An Integrated A&D Strategy Jay Pearlman, A Annoni I DeLoatch, B Ryan Briefing to ADC Meeting March 1 2011.

An Integrated A&D Strategy

Jay Pearlman, A AnnoniI DeLoatch, B Ryan

Briefing to ADC MeetingMarch 1 2011

Background

• Two Strategic Targets have been developed for the Architecture and Data components of GEOSS. At the midpoint of GEOSS 10-year plan, an M&E review indicated there were challenges in both the processes and implementation of the GEOSS architecture. “Stakeholders perceive that architecture developed by GEO does not yet meet their needs for data, information, and tools.”

• An integrated approach addressing both Architecture and Data targets and the milestones toward meeting these targets is essential for achieving the objectives of the ten-year implementation plan.

Objectives

• Analyze issues, milestones, objectives and recommendations coming from Architecture, Data Management, and Management strategies discussion and address the path forward to integrate these into a coordinating framework for GEO. Develop an Action Plan document, determine if there are gaps and address these as necessary.

Questions1. Given that Architecture and the Data strategy address their relevant Strategic

Targets, what gaps remain when they are integrated together? Which issues are across strategy targets (e.g. data access services required for data management required of the GEOSS architecture)?

2. How are priorities set between the different areas?3. What are the key approaches for an integrated management plan?4. How is the plan described to high-level managers?5. Does the plan allow for flexibility as the state of the art advances?6. How are user inputs and feedback folded into the plan?

7. Is the integrated plan likely to be supported by the broad user communities?

8. From an operational perspective, who has responsibilities for GEOSS implementation plan? For the A&D action plan?

9. New Tools are available for GEO work plan management and for Strategic Target management. Are these tools adequate? Is there a room for improvement?

10.Is the structure and content of the GEO work plan appropriate? If not which changes should be proposed?

Desired Outcomes• Preliminary lists of Milestones and Deliverables (until 2015)• Preliminary agreement on strategy for an integrated

architecture and data action plan for meeting the A&D strategic targets

• Consensus on processes and steps for integrated management. • Identification of relevant gaps and recommendations for

addressing these.• Proposed changes to the GEO work plan • Steps for improved uses of the A&D and interfaces with users• Recommendations for improved interfaces with other GEO

committees and with task leads

Challenges For Strategy

1. Demonstrate value (across communities) - by examples

2. Propose GEOSS as a process rather than an information system1. Expand interoperability through international

specifications, standards and practices2. Support broad non-specialist user base to grow

diversified user communities.

3. Think out of the Box toward next generation SDIs

Framework

GEOSS Next five years*•Fully address the 2015 GEOSS Strategic Targets in all GEOSS areas

•Foster the development of GEOSS information (products, services)

•Ensure the delivery of societal benefits through the GEOSS Common Infrastructure

•Enhance data sharing (full and open access) and data distribution

•Build upon synergies across Societal Benefit Areas and cross-cutting areas; Ensure the continuity of relevant activities

*From GEO work plan document

System Attributes

GEOSS Attributes

Identified Standards

Common Practices

Common nomenclature and semantic engines

Data harmonization

Sensor and model Webs (“virtual systems”)

Brokers for metadata and data interoperability

Consistent data quality indicators

Standardized calibration & validation

Data descriptions (e.g. common metadata records)

Provenance (traceability)

Openness Classification guidelines

Feedback to suppliers

Ombudsman

Provides improved interoperability

Delivers trusted data & information

Is "Open” (i.e. Data Sharing Principles)

GEOSS Infrastructure

Enables communication to all users

Space-based (GEONETCast)Internet-basedMobile basedMail distribution

Support for community observers

Alerts

Enables GEOSS resources to be readily used: discovered, accessed, processed and visualized

Defines and addresses information gaps between supply and demand.

Integration of data and services from multiple sources

Uniform geospatial descriptions

Supports Broad range of users

Provides best practices

Information Communications Capacity Building

GEOSS Value-areas

Improved data provenance

Data to information translation (models)

Improved information validation

Cross Domain

Persistent assets

Engaging SBA in GEOSS

Impacts: Metrics and Socio-economic indicators

National Programs

Commercial Systems

Propagation of Persistent Pilots

Education Programs

Pilot Demonstrations Case Studies

Stimulates Science & Technology Innovation

Integrates with Community Developments

What could GEOSS do better than Google?

Search

Earth Images

Earth Information*

Data Access**

Trusted data***

Data Harmonization

Interoperability

Multi-disciplinary analyses

* Land cover analyses, etc** With unified sign-in*** Data Quality and uncertainties

Targets – A & D

• Architecture: Achieve sustained operation, continuity and interoperability of existing and new systems that provide essential environmental observations and information, including the GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI) that facilitates access to, and use of, these observations and information.

• Data: Provide a shared, easily accessible, timely, sustained stream of comprehensive data of documented quality, as well as metadata and information products, for informed decision- making.

