ESIP Federation Activities
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ESIP Federation Activities
Rob Raskin
NASA/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA
Earth Science Information Partner (ESIP) Federation
• Networking consortium of 120 organizations that provide or add value to Earth system science data/information
• Initially formed by NASA, but now independent entity
• Membership open to any organization, after application and approval processes
• Almost entirely US-based
ESIP Membership Types
• Type 1– Raw data providers– Archive centers, mostly NASA and NOAA
• Type 2– Science/research data product providers
• Type 3– Commercial entities– Educational organizations– Planning agencies and decision makers– Service providers
Plus strategic funders, such as EPA, NASA, NOAA
Data Value Chain• Raw data (Type 1)
– Primarily remote sensing observations• Science data products (Type 2)
– Fully validated– Quality controlled– Vetted
• Applications (Type 3)
– Decision-making– Policy– Regulation– Commercial uses– Education– Expert testimony
Ready-to-use
Why Organizations Participate
• Broaden involvement• Use Cases• Community Standards• Share technology developments• Leverage what other Agencies/Organizations have
experienced– Lessons learned
• Testbeds
Networking Mechanisms
• Semi-annual meetings• Committees (top-down origin; permanent status)
– Information Technology & Interoperability– Products and Services– Education
• Clusters and working groups (bottom-up origin; may be transient)
– Thematic• Air quality• Water• Disaster• Climate
– Methodological• Environmental decision making• Semantic web• Preservation and stewardship
Environmental Decision-Making Cluster
• Objectives– Metrics
• What constitutes a good decision
– Better understanding of data requirements for decision models
– Greater appreciation for the value of data in decision-making
– Better tool interoperability• Most decision support systems are stove-piped
Information Technology and Interoperability Committee
• Objectives– Encourage the use of best information technology
practices– Ensure that data, information and services can be
readily exchanged and integrated– Encourage the use of standards and protocols
relevant to interoperability
• Activities– Convene technical workshops at Federation meetings
Air Quality Working Group
• Workshop on implementation of interoperability standards
• GEO AQ Community of Practice
Water Cluster
• Data integration and display tools
• Semantic architecture
• Ontology management
• Use cases
Semantic Web Cluster
• Common ontologies for:– Datatypes
– Data services
– Science/Application context
• Improve awareness of semantic interoperability– Tutorials
– Use cases
• Community standards for ontology content
SWEET Ontology
• Semantic Web for Earth and Environmental Terminology (SWEET)– Purpose: to improve discovery and use of Earth-referenced data
• Upper-level ontology set for Earth system science• 4000 concepts spanning Earth system science, applications,
and data– Organized into 140 modular ontologies– Scalable to readily accommodate growth– Written in OWL-DL– Easily extended for specialized domains
• Long-term maintenance to be provided by the ESIP Semantic Web Cluster
Physics
Chemistry
Math
VectorFunction StatisticsGeometryTime Space
Scale
Distribution
Object
Coordinates
DirectionScale GeologicScience
System InstrumentUnits
ElecMag
GravitySpectrum
Radiation
Solid
Fluid
Waves
Fluid Dyn
Thermo
Dynamics
TransportSound Organic
Element
Compound
Process
State
Particle
Biology
Plant
Process
Ecosystem
Animal
Biome
Hydrosphere
Surface
Ocean
Dynamics
WaterBody
Composition
Groundwater
Astronomy
Heliosphere
Sun Planet
Geosphere
Tectonica
OceanicContinental
Orogen
Basin
Petrology
Volcano
Resources
Atmosphere
Cloud
Pressure
Stability
Wind
Composition
Front
Precip Mesoscale
Electric BoundaryLay
Human
Impact
Agriculture Infrastruct
Commerce
Aviation
EnvControl
Data
Services
Representation
Geography
Border Geomorphol
Soil
Landform
CoastClimateZone
Climate
EarthReference
Cryosphere
Measurement Systems
Basic Science
Earth System Science
Applications
Abstract to Applied
Environmental Ontologies
• 12 new modules for cross-cutting environmental applications
• Supplements rather than replaces existing air and water chemistry modules
Environment
Indicator Decision
Regulation
Protection
StandardsImpact
Protection Control
Transport
Assessment
PollutantSustainability
SWEET Top Level View
More Info
• ESIP Web Site– http://wiki.esipfed.org
• ESIP Collaboration Pages– http://esipfed.org
• Upcoming ESIP Meetings– Knoxville, TN July 20-23, 2010
• SWEET– http://sweet.jpl.nasa.gov