Topics discussed in ADC

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Topics discussed in ADC UIC Re AIP

• Multiplicity of clearinghouses
• End-to-end discovery
• How to make the searches better
• Usability testing results
• Comments recommendations on pilot process

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On the multiplicity of clearinghouses

• Currently different results when searching
  different clearinghouses
• Each clearinghouse is augmenting its database
  with different community catalogs and resources
• Different information model per clearinghouse
• Multiplicity currently useful for testing but can
  be confusing
• User shouldnt have to know about clearinghouses
  and registries and shouldnt have to select a
  clearinghouse to search (portals offer drop down
  for selecting clearinghouse to search)
• Task Force should recommend one clearinghouse for
  the operational phase

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On End-to-End Discovery

• Emphasis on rigor of registration for better
  discovery
• Also discussion about current small number of
  registered components/services (with half of
  them web sites)
• Proposal to add sub-categories for SBAs
• Pro More targeted discovery better user
  experience
• Con Higher registration burden
• Discussion regarding level at which data should
  be registered
• E.g. one entry for all of the climate change db?
  (emphasis on the system of systems
• Areas for improvements
• Increase content and quality of GCI
• Improve user interface of geoportals per
  usability testing
• Continue working on and testing the architecture
• Reach out and involve user communities
• Support better searches

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On better searches

• Distributed searches across multiple
  catalogs/clearinghouses
• Different proposals for searching beyond the
  registries
• Sitemaps from catalog and Google Search (Marten)
• Google Search on content of websites registered
  (Robert)
• Tags for services for ease of discovery in
  regular Google searches (Herve)

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On Usability Testing

• Usability Testing of geoportals
• Higher than expected participation (120
  participants)
• Most of them (86 will use portals again)
• One of the easiest features to use Mapping
• One of the most difficult features to use Simple
  Search
• Discussion in ADC about user types and
  definitions
• UIC to work on those so that other committees can
  use them
• Discussion about target audience (casual user vs.
  experienced user)
• Discussion regarding cost of maintenance of
  geoportals
• To keep in mind that content management is
  time-consuming

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On Pilot Process

• Efficient way to exercise and evolve architecture
• Especially with respect to cross-community
  exchanges of information
• Need to continue working with UIC to engage
  communities of practice
• Need for how-to guides, cookbooks and/or recipes
• Good response to how-to user guides deliverables
  of AIP-2
• Good response to Publish, Register, Test and
  Monitor video
• Recommendations
• Develop glossary of terminologies
• Propagate results and process to users and
  technical committees
• Publish videos to youtube
• Cookbooks for using the GCI for discovery
  (geoportals) and for tactical guidance on
  registration of resources