Vision and architecture of GEOSS Information System GEOSS Design and Evolution George Percivall The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) GEO Task IN-05 coordinator 20 September 2013 ESA/ESRIN Frascati Italy

GEO Task IN-05 GEOSS Design and Interoperability Priority Actions GEOSS Information System research and prototyping Societal Benefit Area needs drive development Encourage systems to interoperate with GCI Increase access to GEOSS Data-CORE Coordinate with IN-03 GCI Evolution Recent Progress and Key Outputs for 2013 Architecture Implementation Pilot (AIP) Standards and Interoperability Forum (SIF) GEOSS Future Products Workshop

GEOSS connects Observations to Decisions

GEOSS Interoperability Arrangements - From the GEOSS 10 Year Plan Reference Document - Interoperability through open interfaces –Interoperability specifications agreed to among contributing systems –Access to data and information through service interfaces Open standards and intellectual property rights –GEOSS adopting standards; agreed upon by consensus, preference to formal international standards –GEOSS will not require commercial or proprietary standards –Multiple software implementations compliant with the open standards should exist –Goal is that at least one of the implementations should be available to all implementers "royalty-free"

Architecture Implementation Pilot (AIP) Deploy and test new components for GCI and the broader GEOSS Information System –Agile, evolutionary development process –Sprints to identify architecture standards and improve maturity of components AIP initiated in 2007; 5 previous phases completed –Deployed, test, demonstrated: GCI, Brokers, Community Portals, SBA Integrators, etc. AIP-6 currently underway, delivery for Summit

Architecture Implementation Pilot AIP-1 Kickoff: Jun 2007; Alpha operations Nov 2007; Arch Workshop Feb 2008AIP-1 –"Core" Architecture as initial GCI AIP-2 Kickoff Sep 2008; demo ISRSE May 2009; Beta operations Sep 2009AIP-2 –Refined GCI supported transition to operations AIP-3 Kickoff Mar 2010; results to Beijing Plenary; Complete Feb 2011AIP-3 –SBA Scenarios; Piloted Broker and Processing capabilities –GEOSS Architecture Progress video for Beijing Ministerial - linklink AIP-4 Kickoff May 2011; results to Istanbul Plenary; Complete Dec 2011AIP-4 –Increased access to priority EO data AIP-5 Kickoff May 2012; results to Brazil Plenary; Complete Mar 2013AIP-5 –SBA application scenarios; GCI research AIP-6 Kickoff March 2013; results to Ministerial; Complete 2014AIP-6 –Ministerial Showcases

AIP Results Integration of disciplines thru architecture Geo-informatics results… –Initial GCI prototypes –Brokering to span communities –Moving from “order” to “access” for rapid delivery –Fusing EO data with other geospatial information, –Sensor Web to hide complexity of diverse sensing systems and associated control structures. –Model Web vision promising with initial steps …apply across SBAs: Disaster Management, Biodiversity Models, Energy, Water, Health

Information Viewpoint Computational Viewpoint Engineering Viewpoint Optimized Design/Development Technology Viewpoint Enterprise Viewpoint Community Objectives GEOSS Vision and Targets Societal Benefit Areas System of Systems/ Interoperability Abstract/Best Practices GEOSS AIP Architecture RM-ODP Viewpoints Earth Observations Geographic Features Spatial Referencing Metadata and Quality GEOSS Data-CORE Catalog/Registry Access and Order Processing Services Sensor Web User Identity Component Types Information Framework Use Cases Services Tutorials

Use Cases Publish Resources Discover Resources Visualize and Access Process and Automate Maintain and Support GEOSS Users GEOSS Resource Providers

GEOSS Clearinghouse GEO Web Portal GEOSS Common Infrastructure Components & Services Standards and Interoperability Best Practices Wiki User Requirements Registries Main GEO Web Site Registered Community Resources Community Portals Client Applications Client Tier Mediation Tier Community Catalogues User Managemen t Portrayal Servers Processing Servers Access Brokers Workflow Managemen t Discovery Brokers Access Tier GEONETCast Data Servers Sensor Web Servers Model Web Servers EO Vocabulary Test Facility AIP Architecture Engineering Viewpoint

Standards and Interoperability Forum (SIF) Recent Achievements of SIF –Manage registry of standards & special arrangements –Interoperability Assessment Report with recommended metrics for GCI to monitor –Additional tutorials on GEOSS Best Practice Wiki –GEOSS Data-CORE metadata guidance document 2013 Planned Deliverables of SIF –Additional Tutorials –Mime-types for helper applications in GCI –Quality metadata standards document to DSWG –Whitepapers on select interoperability topics

Societal Benefits GEOSS Future Products Workshop: Sensor Web and Model Web March 2013 Decision Support Assessments Decision Support Systems Earth Observation Systems Remotely-sensed In situ Policy Decisions On-going feedback to optimize value and reduce gaps Earth System Models Oceans Ice Land Atmosphere Solid Earth Biosphere Interoperability and standards

GEOSS Future Products Workshop Recommendations Products for GEOSS from Sensor Web and Model Web –Use methods of science to guide use of observations and predictions. –Utility of Sensor Web has been shown; development to meet remaining challenges. –Model Web vision should be advanced with a short-term plan –Interaction of Sensor Web and Model Web brings benefits beyond individual use Address Diversity of GEOSS USERS –Further develop understanding of diversity of GEOSS Users –Authentication and Interoperability Issues advanced with support by SIF and AIP –Going beyond current state of GCI to meet expectations –GEOSS Capacity Building recommendations –Improve public messages for GEO full report posted

Connecting the Sensor Web and Model Web using scientific methods DeductionObservation Sensor Web Model Web Automated workflow at Illinois uses LDAS data from NASA to run river model at Texas RAPID River Flow Model Observations Datasets, Numerical Weather Model Land Surface Model Source: D. Maidment, Univ. Texas, GEOSS Future Product Workshop

Model Web interoperability Evolution Accessibility & Interoperability Time/technology Model Web ESMFOpenMI Source: S. Nativi, CNR, GEOSS Future Products Workshop

Source: GEOWOW, GEOSS Future Products Workshop Information tailoring for the diversity of GEOSS Users

User Resources (Data and Services) Authorization Service Provider Sites Authentication Service Answers “is this User XYZ?” by verifying the identity Answers “what can User XYZ do?” by checking identity against stored access constraint rules Source: S. Browdy, GEOSS Future Products Workshop User Management Framework

Summary: Integration across disciplines in GEOSS AIP development approach combines the best of prototyping and specifying Architecture developed in AIP provides a basis to scale to multi-disciplinary needs in GEOSS. Standards and interoperability arrangements support fusion of EO observations across disciplines AIP and other GEO Tasks show the value of GEOSS in application of EO to meet societies needs

References GEO –earthobservations.orgearthobservations.org GEO Architecture Implementation Pilot – GEOSS registries and SIF –geossregistries.infogeossregistries.info GEOSS Future Products Workshop