GEOSS AIP-5 for World Water Online Registry

An attempt to Integrate WaterML2 services in GEOSS

Goals

• Improve global water information sharing– Water Societal Benefit Area Alignment and Support

• Improve technical capabilities of GEOSS using best practices from the water domain– Component and Service Contributions for Water SBA– Architecture and Interoperability Arrangement

Development.– Make GEOSS a relevant tool for the water community

Overview

• Who? International Water Community • What- Collaboration of Water information data services

for GEOSS focusing on WaterML2 adoption• Where- Global effort• When? April through November• How ? Integration of complimentary water sharing

activates • Why? Improve Global Water Sharing• Result- Contribute to a recommendation the WMO

Committee on Hydrology for WaterML2 adoption

Methodology

• “Don’t Solve Problems. Copy Success”• Focus on World Water Online Approach• Leverage existing projects and resources. • Take advantage of best practices that have and

are in development by the Hydro DWG• Promote organizational interoperability• Support rather than take away from scarce

resources

Collaboration is Key

WaterML2 IEs

• WaterML SWG

Hydro DWG

GEOSS AIP

World Water Online

OGC Water Pilot

Steps

• Stakeholders respond to the AIP-5 CFP• Responses due April 18th

• Participate in GEOSS AIP Kickoff meeting Geneva, May 3- May 4• Help participants get their data services online• CSW,WFS,SOS,CSW• Test user data access experience from different user

perspectives– Data producer– Data Manager– Data User

Present Results at Brazil GEO Plenary in November

Open Discussion

• Questions?• Matthew.austin@noaa.gov