GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot

The GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot (AIP) develops and deploys new process and infrastructure components for the GCI and the broader GEOSS architecture.  AIP is a core task (GEO Task AR-09-01b) of the GEO Architecture and Data Committee.   Results of the AIP are transitioned to GEO Task AR-09-01a and the GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI).    Progress of AIP development is listed below; For access to data go the GEOSS Web Portals.

AIP Highlights

• AIP-3 Development is underway
  • See the activity on the collboration website
• AIP-3 Kickoff Workshop at ESA-ESRIN Frascati Italy, March 11-12, 2010
  • Closing plenary presentations are posted .
  • 75 people attended.  Pictures  posted at bottom of this page
• AIP-2 Demonstration Videos show Scenarios based on GCI and GEOSS community resources
• A set of Engineering Reports document the results of AIP-2.

AIP Activities

• Telecons are a main method of communication.
• AIP Plenary e-mail list is for general announcements; sign up.  Extended discussions are on other lists .
• A collaborative site has been established for AIP-3 development activities
• Prior activities of AIP are listed below in reverse chronological order.

2010

• AIP-3 Kickoff Workshop at ESA-ESRIN Frascati Italy, March 11-12, 2010
  • 75 people attended.
  • Closing plenary presentations are posted .
  • Listing of the Parallel Sessions
  • Pictures  posted at bottom of this page

• Responses to the AIP-3 Call for Participation
  • Summary of the responses and links to the responses
  • The responses represent over 100 organizations.
  • Responses were used to prepare for the Kickoff Workshop

• GEO Secretariat announcement of Call for Participation (CFP) in AIP-3, January 2010
  • CFP Responses requested by 3 March in order to prepare for Kickoff Workshop
  • Kickoff Workshop at ESA-ESRIN Frascati Italy, March 11-12, 2010

2009

• AIP Phase 2 (AIP-2) was completed in September 2009.  
  
  • AIP-2 Demonstration Videos show Scenarios based on GCI+
  • A set of Engineering Reports document the results of AIP-2.
  • A presentation of 11 August 2009 provides a summary:  AIP-2 Summary

• AIP-2 Demonstration Videos were posted in May 2009.  The Demonstrations were developed over the course of AIP-2 and recorded during a Demo Capture workshop, 4-5 May 2009 in Stresa, Italy.  The demonstrations show SBA and Technology topics. The link above plays in your browser using the on-line file.  Any of the videos can be also be downloaded for off-line playback.

• During the development of AIP-2 much activity was recorded in the AIP Working Group pages on Google Sites.   The weekly AIP-2 Plenary Telecons provide a record of the progress of the task.

• The AIP-2 status was presented to the GEO Architecture and Data Committee on 7 May 2009 (presentation to ADC ) and to a Joint meeting of the ADC and the User Interface Committee (presentation to UIC/ADC).

• AIP-2 Testing approach was defined and initiated in February 2009

• Scenarios and Use Cases were initially established in January 2009.  Scenarios show how GEOSS is applied in various Communities of Practice.   Use Cases are reusable transverse technology approaches for implementing the scenarios.  A matrix maps Scenarios to Use Cases.

2008

• An Interim Design Review for the AIP-2 Development was held on 2 December 2008 in Valencia Spain.  AIP-2 Working Groups presented their status with a focus on Scenarios and Use Cases.  A Summary identifies the major observations of the review.

• AIP-2 Working Group pages on Google Sites were created for on-going collaboration of the AIP-2 working groups.   The Google Sites provide a workspace for development which will be finalized in Engineering Reports, Videos and OGC Network pages.

• AIP-2 Kickoff Workshop was held in Boulder Colorado, USA, September 25 and 26, 2008.  Eighty five(85) persons attended over the two days.  A summary presentation of the kickoff is available. Pictures from the workshop

• A Call for Participation (CFP) for AIP, Phase 2 was issued on on 30 June 2008. Thirty eight (38) responses to the CFP were received.  An analysis of the Responses was developed to support Kickoff workshop planning.

• An Architecture Workshop was held on the 4th and 5th of February 2008. Results of the workshop were included in the CFP for Phase 2.

2007

• AIP Contributions to an Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for GEOSS were established in December 2007.

• A Scenario Capture workshop was held September 10-11, 2007. The purpose of the workshop was to develop screen capture recordings of AI Pilot clients for the Scenarios, Portal and the Clearinghouse/Registry for the EO Summit. The results for the workshop are viewable as on-line demonstrations or download the videos for playback without a network.

• Results of the Federated Earth Observation Pilot (FedEO) are supportive of the GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot.

• AI Pilot Working Groups were establised as the forum for development during the execution phase of the AI Pilot. E-mail lists for the working groups have been established.

• A Kickoff Meeting for the AI Pilot was held on 5&6 June 2007 at the ESRIN Facility of the European Space Agency. The Kickoff Meeting began the Execution Phase of the Pilot. During the Kickoff meeting detailed plans and designs were developed along with the identification of user scenarios suitable for demonstration. An element of the kickoff was review of the engineering viewpoint architecture from the CFP Annex B.

• A Call for Participation (CFP) in the AI Pilot was issued on 13 April 2007. 35 responses were received. As many proposals included contributions from multiple organizations, there were 105 organizations responding to the CFP. Responses were received from government agencies, academia and national laboratories, and commercial organizations.