HR: 15:10h
AN: IN43C-08    [Abstracts]
TI: Processes for Achieving Interoperability in GEOSS
AU: Thomas, D
EM: DThomas@wmo.int
AF: World Meteorological Organisation, Case postale No. 2300, Geneva, CH-1211, Switzerland
AU: Khalsa, S S
EM: sjsk@nsidc.org
AF: National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0449, United States
AU: * Nativi, S
EM: nativi@imaa.cnr.it
AF: Italian National Research Council, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, C.da S. Loja, Tito Scalo, I-85050, Italy
AU: Ahern, T
EM: tim@iris.washington.edu
AF: IRIS Data Management Center, 1408 NE 45th Street, Seattle, WA 98105, United States
AU: Shibasaki, R
EM: shiba@csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
AF: University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Tokyo, 277-8568, Japan
AB: GEOSS, the Global Earth Observing System of Systems, is being built from existing systems and initiatives, with an emphasis on the creation of synergies among GEOSS component that provide increased benefits to society. The goal is to leverage existing programs and established standards wherever possible, and to broaden convergence of systems based on agreed interoperability arrangements. This talk will describe the specific approaches that GEOSS has proposed for achieving interoperability among its component systems and will give an overview of the GEOSS Interoperability Process Pilot Project (IP3). The IP3 was conceived as a way to exercise the process that has been defined for reaching interoperability arrangements. We describe the phases and status of the IP3, which begins with identification of the system components, and the standards, interface protocols and interoperability agreements currently in use by these systems. This information is captured in web-accessible catalogs and registries that are part of the core GEOSS architecture. Four systems/disciplines were initially identified as sources for the pilot project, covering weather and climate, seismology, biodiversity, and water cycle. This selection was based on the desire to have participation from diverse disciplines and the commitments of representatives from the disciplines to actively support the process. Systems contributed to GEOSS are built to serve particular needs, but those systems should also be designed or adapted so their inputs and outputs support interoperability with other systems. Consequently, we focus on interoperability situations that are surfaced by actual requirements to interface with other GEOSS- affiliated systems through what are termed GEOSS interoperability arrangements. Use case scenarios were developed that required the exchange of data and information between the identified systems. In designing interfaces to support interoperability among two or more component systems of GEOSS, the objective is to deploy a solution that not only solves the interoperability requirement, but does so by taking full advantage of existing international standards. The IP3 has provided valuable practical experience which is helping to refine the process for reaching interoperability arrangements for GEOSS. This includes working with the nascent Standards and Interoperability Forum, the GEOSS mechanism for facilitating interoperability. This project is also contributing to the design of the GEOSS Standards and Interoperability Registry, which is the repository of information on the interoperability arrangements employed among GEOSS components, and has provided initial content for the GEOSS Components and Services Registers.
UR: http://www.ieee-earth.org/
DE: 9820 Techniques applicable in three or more fields
SC: Earth and Space Science Informatics [IN]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting