1. Exploitation of ISS Scientific data - sustainability
Cooperative ISS Research data Conservation and Exploitation
Exploitation of ISS Scientific data - sustainability
EGI-Aparsen Workshop
March
Science Park– Amsterdam – The Netherlands

2. European experiments in space
ELIPS achievements (i.e. ELIPS-1/-2/-3, period) - #investigations (total):
Ground-based facilities: ~ 100
Parabolic flights: ~ 500
Sounding rockets: ~60
Retrievable capsules: ~85
ISS: ~230
ELIPS-4 near-term projections ( period) - #investigations (per annum):
Ground-based facilities: 25 to 35
Parabolic flights: 20 to 35
Sounding rockets: up to 5
ISS: 35 to 45
Mean costs ( period):
ISS operations: ~100 M€/year
ELIPS-4: ~50 M€/year
Source: ESA HSO
March
EGI-Aparsen Workshop
Courtesy of ESA

3. Concept ISS data e-infrastructure core services:
Data & knowledge collection
processing of raw data and creation of exploitable data files in standard format
creation of metadata
validation of the data files and contents
Provision of easy-to-use tools for:
contents (metadata) navigation, querying, browsing, requesting data, in compliance with the applicable data policy
Data management
processes for data preservation
user accounting and requests
accounting of preserved contents
accounting of utilization of preserved contents and the assignment of related credits
Data and contents preservation (TBD)
March
EGI-Aparsen Workshop 3

4. Concept Possible federated services with other infrastructures:
Authentication and Accounting
common ID of European researchers
single login
Data preservation
archive and preservation of exploitable datasets, in compliance with restricted access requirements (TBD)
assignment of unique ID for digital resources
tools for data preservation and verification
Open Access
provision of bibliometric reports
monitoring publications for credits assignment verification
HPC
provision of HPC capabilities upon user request
repositories of software for simulation and data analysis
ESFRI and domain-specific infrastructures
datasets
standard ontologies
tools for data processing, analysis and visualization
March
EGI-Aparsen Workshop 4

5. Concept Raw data ESA ISS Ground Segment Documents Exploitable data
Knowledge Base
Platform
Front end
HPC
Infra. AA
Governance
metadata users ID
privileges
metadata digital ID
HPC services
data requests data authorizations
accounting
reporting
Ingestion &
validation layer
Expert team
USOC n
USOC 1
Open
Access
link to pubs
biblio reporting
March
EGI-Aparsen Workshop 5

6. Sustainability approach
General considerations
Operative costs are expected to be minimized through federating with other service-providing infrastructures
Costs related to content generation are expected to be reduced engaging the communities into the game in the medium-long term (3-5 years, TBC)
Two phases approach
Phase I
Starting from scratch, aimed at achieving the “critical mass” of information, data and use cases needed to engage the communities
Phase II
scientist-driven content upgrade, coordinated and validated by the infrastructure
utilization for scientific and industrial purposes
March
EGI-Aparsen Workshop 6

7. Main costs
Site:
existing national and international assets must be exploited
relatively small size of the contents to be preserved
no dedicated site (and cost) seems necessary at the moment
System maintenance & operations:
skills and efforts
archive management
archive operation and update
H/W and S/W update
connectivity
Governance:
a board of data owners (space agencies and scientists) is foreseen to
evaluate data access requests
maintain/upgrade data policy
account for preserved contents
account for content utilization
board members costs is not quoted (being an institutional activity)
secretary support is provided by the infrastructure
March
EGI-Aparsen Workshop 7

8. Main costs Management:
internal monitoring and coordination of activities
interface and reporting towards stakeholders, including other RIs
Interface toward users
ensure proper performance of the infrastructure
Contents update and upgrade:
processing raw data (telemetry) to produce exploitable datasets
extracting information from source documents for
instruments
science
operations
creating metadata (populating the current schemas and ontology), assigning ID and creating links with other resources
updating datasets and metadata according to validation requirements
delivery of datasets and metadata to the archives
collecting input and recommendations for schemas and ontology update
March
EGI-Aparsen Workshop 8

9. ISS data infrastructure operational costs
(preliminary, not including external services)
SERVICE
DESCRIPTION
COST (K€/year)
Site
Included in the overhead
Content update/upgrade
Expert team
1.000
Content preservation
Archiving, technology update and connectivity
285
Governance
Data policy implementation and update 75
Management & user front-end
140
TOTAL
1.500
March
EGI-Aparsen Workshop 9

10. ISS data infrastructure operational costs
(preliminary, not including external services)
RESOURCE
DESCRIPTION
COST (K€/year)
Personnel
2 persons for coordination & management skills, 1 expert for archive operation
435
Content provision
Expert team
1.000
External provisions
Connectivity; maintenance and upgrade of software and hardware 65
TOTAL
1.500
March
EGI-Aparsen Workshop 10