GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI)

presented by Alessandro Annoni, JRC, ADC co-chair

GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI)

• The Cape Town Declaration: “We commit to explore ways and means for the sustained operations of the shared architectural GEOSS components and related information infrastructure.

• An Initial Operating Capability (IOC) was declared in June 2008 for the GCI.

• GCI provides core capabilities that enable the GEO Members and Participating Organizations resources (systems, data and products) to be discovered, understood, and accessed by users and decision-support applications

• The GCI includes several core information registries, a common search facility known as “Clearinghouse,” and GEO Web Portals that provide a user interface to search and access all GEOSS resources.

AgricultureClimate

Disasters

Ecosystems

Energy

Health

WaterWeather

Biodiversity

GEOSSCommonInfrastructure

WebPortal

Registries:• Services• Standards• Best Practices• Requirements

Clearing-house

ApplicationsApplications

ModelsModelsDataData

ServicesServices

ProductsProductsMetadataMetadata

GEOSSComponent and Service Registry

GEOSS

Standards andInteroperability

Registry

GEOSS Common

Infrastructure

ServicesData and Service

Catalogues

Websites/Portals

(Components)

Registered Community Resources

Best PracticesWiki

User RequirementsRegistry

GEOSSClearinghouse

GEOSSClearinghouse

GEOSSClearinghouse

GEO Web PortalGEO Web PortalGEO Web PortalRegistries

Main GEOWeb Site

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✓

✓

✓

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Others Documents (e.g. Usage Statistics)

Others Documents (e.g. Usage Statistics)

Guidance Documents

(e.g. Strategic, Tactical,..)

Guidance Documents

(e.g. Strategic, Tactical,..)

Concept of Operations

Concept of Operations

GCI: progress status

Components operational now

Standards and Interoperability Forum

OperationalCapability

OperationalCapability

UserNeeds,

Scenarios

UserNeeds,

Scenarios

Design, Develop,Deploy

Design, Develop,Deploy

AR-07-02, Architecture

ImplementationPilot (AIP-I, -II)

AR-07-01,GEOSS Common

Infrastructure (GCI)

support

persistentimplementation

requirementsSBA Tasks,

UIC

Architecture Implementation Pilot elaboration of GEOSS architecture

AIP Phase 2 Themes- Augment the GEOSS Common

Infrastructure- Operational persistence- Emphasize four communities of

practices identified with UIC

AIP Phase 2 Themes- Augment the GEOSS Common

Infrastructure- Operational persistence- Emphasize four communities of

practices identified with UIC

Community- Disaster Response- Climate Change and Biodiversity

- Renewable Energy- Air Quality

Community- Disaster Response- Climate Change and Biodiversity

- Renewable Energy- Air Quality

Transverse Technology- Clearinghouse, Catalogues, Registries and Metadata

- Access Services: products, sensors, models- Workflow and Alerts- Portals and Application Clients- Others: Test Facility for service registration

Transverse Technology- Clearinghouse, Catalogues, Registries and Metadata

- Access Services: products, sensors, models- Workflow and Alerts- Portals and Application Clients- Others: Test Facility for service registration

Call For Participation (remains open)- released in July- 37 responses- 85 persons at KO

- 9 WG established

GEO Executive Committee Convened IOC Task Force

• IOC Task Force was convened in July 2008 to report to the GEO Executive Committee (Ex Com) in support of GEOSS.

• IOC Task Force will assess and formalize the requirements of the GCI and to make recommendations to the Ex Com regarding operational and administrative issues related to a sustainable GCI.

• Ex Com approved the Task Force Members, its Terms of Reference (TOR) and Workplan

Objectives of the TOR

1) to define and recommend a Concept of Operations plan for the GCI components.

2) to evaluate the existing GCI components and their sustained operation in light of known and emerging provider and user requirements, reliability, suitability, sustainability, and quality of service, and

3) to provide administrative recommendations regarding the sustainability of GCI operational solutions and related support.

How to develop the contribution of Europe to GEOSS and its GCI

GEOSS Common Infrastructure

• Problems• Needs• Priorities

Expectations you have from GEOSS

• What GEOSS is for you?• How do you hope that GEOSS will facilitate your

work?• Which are the more important components?• Is there a need for a GEOSS Common Infrastructure

and if yes, which is its value?

Your contribution to GEOSS

• What contribution• What commitment to operations• Which barriers and which incentives

GEO 2010 ministerial

• what Europe is preparing to do or should do so that in 2-years time at the 2010 ministerial, there can be real progress demonstrated for the GEO?

• What can we offer?• What should be done?

Issues and Questions

Expectation Contribution GCI Summit 2010

What GEOSS is for you?How do you hope that GEOSS will facilitate your work?Which are the more important components?Is there a need for a GEOSS Common Infrastructure and if yes, which is its value?

What contributionWhat commitment to operationsWhich barriers and which incentives

ProblemsNeeds

Priorities

what Europe is preparing to do or should do so that in 2-years time at

the 2010 ministerial ? Is there a real progress to be demonstrated for the GEO?

What can we offer?What should be done?