1. CWE, EC – ESA joint activities on e-collaboration luigi.fusco@esa.int Joost.van.Bemmelen@esa.int Brussels, 13 April 2005 IST Call 5 Preparatory workshop on CWE

2. CWE, 13 April 2005, IST Call 5 Preparatory workshop on CWE EC-ESA framework agreement In force since mid 2004 aiming at the coherent development of an overall European Space Policy –Respond to demand for services and applications using space systems –supply of space systems and infrastructure necessary to meet that demand –A common basis for an efficient and mutually beneficial cooperation between the parties Special attention on –Galileo (European satellite-based position system –GMES – Global Monitoring for Environment and Security –… Key events –Earth Observation Summit (feb 2005) –European Space Councils …

3. CWE, 13 April 2005, IST Call 5 Preparatory workshop on CWE ESAs interest in CWE, Grid & e- collaboration for the Space Community Requirements Technologies Standards Domains Infrastructure(s) for CWE CWE Overview - 1 Communities -Earth Science, Astronomy -Space mission design & engineering -Industrial/Science developments -W3C -OGC -IETF -OASIS -etc Tools -Enabling technologies -Connectivity technologies -Collaboration technologies -data handling tools -open sources / legacy - web portals - Dispersed / Virtual - Science / Application / System … - Vertical Organisation - Distributed data sources / types - High-volume / real time - Multiple sensors - Integration with models

4. CWE, 13 April 2005, IST Call 5 Preparatory workshop on CWE CWE Overview - 2 Current Activities… and Ideas One stop shop for data - Future activities that build on transparent sharing of dispersed data and data products (discovery, browsing, retrieval, processing and display) Generalisation of Virtual Organisation Management Security issues (Authentication, Authorisation,Accounting, Encryption, Control) ICT technologies: DL, Semantic, Wireless & Sensor web, Grid & Web Services, workflow, video conferencing tools, etc. Grid on Demand Challenge communities: Earth Science, Environment, e-gov

5. CWE, 13 April 2005, IST Call 5 Preparatory workshop on CWE THE VOICE: e-collaboration THEmatic Vertical Organisations and Implementation of Collaborative Environments –Assessment of needs, technology capabilities and generation of prototypes for 4 communities –Generic and community specific collaboration services Open Agriculture Services (forest and vineyards) GMES Open Architecture for urban e-calibration – validation for the ozone community Integration of science and operational ocean community –Funded by ESA strategic actions –Based on industrial development

6. CWE, 13 April 2005, IST Call 5 Preparatory workshop on CWE e-collaboration at 3 levels: –Communication layer –Infrastructure for sharing of data/tools –Collaboration at application environment Based on Virtual Organisation for: –the e-science community –the value adding industry Technologies of interests: –The Internet and improved communication –Sensor Web, Wireless Technologies –Web-Services, Grid –Semantic Technologies and Ontologies –Workflow Management Technologies –Virtual Reality or Augmented Reality –Standards (OGC, W3C, …) e-collaboration in Earth Science

7. CWE, 13 April 2005, IST Call 5 Preparatory workshop on CWE Main Earth Science Community Service Requirements (low level) e-collaboration services analysis

8. CWE, 13 April 2005, IST Call 5 Preparatory workshop on CWE Generic collaboration services 1 Service NameToolsProvided as... Job ManagementLCG2.3.0 python command line (current) java api (not fully operational) Resource & Data Discovery Data Management VO ManagementVOMS java api (current) web service (next future) AuthN & AuthZMyProxy Contact ManagementVOMS java api E-mailSMTPweb service (current) Available java client (current) Workflow ManagementGridAssistweb service AuthN&AuthZ mappingMySQLjava api (current) web service (next future) Problem trackingBugzillaweb interface

9. CWE, 13 April 2005, IST Call 5 Preparatory workshop on CWE Service NameToolsProvided as... NotificationJMSweb service interface Publish & Subscribeapi File ArchiveBSCWweb interface Action Item trackingweb interface Generic collaboration services 2 Immediate consideration –We need flexible access to available/emerging technologies to satisfy user changing needs

10. CWE, 13 April 2005, IST Call 5 Preparatory workshop on CWE DIgital Library Infrastructure on Grid ENabled Technology 3 years FP6-IST project (started sept 04), 6.3 M funded Based on Grid and Digital Library Technologies Main objectives of the testbed: To provide dynamic e-Science virtual organisations (VOs) access to shared knowledge To allow e-Science VOs to collaborate in a secure, coordinated, dynamic and cost-effective way Two application scenarios ARTE – cultural heritage domain ImpECt Scenario - Implementation of Environmental Conventions with potential exploitation in Long Term Data Preservation

11. CWE, 13 April 2005, IST Call 5 Preparatory workshop on CWE Conclusions Collaborative Working Environment represents a key technology platform for Space related science and industrial applications –Integration of various emerging generic and specialised technologies –Practical response to Virtual (distributed) and Vertical (sectorial) communities needs Thank You!