A few notes on GEOSS Architecture

George PercivallGEO Task Faciltator IN-05 – GEOSS Design and Interoperability

EarthCube Test Governance IT Team

Chief Engineer, OGC

EarthCube All Hands Meeting

24 June 2014

OGC

GEOSS Enterprise Viewpoint

GEOSS Enterprise Viewpoint

GEOSS connects Observations to Decisions

GEOSS Architecture Concepts

• System of Systems

– Participating systems are autonomous

– Shared vision

• Open

– Interoperability through open standards

– GEOSS Data Sharing Principles

• Evolutionary Development

– Agile/Scrum iterative development sprints

– Emergent architecture captured in viewpoints

InformationViewpoint

ComputationalViewpoint

EngineeringViewpoint

TechnologyViewpoint

EnterpriseViewpoint

International Standard for IT ArchitectureRM-ODP Viewpoints

InformationViewpoint

ComputationalViewpoint

EngineeringViewpoint

TechnologyViewpoint

EnterpriseViewpoint

GEOSS Vision and TargetsSocietal Benefit AreasSystem of Systems/ Interoperability

GEOSS AIP Architecture

RM-ODP Viewpoints

Earth Observations Geographic FeaturesSpatial ReferencingMetadata and QualityGEOSS Data-CORE

Catalog/RegistryAccess and OrderProcessing Services Sensor WebUser Identity

Component Types

Information Framework

Use Cases

Services

Tutorials

Observations

• GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI)– Portal for identity– Broker/clearinghouse across communities

• Architecture and Data Committee– Architecture governance, e.g., GCI – Architecture guidance: AIP sprints and SIF

• Domain (SBA) Integrators– People that know both IT and Science– Key to building domain communities on the common

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