEC and the role we see for multi-mission services of this nature within a VO paradigm and in support of future missions and programs such as Living With a Star (LWS). We will discuss the technical evolution of our present services towards full accessability and continuing growth in scope and functionality to the SEC community as webservices. We will lay out our long-term understanding and vision for our services and activities, including the role and importance of acquisition and other information services to the broad needs of future data management. We will define the issues and directions we now see as critical and approaches to meet these challenges.
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DE: 2199 General or miscellaneous
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MN: 2003 Fall Meeting