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4. It’s about Life !! It’s about Access to Data !! 3

5. Working Group on Information Systems and Services The overall objective of WGISS is to facilitate data and information management and services for users and data providers in dealing with global, regional and local issues. It will address in particular the description, access, retrieval, archiving, long-term preservation, utilization, and maintenance of spaceborne Earth observation data and supporting ancillary and auxiliary data and information, enabling improved operability and interconnectivity of information systems and services. 4

6. Working Group on Information Systems and Services Item 16.1 WGISS Report and Actions Pakorn Apaphant, WGISS Chair Satoko Miura, WGISS Vice Chair The 25 th CEOS Plenary Lucca, Italy November 8, 2011

7. Working Group on Information Systems and Services Pakorn Apaphant, GISTDA, Chair Satoko Miura, JAXA, Vice Chair Lorant Czaran, UN and Chuang Liu, NRSCC, Co-User Vice Chair Technology Subgroup Terence Van Zyl, CSIR, Chair Francis Lindsay, NASA, Vice Chair Technology Subgroup Terence Van Zyl, CSIR, Chair Francis Lindsay, NASA, Vice Chair Web Services (IG)Andrew Mitchell, NASA Grid (IG)Andrii Shelestov, NSAU Sensor Web (IG)Karen Moe, NASA WADC ProjectMartin Yapur, NOAA Yonsook Enloe, NASA Data Stewardship (IG)John Faundeen, USGS Applications Subgroup Martin Yapur, NOAA, Chair Guoqing Li, NRSCC, Vice Chair Applications Subgroup Martin Yapur, NOAA, Chair Guoqing Li, NRSCC, Vice Chair Intl. Directory Network (IDN) (IG)Lola Olsen, NASA Land Surface Imaging (IG) John Faundeen, USGS Atmospheric Composition (IG) Stefan Falke, NASA Global Datasets (IG) Lorant Czaran, UN Wyn Cudlip, UKSA GEOSS Architecture for Disasters & Karen Moe, NASA Risk Assessments Project Sergii Skakun, NSAU Water Portal ProjectSatoko Miura, JAXA Intl. Directory Network (IDN) (IG)Lola Olsen, NASA Land Surface Imaging (IG) John Faundeen, USGS Atmospheric Composition (IG) Stefan Falke, NASA Global Datasets (IG) Lorant Czaran, UN Wyn Cudlip, UKSA GEOSS Architecture for Disasters & Karen Moe, NASA Risk Assessments Project Sergii Skakun, NSAU Water Portal ProjectSatoko Miura, JAXA WGISS Infrastructure Services Martin Yapur, NOAA WGISS Infrastructure Services Martin Yapur, NOAA As of July 2011 WGISS Executive Secretariat Michelle Piepgrass, GISTDA << 30 members <<15 CEOS Agencies !!

8. Working Group on Information Systems and Services 2011 WGISS Theme o Focus in the WGISS Objectives o Support CEOS Work Plan and GEO Work plan o Closely work with other CEOS Working Groups o Respond to User Vice Chairs’ recommendations o Strengthen relationship with active Liaisons Users and Liaisons CEOS WGISS

9. Working Group on Information Systems and Services New Interest Group and Projects Data Stewardship Interest Group (Chaired by USGS) – Enable the sharing of agency investigations, developments, and lessons-learned relating to EO data stewardship – Draft common cross-agency best practices or guidelines of data stewardship for possible adoption by WGISS GEOSS Architecture for the use of Satellites for Disasters and Risk Assessment Project (Co-Chaired by NASA/ NSAU) – To address the use of satellites, sensors, models, and associated data products to support disaster response and risk assessment. – To provide an enterprise perspective for managing distributed systems and web services for disaster management. It is intended to provide a common vocabulary to describe the GEOSS building blocks and how they are composed. Water Portal Project (Chaired by JAXA) – To provide assistance to the water relevant scientists and general users in the development of data services associated with data integration and distribution. 8

