Presentation to GEO ADCBrazil March 2011

The Challenge

Information systems need to provide simple access to multi-scale, multi-discipline data sets and derived information for decision makers

Nature doesn’t recognize forests, fauna, water and fire

as separate domains

Challenges to fill the gap• Build on existing (autonomous) capacitiesexisting (autonomous) capacities

– Implement a “system of systemssystem of systems” – Build on existing and future information systems– Supplementing but not supplanting systems mandates and

governance arrangements

• Assure a Low Entry Barrier Low Entry Barrier for Users and Resource Providers– Mediate (standard and non-standard capacities)– Interconnect (capacities) and Adapt existing capacities

– Implement Semantic Interoperability Semantic Interoperability – Avoid tight coupling

http://nsidc.org/data/sage/

The Services for Analysis of the Greenland Environment (SAGE) is a tool designed to help scientists access, integrate, and analyze data related to the history and status of Greenland's ice sheet in real time using timeseries, scatterplot, histogram, and box and whisker plots. Currently SAGE supports seven data sets.

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EuroGEOSS Information System

ServicesDataCatalogsRegistries

Data

Data

Data

InventoryServers

EuroGEOSS EuroGEOSS AOCAOCGEO Portal

GEO Clearighouse Catalogs

GEO Registries

GCIGCI

Workflows

Model BP

Model Services

ModelingWorkflow

Web 2.0 Resources

Semantic-enabled Discovery and ProcessingSemantic-enabled Discovery and ProcessingOntology

EuroGEOSS Brokering Platform (GeoRSS support)EuroGEOSS Brokering Platform (GeoRSS support)

DISTRIBUTED CATALOG

METADATA EDITOR(S)

Common geographical Grid frameworkCommon geographical Grid framework

knowledge

EuroGEOSS Information System

EUOSME

Service Provider

Service Provider Service

Provider Service Provider Service

Provider

Service Provider

Service Provider

Service Provider

Service Provider

Service Provider

SOA approach

(tens of thousands)

Service Provider

Service Provider

Service Provider Service

Provider

Server

Service Registry

Publish

Find (Harvest)

Bind

Present GCI framewok

Present GCI framewok

(hundreds)

Deliver

Service Provider

Service Provider

Service Provider Service

Provider Service Provider

Service Provider

Service Provider

Service Provider

Service Provider

Service Provider

Service Broker(s)

Service Consumer

Service Provider

Service Provider

Service Provider

The Brokering SOA (B-SOA)

Service Provider

Servers

Service RegistryPublish Find

Bind

Service Broker(s) Mediator

Harvest

Searc

h &

Harve

st

(2-3)

(tens of thousands)

(hundreds)

A more sustainable approach

A more sustainable approach

A Brokered-SOA proved to be more sustainable (i.e. flexible and scalable)

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http://184.73.174.89:8080/gi-cat-8.2/

http://217.108.210.73/broker/

EuroGEOSS broker• Is a distributed, virtual system of systems• Supports GEOSS and GEOSS data core• Facilitates interoperability by providing translation between

communities• Web 2.0 benefits• Supports semantics, information retrieval and web

processing (advanced capabilities)• Supports work processing• Maintains a forum and help desk for providers/users

Data – Core

Implementation Demosntration

Free of charge

Charge > Reproduct. +

Distrib.

User registration

Attribution

Any Other Conditions ?

Non commercial(ONLY)

Add “User registration”To “Condition for Access and Use”

Add “Attribution”To “Condition for Access and Use”

Add “geossOther”To “Condition for Access and Use”

Add “geossNonCommercial”to “Condition

for Access and Use”

Add “geossDataCore”To “Condition for Access and Use”

Confirm GEOSS data

CORE?

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

YesYes

Data-Core Implementation

Querying the GEOSS Data CORE

Finding Data in the GEOSS Data CORE

Preview

Download

EuroGEOSS broker• Is a distributed, virtual system of systems• Supports GEOSS and GEOSS data core• Facilitates interoperability by providing translation between

communities• Web 2.0 benefits• Supports semantics, information retrieval and web

processing (advanced capabilities)• Supports work processing• Maintains a forum and help desk for providers/users

Can the broker be integrated into GCI to expand GEOSS capabilities?

