1. Presentation to GEO ADC Brazil March 2011

2. The Challenge Information systems need to provide simple access to multi-scale, multi-discipline data sets and derived information for decision makers Nature doesn’t recognize forests, fauna, water and fire as separate domains

3. Challenges to fill the gap existing (autonomous) capacities Build on existing (autonomous) capacities system of systems – Implement a “system of systems” – Build on existing and future information systems – Supplementing but not supplanting systems mandates and governance arrangements Low Entry Barrier Assure a Low Entry Barrier for Users and Resource Providers – Mediate (standard and non-standard capacities) – Interconnect (capacities) and Adapt existing capacities Semantic Interoperability – Implement Semantic Interoperability – Avoid tight coupling http://nsidc.org/data/sage/ The Services for Analysis of the Greenland Environment (SAGE) is a tool designed to help scientists access, integrate, and analyze data related to the history and status of Greenland's ice sheet in real time using timeseries, scatterplot, histogram, and box and whisker plots. Currently SAGE supports seven data sets.

4. …. EuroGEOSS Information System

5. Services Data Catalogs Registries Dat a Inventory Servers EuroGEOSS AOC GEO Portal GEO Clearighouse Catalogs GEO Registries GCI Workflows Model BP Model Services Modeling Workflo w Web 2.0 Resources Semantic-enabled Discovery and Processing Ontology EuroGEOSS Brokering Platform (GeoRSS support) DISTRIBUTED CATALOG METADATA EDITOR(S) Common geographical Grid framework knowledge EuroGEOSS Information System EUOSME

6. Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider SOA approach (tens of thousands) Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Server Service Consumer Service Consumer Client Service Registry Service Registry Publish Find (Harvest) Bind Present GCI framewok (hundreds) Deliver

7. Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Broker(s) Service Broker(s) Service Consumer Service Consumer Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider Service Provider The Brokering SOA (B-SOA) Service Provider Service Provider Servers Service Consumer Service Consumer Client Service Registry Service Registry Publish Find Bind Service Broker(s) Service Broker(s) Mediator Harvest Search & Harvest (2-3) (tens of thousands) (hundreds) A more sustainable approach A Brokered-SOA proved to be more sustainable (i.e. flexible and scalable) 1 Delivery Order http://184.73.174.89:8080/gi-cat-8.2/ http://217.108.210.73/broker/

8. EuroGEOSS broker Is a distributed, virtual system of systems Supports GEOSS and GEOSS data core Facilitates interoperability by providing translation between communities Web 2.0 benefits Supports semantics, information retrieval and web processing (advanced capabilities) Supports work processing Maintains a forum and help desk for providers/users

9. Data – Core Implementation Demosntration

10. Free of charge Charge > Reproduct. + Distrib. User registration Attribution Any Other Conditions ? Non commercial (ONLY) Add “User registration” To “Condition for Access and Use” Add “Attribution” To “Condition for Access and Use” Add “geossOther” To “Condition for Access and Use” Add “geossNonCommercial” to “Condition for Access and Use” Add “geossDataCore” To “Condition for Access and Use” Confirm GEOSS data CORE? Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Data-Core Implementation

11. Querying the GEOSS Data CORE

12. Finding Data in the GEOSS Data CORE

13. Preview

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15. EuroGEOSS broker Is a distributed, virtual system of systems Supports GEOSS and GEOSS data core Facilitates interoperability by providing translation between communities Web 2.0 benefits Supports semantics, information retrieval and web processing (advanced capabilities) Supports work processing Maintains a forum and help desk for providers/users Can the broker be integrated into GCI to expand GEOSS capabilities?

17. Additional Material

18. Multi-disciplinary collaboration Increasingly necessary as land performs multiple functions, including role as part of ecosystem services Leads to increased information complexity – multi scale, multi use, multi stakeholders

19. Cyber-Infrastructure Low Entry Barrier Complexity to manage Complexity to manage Complexity to manage Low Entry Barrier

20. (edit Mask) Event – place - date European Forest Data Center European Forest Fire Info System Forest Mapping - Africa and South America Pilot Spanish Systems European Forest Informations & Comm Platform Portal of Protected Areas Roads & Infrastructure Forestry Other

21. Metadata For the EuroGEOSS Initial Operating Capability (IOC), the Metadata Catalogue was populated with spatial and non-spatial metadata from EFDAC. Metadata adjustments have been made to ensure ISO 19115/19119 (ISO 19139) metadata compliancy (INSPIRE*). The Metadata Catalogue functionalities were adjusted to include a sub- category “Forestry themes”. As a result, the IOC Catalogue provides search, discovery and preview facilities of spatial and non – spatial metadata. *INSPIRE: Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community

22. Catalogue harvesting & testing - IOC The harvesting of external catalogues (Spanish IDEE* Service catalogue, Dataset catalogue, EuroGeoss Droughts Catalogue) has been tested successfully. Adjustments on catalogue services allow CSW** harvesting from CNIG and the IDEE Catalogue of Geographic Information Web Services. ** CSW: Catalog Service for the Web *IDEE: The Spatial Data Infrastructure of Spain (Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales de España, IDEE) is an initiative to integrate data, metadata and geographical information produced in Spain into Internet, which provides to locate, identify and access to such information by its potential users.

23. Viewing Information A web-based Map Viewer was developed which enables the visualisation, interrogation (spatial & attribute) and overlay of spatial datasets over the internet using WMS/WFS/WCS protocols. The Map Viewer integrates data from other thematic areas: (Forestry, Biodiversity, Droughts) and at different spatial scales (Global, Regional, Local).

24. Prototyping the next generation for GEOSS Building a New Capability Initial Operating Capability for Europe Supports GEO Data Sharing Principles Integrated multiscale and multisource modelling Implements Best Practices Advanced workflow for distributed geoprocessing Web 2.0 and alternative search mechanisms Natural language discovery and query interface BENEFITS

25. Web Services (OGC) CSW – Catalog Service for the Web –Service used to request metadata catalogs of the datasets and services WCS – Web Coverage Service –Service used to download geospatial information in a raster format and then manipulate the data WFS – Web Feature Service –Service delivering raw geospatial data. WFS are mainly data downloading services WMS – Web Map Service –Service used to view data in a map format (e.g. Google) WPS - Web Processing Service –Service for standardizing how inputs and outputs (requests and responses) for processing services