10. Working Group on Information Systems and Services Progress/Deliverable -2011 Highlights 9

11. Working Group on Information Systems and Services Progress/Deliverable -2011 Highlights CWIC – Offers access to operational inventory systems at NOAA CLASS, NASA ECHO, USGS, INPE, and working on connection to AOE (China – NSMC, Beijing-1) – System of Systems proof of concept demonstrated EuroGEOSS Broker (JRC) searching for INPE inventory data via CWIC Demo of GENESI (ESA) searching for NASA inventory data via CWIC Demo of CNES (JeoBrowser) searching for NASA inventory data via CWIC – NASA CWIC Data Portal will provide satellite data discovery and access through the IDN and CWIC – HMA and CWIC is discussing on future interoperability – Future data partner includes CCRS; future portal partners include Geo Web portal, CCRS agency portal, AC portal, LSI portal IDN – All metadata records held in the CEOS IDN collection are available to the GCI Atmospheric Composition Portal – the AC portal continues its operation at http://wdc.dlr.de/acp/ http://wdc.dlr.de/acp/ – ACP guidance for standards implementation 10

12. Working Group on Information Systems and Services Progress/Deliverable -2011 Highlights CEOS Water Portal http://waterportal.ceos.org/ Water Portal continues its operation, with new URL http://waterportal.ceos.org/ Data Stewardship CEOS WGISS Purge Alert Service White papers on: – Long-Term Archive Stratergies – Data Preservation Techniques – Data Lifecycle Models and Concepts – Browse Survey 1997-2010 – Guidelines for GIS-Ready Products WGISS 5 year plan Updated and revised to reflect structure change Term of user vice chairs 11

13. Working Group on Information Systems and Services Response to CEOS WGISS has participated in: CEOS Self Study CEOS Portal Study WGCBDD ToR preparation Candidates to the GEO WP 2012-2015 contributions: IN-03-C1: GEOSS Common Infrastructure (WADC/CWIC) IN-02-C1: Long-term preservation of Earth observation data (WGISS Data Stewardship Interest Group) 12

14. Working Group on Information Systems and Services Cooperation with CEOS Working Groups Have been closely working with WGCV on the CEOS QA4EO Showcases in three areas WGISS agrees to support WGCBDD – “The WGCBDD will specifically work with WGISS to ensure a seamless transition from the technical matters relating to data accessibility to the matters relating to systemic and individual capacity development” (WGSBDD ToR, Nov 2011) 13

15. Working Group on Information Systems and Services WGISS may have to stop its activities in 2014 !! 14 MeetingsChairVice-Chair 2004-2005USGSESA 2006-2007ESANASA 2008-2009NASAGISTDA 2010-2011GISTDAJAXA 2012-2013JAXAVACANT 2014-2015VACANT Participants/Chairmanship In 2011 few experienced members retired without any replacements Members from Departed-CEOS Chair agencies do not continue to participate New Reps from CNES, CCRS, and ASI

16. Working Group on Information Systems and Services In 2012… 1.Satoko Miura, JAXA will presume WGISS Chair from November 10, 2011 onward 2.Actively support CEOS priorities – Highly depending on CEOS Self Study results, CEOS Portal Study etc. – please also consider the RESOURCES 3.Cooperate with WGCBDD 4.Future Meetings – WGISS-33 -Tsukuba, Japan, April 23- 27, 2012. – WGISS 34 (Joint meeting with WGCV), India, September 2012 (TBD) 15 Congratulations !

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18. Working Group on Information Systems and Services Requests to the 25 th CEOS Plenary 1.CEOS Agencies are gently encouraged to provide nominations for the WGISS Vice Chair by the next SIT Meeting 2.CEOS agencies to kindly provide technical representatives to actively participate the WGISS activities 3.To kindly consider endorsing the revised WGISS 5 year plan 17

19. Working Group on Information Systems and Services 18 Thank you…..