Additional Material

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Increasingly necessary as land performs multiple functions, including role as part of

ecosystem services

Leads to increased information complexity – multi scale, multi use, multi stakeholders

Cyber-Infrastructure

Low Entry Barrier

Complexity to manage

Complexity to manage

Complexity to manageLow Entry

Barrier

(edit Mask) Event – place - date

Other External Services

Adhoc Web MappingServices

EuroGeoss Forestry Initial Operating Capacity System (with Portal)

Mapping

Data

Map Server

Map Viewer

SDMX / WMS Bridge

WMS/WFSAggregator

Map interfaces

Catalogue

Metadata Server

Metadata

CatalogueViewer

CatalogueEditor

CatalogueInterface

WMS WFSWCS

CSW ISO AP

JRC – EFDAC Portal

MetadataCatalogue

EFDAC Map Viewer

Forest ResourcesMap Viewer

Tree SpeciesMap Viewer

Data

CatalogueInterface

CMS Bibliography

Data

MapInterface

CatalogueViewer

JRC - EFFIS Portal

Data

MapInterface

Foret FiresMap Viewers

JRC - EFICP Portal

MetadataCatalogue SDMX

Data

Catalogue Interface

SDMX Interface

JRC - TREES System

DataMetadataCatalogue

MapInterface

Catalogue Interface

WMS,WFS

Spanish Systems

IDEE SDI Portal

Web MappingServices

PNOA WebMappingService

CatalogueServices

EUROPARC Portal

Web MappingServices

OTALEX Portal

Web MappingServices

CSW ISO AP CSW

WMS, WFS

CSW ebRim

OGCCOREWMS, WFS

WMS, WFSCSW,

WMS, WFS

CSW, WMS, WFS, WCS

WMS,WFS

EuroGeoss Forest AOC & GEOSS Portal & Clients

WMS, WFS

The Catalogue interface, the Catalalogue Viewer interface and the

Metadata Catalogue from EFDAC will be migrate to the EUROGEOSS FIOC

System to be just one.

European Forest Data Center

European Forest Fire Info System

Forest Mapping - Africa and South America Pilot

Spanish Systems

European Forest Informations & Comm Platform

Portal of Protected Areas

Roads & Infrastructure

Forestry

Other

Metadata

For the EuroGEOSS Initial Operating Capability (IOC), the Metadata Catalogue was populated with spatial and non-spatial metadata from EFDAC. Metadata adjustments have been made to ensure ISO 19115/19119 (ISO 19139) metadata compliancy (INSPIRE*). The Metadata Catalogue functionalities were adjusted to include a sub-category “Forestry themes”. As a result, the IOC Catalogue provides search, discovery and preview facilities of spatial and non – spatial metadata.

*INSPIRE: Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community

Catalogue harvesting & testing - IOC

The harvesting of external catalogues (Spanish IDEE* Service catalogue, Dataset catalogue, EuroGeoss Droughts Catalogue) has been tested successfully. Adjustments on catalogue services allow CSW** harvesting from CNIG and the IDEE Catalogue of Geographic Information Web Services.

**CSW: Catalog Service for the Web

*IDEE: The Spatial Data Infrastructure of Spain (Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales de España, IDEE) is an initiative to integrate data, metadata and geographical information produced in Spain into Internet, which provides to locate, identify and access to such information by its potential

users.

Viewing Information

A web-based Map Viewer was developed which enables the visualisation, interrogation (spatial & attribute) and overlay of spatial datasets over the internet using WMS/WFS/WCS protocols. The Map Viewer integrates data from other thematic areas: (Forestry, Biodiversity, Droughts) and at different spatial scales (Global, Regional, Local).

Prototyping the next generation for GEOSS

Building a New Capability

Initial Operating Capability for Europe

Supports GEO Data Sharing Principles

Integrated multiscale and multisource modelling

Implements Best Practices

Advanced workflow for distributed geoprocessing

Web 2.0 and alternative search mechanisms

Natural language discovery and query interface

BENEFITS

Web Services (OGC)• CSW – Catalog Service for the Web

– Service used to request metadata catalogs of the datasets and services

• WCS – Web Coverage Service– Service used to download geospatial information in a raster format

and then manipulate the data

• WFS – Web Feature Service– Service delivering raw geospatial data. WFS are mainly data

downloading services

• WMS – Web Map Service– Service used to view data in a map format (e.g. Google)

• WPS - Web Processing Service – Service for standardizing how inputs and outputs (requests and

responses) for processing services