open standards role in earthcube (agu 2013)
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TITLE: Open Standards Role in EarthCube (Invited) AUTHORS (FIRST NAME, LAST NAME): Luis E Bermudez1, David K Arctur2, 1, George Percivall1 INSTITUTIONS (ALL): 1. Open Geospatial Consortium, Gaithersburg, MD, United States. 2. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States. ABSTRACT BODY: EarthCube is an NSF initiative that will enable sharing of data in an open and transparent manner, improving access and use of data, allowing scientists to better understand the Earth. EarthCube is based on a network of enthusiasts willing to make the sharing of data a reality. But is just having open data enough? Open data will not accelerate the process a scientist team needs to go through to understand, reformat and use the data. However, agreements among colleagues or adoption of agreements can make a big difference. These agreements also need to be published, freely available, and unpolluted from intellectual property rights issues. The system design requirements to develop cyberinfrastructure for Geosciences need to take into account these open agreements, including open interfaces and open encodings. Once open agreements are in place, it is essential to have in place policy and procedures, and a governance body for maintaining those agreements. This presentation will explore these issues and suggest ways the standard development organizations, like the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), and other coordinating organizations, such as the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) and the Research Data Alliance (RDA), could be involved in this process. http://www.opengeospatial.org In AGU 2013 Session: IN43B. Emerging Concepts for Cyberinfrastructure in the GeosciencesTRANSCRIPT
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Open Standards Role
in EarthCube
George Percivall, OGC Chief Engineer
AGU Session IN43B
Emerging Concepts for Cyberinfrastructure in the Geosciences
12 December 2013
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Why EarthCube? To Advance our Science
Aeronomy
Solar Terrestial
Petrology Geochemis
tryTectonics
EarthScope
IES
Biological Ocean
Geomomorphology &
land use dyn
ChemOcean
High Perf Computing
Emerging Frontiers
(BIO)
Software
Data
Networks
EarthCube CI
ANT Astro &
Geospace
ANT Earth Sciences
ANT Glaciology
ANT Ocean & Atm. Sci.
ANT Organisms & Ecosys.
ARC Natural
Sciences
ARC Obs. Network
(AON) ARC Social Sciences
ARC Sys Science (ARCSS)
NCAR
Biological Infrastruct
ure Envir. Biology
Atm. Chemistry
Clm & Large Scale
Dyn
Paleo-Climate
Phy. & Dyn Met.
Magneto-spheric Phys.
HydrologySediment Geology
and Paleobio
EAR Ed.
Geophysics
Geobio & Low Temp Geochem
Phys Ocean
OceanDrilling
OCE ED
GeoPRISM
Marine Geology & Geo-phys
OOI
Source of slide: Eva Zanzerkia, NSF
An alternative approach to respond to daunting science and cyberinfrastructure challenges
EarthCube is an outcome and a
process
EarthCube: next
generation CI to transform
the conduct of geosciences
Unidata
IRISIEDA
NCAR
OOI
CUASHI
The process must• Engage all stakeholders: Geosciences end-users
Geosciences and CI facilitiesCI and Computer Science specialists
• Build EarthCube iteratively, with community input and assessment in yearly intervals
• EarthCube built on existing resources, understanding that different geosciences communities are cannot be uniformly served
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The EarthCube Strategy
3Source of slide: Eva Zanzerkia, NSF
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What are the Goals of EarthCube?
EarthCube aims to:• Transform research and data management practices within
the geosciences community over the next decade• Provide unprecedented new capabilities, including access
to data and visualization tools, to researchers and educators
• Vastly improve the productivity of the geosciences community
• Accelerate research on the Earth system• Provide a knowledge management framework for the
geosciences
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http://earthcube.org/page/about
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Open Data and a Culture of Cooperation
• EarthCube is based on a network of enthusiasts willing to make the sharing of data a reality. But is just having open data enough? – Open data will not accelerate the process a scientist team needs to
go through to understand, reformat and use the data.
• Letter to Editor response by 44 persons in EarthCube – “Although the question of who pays for open data is important…– A greater challenge lies in implementing institutional and cultural
changes required before data from government-sponsored research can be openly shared”
– Science 29 November 2013: V. 342 pp. 1041-4042
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Cyberinfrastructure for Geosciences
• Cyberinfrastructure depends upon agreements for open interfaces and open encodings
• Development of cyberinfrastructure for Geosciences need to take into account these open agreements, including open interfaces and open encodings.
