Marge Cole

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ESG EIELeveraging Interoperability in the
Discovery, Retrieval and Integration of Science
Results

• Marge Cole
• Geosciences Interoperability Office/GST
• NASA Applied Sciences Program

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NASA Geosciences Interoperability Office

• GIO Purpose
• Facilitate interoperable discovery, access and
  use of NASA research results and model products
  in applications of national and international
  priority within scientific, educational and
  commercial uses.
• Achieved by
• Designing, and implementing geospatial
  interoperability concepts, architectures, and
  standards to enable greater access and use of
  NASAs scientific data.
• Developing and demonstrating prototypes, pilots
  and testbeds implementing access to NASA data,
  products and models through Integrated Systems
  Solutions
• Leading and participating in national
  initiatives working towards scientific research
  system of systems solutions.
• Implementing interoperability directly in
  support of GEOSS, CCSP, and other national and
  international initiatives.

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NASA ResearchSpacecraft 2006 and beyond
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Applying Science to National Priorities
Public Health
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• Catalogs/Clearinghouses
• GSDI, NSDI, GOS, GCMD, ECHO
• etc

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ESG concept overview
Earth Science Gateway Portal to data,
information,knowledge about the Earth-Sun
System
Extensible, open service-oriented architecture
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ESG Platform

• NASA Earth Science Gateway as an example platform
  that brings together the resources of the
  community to support larger contexts
• ESG as a contributor to a robust, flexible,
  service-oriented, standards-based and extensible
  infrastructure
• Issues
• Catalog query interoperability
• Consensus-based standards
• Wider adoption of OGC standards
• Context documents
• OGC WS
• CSW

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Value of Interoperability

• Ensure ability to access multiple, heterogeneous
  geoprocessing environments, either local or
  remote by means of open and standard software
  interfaces
• Rely on open standards based interoperability
• Interoperable interfaces on sources data
  sources, in-situ sensors, models, registries,
  catalogs, etc.
• Publicly accessible standards developed through
  consensus bodies (ISO, FGDC, OGC)
• Increase the value of NASA-related data by
• Increasing the opportunities to discover, access
  and integrate that data in the 12 national
  applications, particularly in non-traditional
  ways
• Access to data, observations and analytical
  models from diverse sources can facilitate
  interdisciplinary and exploratory research and
  analysis.

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