ESIP Air Quality Custer Initiative Workspaces: Connecting Data Producers, Analysts Decision Makers Winter ESIP Meeting, January 8, 2008, Washington DC rhusar@me.wustl.edu, emr1@wustl.edu, stefan@wustl.edu
SOA allows accessing distributes AQ data
Virtual Workspaces Administrative Resources Tools, Methods Outcomes
The Information Interoperability Stack Web 2.0
Data-Centric Workspace: DataSpaces Semantic Wiki: Structured (RDF and Unstructured Content Open, Standard Matadata - RDF Ready for Export/Harvesting by Registries, Catalogs Describe Dataset Catalog - Find Dataset Discuss Dataset Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)
Application-Task-Centric Workspace Example: EventSpaces Specific Exceptional Event Catalog - Find Dataset Harvest Resources
Workspaces The Web is being transformed: It is becoming more participatory See the explosive growth of wikies, picture-sharing, blogs, Facebook This architectural, technological and cultural change is Web 2.0 Web 2.O is good for Earth Science community since it allows Better harvesting of current knowledge However, many cultural, legal and other berries remain Workspaces may connect info providers, analysts, decision makers