Innovations in Information Sharing Flexible Architectures for a Fast Changing World

1. Innovations in Information SharingFlexible Architectures for a Fast Changing World Dr. Christopher K. Tucker Open Geospatial Consortium November 16, 2009 Symposium on the Data Sharing Plans and on the Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing in GEOSS

2. GEOSS Architecture for Information Sharing Symposium on the Data Sharing Plans and on the Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing in GEOSS

3. GEOSS Architecture for Information Sharing • The GEOSS information sharing vision is becoming achieved via the International Standards Organization (ISO)/Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). • Simple pipes have been achieved, but “content is king”. • The only thing standing in the way of a global GEOSS information sharing architecture is the implementation of ISO/OGC SOA atop existing processing, exploitation and dissemination ground segments and sensor gateways. Symposium on the Data Sharing Plans and on the Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing in GEOSS

4. Sharing Within the SensorWeb Mobile Computing Platforms Industrial Process Monitor Environmental Monitor Battlefield Ground Sensors Automobile As Probe Airborne Imaging Device Temp Sensor Traffic Monitoring Strain Gauge Satellite-borne Remote Sensing Webcam Ocean Sensors Stored Sensor Data Health Monitor 4 4

5. Sharing Within the SensorWeb • User-centric, social network-centric • Interest and intent of people/social networks are posed as queries and alerts • Queries and alerts are data • Processing chains are human capital parading as data • Data must find data, data must find users, users must find each other Symposium on the Data Sharing Plans and on the Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing in GEOSS

6. Sharing Beyond the Commons Symposium on the Data Sharing Plans and on the Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing in GEOSS

7. Sharing Beyond the Commons • GEOSS assumes a global data commons. • Not all of the best data will exist in the commons. • To successfully share beyond the commons, we will need to succeed at G-Commerce. Symposium on the Data Sharing Plans and on the Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing in GEOSS

8. Sharing Data on Socio-Cultural Dynamics Symposium on the Data Sharing Plans and on the Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing in GEOSS

9. Sharing Data on Socio-Cultural Dynamics • If the human footprint is the largest source of global impacts… • And, if the GEO Societal Benefits Areas are largely tied to long term human welfare… • Then it is important to geospatially- and temporally- manage and share data on socio-cultural dynamics as part of GEOSS. Symposium on the Data Sharing Plans and on the Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing in GEOSS

10. Achieving “Change Intelligence” Symposium on the Data Sharing Plans and on the Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing in GEOSS

11. Achieving “Change Intelligence” • We don’t just share for the sake of sharing. We share because we have a common mission. • With the flood of data/information/knowledge available to us, we cannot just open the doors to sharing and expect everything to work itself out. • The long standing remote sensing paradox of “coverage versus resolution” actually plagues us far beyond the world of remote sensing, and as such, we need some organizing concept to drive our information sharing strategy. • I like to call this “Change Intelligence.” Symposium on the Data Sharing Plans and on the Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing in GEOSS

12. Information Sharing ChallengesRequire Innovation • Sharing all the way to the sensor. • Sharing beyond the commons. • Sharing data on socio-cultural dynamics • Achieving “Change Intelligence” These challenges require innovation if we are the realize the broader goals of GEOSS. Symposium on the Data Sharing Plans and on the Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing in GEOSS