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NSF’s EarthCube : Brief Overview of Brokering. EarthCube Charrette June 12, 2012. Brokering Team Composition. Core Team Siri Jodha S. Khalsa, U Colo Mark Parsons, U Colo Ruth Duerr , U Colo Jay Pearlman, J&F Ent . Françoise Pearlman, J& F Steve Browdy , OMS Tech
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NSF’s EarthCube:Brief Overview of Brokering EarthCubeCharrette June 12, 2012
Brokering Team Composition • Core Team • Siri Jodha S. Khalsa, U Colo • Mark Parsons, U Colo • Ruth Duerr, U Colo • Jay Pearlman, J&F Ent. • Françoise Pearlman, J&F • Steve Browdy, OMS Tech • Stefano Nativi, CNR • Erin Robinson, ESIP Fed • US Collaborators • OGC • UNAVCO • U Nebraska NDMC • U Nevada • U Washington/IRIS • UNIDATA • Washington U International: BRGM, EPOS, JRC, U Bonn, U Bremen, U Waterloo
What We’re Up To EarthCube Vision - addressing the challenges of interdisciplinary data sharing involving discovery, access, semantics, workflow and model web Broker Team Charter – Explore Brokering Frameworks to support this vision as a key element of the EarthCube Cyberinfrastructure • Prime Objectives include: • Achieve consensus on definition and concept of brokering • Engage US and international geoscience partners • Technology evaluations (hack-a-thons, usability testing) • Define use cases for cyberinfrastructure assessment • Coordinate activities with other EarthCube teams
Discussion Themes and Challenges • Role of brokering within EarthCube • Governance • Technical, Cultural and Social Adoption • Requirements Process (IT and geoscience) • Maintenance and Sustainability
Inputs Sought • Key Science Issues and Cyberinfrastructure needs • Feedback on Brokering Framework Manifesto • Schedule and Phasing of CI development • Use case definitions • Participation in testing of broker solutions