Download - National Spatial Data Infrastructure The Spatial Information Services Stack Dr Robert Woodcock
National Spatial Data InfrastructureThe Spatial Information Services Stack
Dr Robert Woodcock
Part of our problem…data access is not standardised across organisations
Data Structures
Proprietary Software
Versions of Software
Client
AuScope Community Agreements
Client
A solution: Open standards based earth science information infrastructure
Standardise the Information Models
• Not a storage problem…• Exchange
• Semantics and structure• GeoSciML, OGC
• Tool support• Creation and validation
•CSIRO leaders in development:
• Dr Simon Cox awarded OGC honour for contributions to standards development
• Other researchers continue to operate on a wide range of advisory and development committees
Geography Markup Language
Community Agreed Service Interfaces and Information Models
AuScope service catalog
Standard Vocabularies
VocabularyService
Service Registry
Discovery Layer
Exchange
Layer
Resources
Complex feature Discovery Portal
Government Department
Data
Geological SurveyWeb Feature Service (WFS)
Services status 1 June 2008
URN ResolverService
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Community Agreed Service Interfaces and Information Models
AuScope service catalog
Standard Vocabularies
VocabularyService
Service Registry
Discovery Layer
Exchange
Layer
Resources
Complex feature Discovery Portal
Government Department
Data
Geological SurveyWeb Feature Service (WFS)
Services status 1 June 2009
URN ResolverService
Discovery Portal - Surfing the Earth Model
Standards
“Interoperability seems to be about integration of information.
What it’s really about is the coordination of organizational behaviour”
•David Schell, OGC
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AuScope Grid
• gives us a way to make science communication and collaboration easy in real time
• scientists won’t have to battle the data before they do science – they can just use it!
Expansion of effort
• Australian National Data Services – Public Sector Spatial Data Commons ($2M)
• Expand beyond the geosciences• Geoscience Australia
• Virtual Exploration Geophysical Laboratory• Geochronology• Virtual Data Room – Petroleum• Satellite Imagery
• Bureau of Meteorology• DPI Vic Groundwater Boreholes• CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Marine Biophysical
modeller• SISS core development enhancements
• Convergence across TERN, ALA, IMOS, AuScope, OSDM• Particularly feeding into BoM Environment and Water activities
Added Extras...Cross-discipline data
BoM Portal
IMOS on AuScope Portal
CSIRO uptake:Earth Model...Analysis...Publication
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Bringing the science community together using open spatial standards
• Basic services available• Data
• Analysis• Scientific Workflow
• Deployments occurring• Govt Agencies• Research organisations• Academic research groups
• Integration across• Simulation and Modelling• Geospatial• NVCL
• Very positive feedback• Early commitment to sustain
• Opportunity exists to do more• Plans in place for current resource
levels• Many good and achievable ideas to
expand breadth of impact• Capacity constraint is the principle
limitation
“DPI Victoria has had an overwhelmingly positive experience …we view the AuScope Grid as a very innovative and well managed project …we have every confidence that the people involved are able to rise to the challenges that they have set themselves and that the goals of the Grid will be accomplished.”
Linda Bibby, Boris Rudoy – DPI Victoria
“The collaboration with the AuScope Grid component to construct the Virtual Rock Laboratory has been highly fruitful and promises to provide a basis for future delivery of ESyS-Particle simulation infrastructure to a much broader user-base than previously possible. The concept of an embedded software engineer to construct the grid interface is an excellent one…”
Dion Weatherley – University of Queensland
“The involvement of…AUSCOPE GRID…in the development of…GeoScIML, and .. Mineral Occurrences...has been a very significant supporting ‘foundation rock’ at the world scale …the decision by AUSCOPE GRID to adopt and develop a software stack …has taken the development … of such innovative services much closer to production performance level”
Tim Duffy – Chair, OneGeology Global Technical Working Group