Enabling Digital Earth by focussing on ‘accessibility’ rather than ‘delivery’. Ryan Fraser CSIRO

Societal Need Sustainable Energy Policy Energy Exploration Integrated Science Domain Climate adaptation Integrated Science Domains GeophysicsGeology Geodesy Climate Sciences Fisheries Science Specific Science Domains GeophysicsBorehole dataGeodesy Climate Modelling Fisheries Monitoring Virtual Libraries Processing Services Data Middleware Processing Services Data Middleware Processing Services Data Middleware Processing Services Data Middleware Processing Services Data Middleware Modelling & analytic tools

Outline The Pain What if...Information Interoperability What we did... The Changing Nature of Knowledge Discovery Now we can... Taking the next step

Part of our problem... Data Structures Proprietary Software Software Versions

The Pain...It’s all to hard

What if....? Community Agreements

The changing nature of knowledge discovery So what? Yet Another Portal? NO!

Discoverable meta-data to filterable content

I want it MY way, not your way

The changing nature of knowledge discovery Increasing need for: richer content personalised tools better filtering diverse content from multiple sources How do I connect my tools to your content?

Now we can..create workflows… Geodesy Virtual Laboratory

Virtual Geophysics Laboratory

Taking the Next Steps.... Virtual Libraries to Laboratories Societal Need Sustainable Energy Policy Energy Exploration Integrated Virtual Laboratory Climate adaptation V. Lab Integrated Virtual Labs Virtual Geophysical Laboratory Virtual Core Laboratory Virtual Geodesy Laboratory Virtual Climate Laboratory Virtual Fisheries Laboratory Virtual Laboratories GeophysicsBorehole dataGeodesy Climate Modelling Fisheries Monitoring Virtual Libraries Processing Services Data Middleware Processing Services Data Middleware Processing Services Data Middleware Processing Services Data Middleware Processing Services Data Middleware Modelling & analytic tools

Conclusions Knowledge discovery is changing... The way we work and the infrastructure we use must: Lower the collective cost of data access and integration Reduce assumption in data exchange Interoperate across communities and organisations siss.auscope.org.au