• Once open agreements are in place, it is essential to have in place policy and procedures, and a governance body for maintaining those agreements.
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EarthCube Stakeholder Alignment Data and Principles for TestGovernance Meeting
Support from the National Science Foundation is deeply appreciated: NSF-VOSS EAGER 0956472, “Stakeholder Alignment in Socio-Technical Systems,” NSF OCI RAPID 1229928, “Stakeholder Alignment for EarthCube,” NSF GEO-SciSIP-STS-OCI-INSPIRE 1249607, “Enabling Transformation in the Social Sciences, Geosciences, and Cyberinfrastructure,” NSF I-CORPS 1313562 “Stakeholder Alignment for Public-Private Partnerships”
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld,University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Nick Berente, University of GeorgiaBurcu Bolukbasi, UIUC
Leslie DeChurch, Georgia Tech UniversityCourtney Flint, Utah State University
Michael Haberman, UIUCJohn L. King, University of Michigan
Eric Knight, University of SydneyBarbara Lawrence, UCLA
Ethan Masella, Brandeis UniersityCharles Mcelroy, Case Western
Reserve UniversityBarbara Mittleman, Nodality, Inc.
Mark Nolan, UIUCMelanie Radik, Brandeis University
Namchul Shin, Pace UniversitySusan Winter, University of Maryland
Ilya Zaslavsky, UCSD
Where such standards exist, EarthCube should use formal, internationally approved, geoscience-wide data access/sharing standards and protocols (e.g. ISO, OGC). (v100 R2)Where there are not formal, international standards, please indicate your priority between, on the one hand, EarthCube encouraging development or extension of formal, internationally approved, geoscience-wide data access/sharing standards and protocols (0) versus EarthCube have its own systems of standards and protocols (1). (v101 R2)
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Formal international standardsEC encourage where no standards
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Recent EarthCube awards by NSF
• Building Blocks• Conceptual Architecture• Research Networks• Test Governance – an Agile approach
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Agile development benefits from prototyping
• Manifesto for Agile Software Development– Individuals and interactions
over processes and tools– Working software
over comprehensive documentation– Customer collaboration
over contract negotiation– Responding to change
over following a plan
• Innovation and creativity in development occurs most reliably with multiple prototypes
GEOSS connects Observations to Decisions
GEOSS approach relevant to EarthCube
GEOSS Interoperability Arrangements- From the GEOSS 10 Year Plan Reference Document -
• Interoperability through open interfaces– Interoperability specifications agreed to among contributing
systems– Access to data and information through service interfaces
• Open standards and intellectual property rights– GEOSS adopting standards; agreed upon by consensus,
preference to formal international standards– GEOSS will not require commercial or proprietary standards– Multiple software implementations compliant with the open
standards should exist– Goal is that at least one of the implementations should be
available to all implementers "royalty-free"
GEOSS Data Sharing Principles
• Full and Open Exchange of Data
• Data and Products at Minimum Time delay and Minimum Cost
• Free of Charge or Cost of Reproduction
GEOSS Information System and GEOSS DataCORE
• GEO Portal - new version released last week
• More than 14 million discoverable Resources
• More than 1.2 million are
• Brokered Search of >20 Community Catalogues
• Example search: 1081 datasets for Land Cover available as GEO DataCORE
© GEO Secretariat
www.geoportal.org
InformationViewpoint
ComputationalViewpoint
EngineeringViewpoint
Optimized Design/Development
TechnologyViewpoint
EnterpriseViewpoint
Community Objectives
GEOSS Vision and TargetsSocietal Benefit AreasSystem of Systems/ Interoperability
Abstract/Best Practices
GEOSS AIP Architecture
RM-ODP Viewpoints
Earth Observations Geographic FeaturesSpatial ReferencingMetadata and QualityGEOSS Data-CORE
Catalog/RegistryAccess and OrderProcessing Services Sensor WebUser Identity
Component Types
Information Framework
Use Cases
Services
Tutorials
OGC®
EarthCube Cyberinfrastructure
• Agile development and governance• Open Data and a Culture of Cooperation• Building blocks and architecture simultaneously and
iteratively• Coordinating organizations
– ESIP, RDA, Belmont Forum, OGC and many others
• An open community with many opportunities and benefits– http://earthcube.org/
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ThanksGeorge Percivall, OGCMember of EarthCube
Test Governance