Targets – CBC, STC, UIC

• 3 CBC Enhance the coordination of efforts to strengthen individual, institutional and infrastructure capacities, particularly in developing countries, to produce and use Earth observations and derived information products.

• 4.STC Ensure full interaction and engagement of relevant science and technology communities such that GEOSS advances through integration of innovations in Earth observation science and technology, enabling the research community to fully benefit from GEOSS accomplishments.

• 5. UIC Ensure critical user information needs for decision making are recognized and met through Earth observations.

Targets – Agriculture & Biodiversity

• 6.Agriculture Improve the utilization of Earth observations and expanded application capabilities to advance sustainable agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry in areas including early warning, risk assessment, food security, market efficiency, and, as appropriate, combating desertification.

• 7. Biodiversity Establish, in conjunction with a comprehensive ecosystem monitoring capability, a worldwide biodiversity observation network to collect, manage, share and analyze observations of the status and trends of the world's biodiversity, and enable decision-making in support of the conservation and improved management of natural resources.

Targets – Climate, Disasters, Ecosystems• 8. Climate Achieve effective and sustained operation of the global climate

observing system and reliable delivery of climate information of a quality needed for predicting, mitigating and adapting to climate variability and change, including for better understanding of the global carbon cycle.

• 9.Disasters Enable the global coordination of observing and information systems to support all phases of the risk management cycle associated with hazards (mitigation and preparedness, early warning, response, and recovery).

• 10. Ecosystems Establish, in conjunction with a comprehensive biodiversity observation network, a wide- ranging monitoring capability for all ecosystems and the human impacts on them, to improve the assessment, protection and sustainable management of terrestrial, coastal and marine resources and the delivery of associated ecosystem services.

Targets Energy & Health

• 11. Energy Close critical gaps in energy-related Earth observations and increase their use in all energy sectors in support of energy operations, as well as energy policy planning and implementation, to enable affordable energy with minimized environmental impact while moving towards a low-carbon footprint.

• 12. Health Substantially expand the availability, use, and application of environmental information for public health decision-making in areas of health that include allergens, toxins, infectious diseases, food-borne diseases, and chronic diseases, particularly with regard to the impact of climate and ecosystem changes.

Water & Weather

• 13. Water Produce comprehensive sets of data and information products to support decision-making for efficient management of the world's water resources, based on coordinated, sustained observations of the water cycle on multiple scales.

• 14. Weather Close critical gaps in meteorological and related ocean observations, and enhance observational and information capabilities for the protection of life and property, especially with regard to high-impact events, and in the developing world.

SBA Targets

Info Sys Observations

AgricultureBiodiversityClimateDisastersEcosystemsEnergyHealthWaterWeather

Targets – A & D• Architecture: Achieve sustained operation (1),

continuity (2) and interoperability (3) of existing and new systems that provide essential environmental observations and information (4), including the GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI) that facilitates access to (5), and use of (6), these observations and information.

• Data: Provide a shared (1), easily accessible (2), timely (3), sustained (4) stream of comprehensive data (5) of documented quality (6), as well as metadata (7) and information products (8), for informed decision- making.

GEOSS Infrastructure

Enables GEOSS resources to be

readily discovered, accessed,

processed and visualized

Provides improved interoperability

Delivers trusted data & information

Is "Open”, in accordance with Data

Sharing Principles

DATA

ARCHITECTURE

ObservationsObservations

Sustained Continuity

Interoperability

Information

GCI

Access and Use

Architecture

Shared

Doc. QualityDoc. Quality

Accessible

Timely Sustained

DATA/INFO

Metadata

Decision MakersDecision Makers

Data

From other TGTSHarmonization Data-CoreInteroperability…

Data tags

harmonisation

quality

preservation

continuity

metadata

usability

data modelling

gap analysis

sharing

access services

transformation services

visualisation/portrayal services

ontologies

controlled vocabularies

glossary

conceptual and encoding schemas

calibration & validation

Processes PrinciplesInteroperability

documentation

Services

workflowmanagement

codes list

Input to ADC management

Data Target

Data Sharing

Data Documentation

Data Access

Data Content

Data Quality

Data Preservation

Global Data Sets

User Requirements

Gap Analysis

Data Processes

Data Target

Data Sharing

Data Documentation

Data Access

Data Content

Data Quality

Data Preservation

Global Data Sets

User Requirements

Gap Analysis

Defining steps forward - Architecture

– GCI delivers data sets of the highest priority in UIC analyses.

– Provide branded access of GEOSS information inventory to broader search community (e.g. Google)

– Provide conversion of metadata schema for suppliers (ISO 19115 or ?) based on a GEOSS data model

– Create a description of the total GEOSS Architecture including and extending beyond the CGI

Defining steps forward - Data

• Data Discovery and Access• Data of Documented Quality• Global Data Sets thru Harmonization & Interoperability

Defining steps forward - Management

• Build a work plan that focuses on achieving targets• High Level Task Management Processes• Focusing Resources of contributions• Structure of GCI-CT / Relation of GCI-CT and other

units with ADC• Means for incorporating technical advances into

GEOSS