ESIP Resources and Services Session at 2013 Winter Meeting

ESIP Resource and ServicesESIP Products and Services Committee2013 ESIP Winter Meeting

AgendaIntroductionCloud Management JPLs Douglas HughesUpdate on Testbed PortalLife Cycle of Testbed Projects

IntroductionOriginated from the Products and Services CommitteeTo encourage the development, use and improvement of best science practices to ensure the quality, usability, and breadth of data and resultant information, products, and servicesTo provide a Federation-wide forum for defining, developing and evaluating requirements for Federation Earth science productsTo provide a Federation-wide forum for defining, developing and evaluating requirements for product services and user servicesTestbed PurposeProvide an environment to prototypeStandards (ISO)Services (e.g. expert skills database)Protocols (e.g. casting)Technologies (e.g. drupal)Explore best practices (E.g. data identifiers)Provide a forum for innovative collaboration across ESIPImprove visibility and access to products and serviceshttp://testbed.esipfed.org

Cloud Resource ManagementDouglas Hughes JPL office of the CIOWith Tom Soderstrom and Jonathan ChiangRemote from JPL

Integrated Testbed PortalPhil Yang and Chen Xuhttp://testbed.esipfed.org/

Deploy a Testbed Portal GoalsMake ESIP Testbed activities more visible to the public

Support ESIP members to interact with hosted Testbed activities

Support interactivities between ESIP members and Testbed task developers

Project Information ManagementProject Issues ManagementTestbed AnnouncementTestbed User ForumsPortal FunctionsLifecycle of Testbed ProjectsHow to submit new proposalsInformation in Testbed Portal and CommonsUsing git repository to support Testbed projects - David BassendineTestbed relationship to other clusters/committees

http://testbed.esipfed.org/

Proposal SubmissionCall for Proposals2011 RFPResulted in 5 funded projectsTopics of InterestOutreach to committees, clusters, working groupsReview processTestbed Configuration Board for content and feasibilityFinance Committee for funding if requested

http://testbed.esipfed.org/

Testbed Portal and CommonsDocumentationTesting ResultsUser Feedback

http://testbed.esipfed.org/

Githttp://testbed.esipfed.org/

David Bassendine

Testbed: an ESIP-wide Service2011-12 ProjectsESIP Ontologies in the Cloud (Line Pouchard Semantic Web Cluster)Linked Data for Collaboration Discovery (Eric Rozell and Tom Narock Semantic Web Cluster)Testbed Portal Development (Chen Xu and Jing Li Products & Services Committee)Discovery Services and Clients (Christine White Discovery Cluster)Best Practices for Using Cloud Resources (Phil Yang Cloud Computing Cluster)Data Stewardship (Nancy Hoebelheinrich and Greg Janee - Preservation and Stewardship Cluster)Re-usable Metadata Authoring Tool (Jerry Pan Information Technology and Interoperability Committee)

Innovation and SuccessesEngaging numerous ESIP groupsUsing variety of resourcesDemonstrating new capabilities and ideasProviding ESIP Community ResourcesUtilizing a Testbed Configuration Board to oversee directions

New Testbed PortalProvide a more prominent home and environment for the TestbedEngage ESIP members in the testing and review of projectsCapture information about projectsPreserve project software and resources for future ESIP use

Testbed Portalhttp://testbed.esipfed.org/

Project Accesshttp://swp.gmu.edu/esiptestbed/