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

2. 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.

3. N i n e S o c i e t a l B e n e f i t A r e a s
Water
Weather
Energy
Disasters
Health
Climate
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Ecosystems
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

4. Data and Service Catalogues
GCI: progress status
Main GEO
Web Site
Standards and
Interoperability Forum
GEOSS
Common
Infrastructure
GEO Web Portal ✓
Registries ✓
GEOSS
Component and
Service Registry
GEOSS
Clearinghouse ✓ ✓
GEOSS
Standards and
Interoperability
Registry
In 2008, ADC continuously focused its efforts to Design, Upgrade and Deploy the GEOSS Architecture
During 2008 several components became operational
During 2008 the Standards and Interoperability Forum (SIF) was set-up. This forum works with contributors in clarifying issues related to interoperability arrangements and addressing gaps in existing standards. For more active coordination globally, regional SIFs for America (north and south), Europe, Asia and Africa are being formed and have begun participating in the SIF process
In addition ADC has produced some relevant documents and guidelines to facilitate understanding of GEOSS architecture, registration of components and use of GEOSS services. ✓
Components operational now
Best Practices
Wiki
User Requirements
Registry
Registered Community Resources
Data and Service Catalogues
Services
Websites/
Portals (Components)

5. 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
Operational
Capability
User
Needs,
Scenarios
Design,
Develop,
Deploy
AR-07-02,
Architecture
Implementation
Pilot (AIP-I, -II)
AR-07-01,
GEOSS Common
Infrastructure (GCI)
support
persistent
implementation
requirements
SBA Tasks,
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
A Call for Participation (CFP) in the GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot, Phase 2 was announced by the GEO Secretariat on 30 June To date, 37 responses have been received.
The CFP remains open for the duration of AIP-2.
The KO was held in Boulder Colorado, USA, Sep Eighty five (85) persons attended the workshop over the two days.
The AIP-2 Development phase will be conducted in 9 wgs.
The 4 Community Working Groups will develop Scenarios that define the user objectives and the steps in the users decision process.
The 5 Transverse Technology Working Groups are developing Use Cases that define how GEOSS Interoperability Arrangements are used to support the steps in the user Scenarios.
AIP-2 plans to be completed in March 2009 with these results: 1) Demonstrations of the user scenarios; 2) Transition of select services to persistent operations, and 3) Select reports provided to the GEOSS Best Practices Registry.
AIP-2 CFP Responses (37 to date)
ACRF EuroCryoClim NASA World Wind
BKG GEONETCast NOAA/NASA GOES-R and GMU CSISS
Caribbean Flood Team GEO Grid NOAA IOOS
CIESIN GEO-Ukraine NOAA NCDC
CNES and ERDAS Giovanni NOAA SNAAP
Compusult ICAN Noblis
EPA AirNow ICT4EO Northrop Grumman
ERDAS Titan INCOSE Spot Image
ESA IP3 SURA/NIMSAT/GoMOOS
ESIP AQ Cluster ISPRA USGS
ESRI JAXA VIEWS
ESRI Canada Mines Paris Tech Washington University in St. Louis
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

6. 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.

7. How to develop the contribution of Europe to GEOSS and its GCI

8. GEOSS Common Infrastructure
Problems
Needs
Priorities

9. 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?

10. Your contribution to GEOSS
What contribution
What commitment to operations
Which barriers and which incentives

11. 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?

12. Issues and Questions
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?
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?
Problems
Needs
Priorities
What contribution
What commitment to operations
Which barriers and which incentives