GEOSS IOC Architecture
This page and its linked pages describe the architecture of the GEOSS Initial Operating Capability as of November 2007.
- Relevant GEOSS Community objectives and policies are described in the Enterprise Viewpoint
- Earth Observation information framework and types are described in the Information Viewpoint
- A service oriented architecture based on GEOSS Interoperability Arrangements are described in the Computational Viewpoint
- Component types for distributed and tier architecture are described in the Engineering Viewpoint
- Component instances deployed in the IOC are listed in the Technology Viewpoint
GEOSS Information System Architecture
Enterprise Viewpoint
- (Link to Strategic Guidance Document)
- Videos of the SBA scenarios
- (Link to Enterprise Modeling outputs)
Information Viewpoint
- (Link to page describing data types, instances and encoding used in the AI Pilot)
- (link to a page describing the GEOSS registry items and relationships)
Computational Viewpoint
- (Link to page describing data types, instances and encoding used in the AI Pilot)
Engineering Viewpoint
- (Link to page describing component types used in the AI Pilot)
- (Link to page describing use cases used in the AI Pilot: e.g., publish-find-bind using the GEOSS component types)
- Video of GEOSS registration and clearinghouse interactions
Technology Viewpoint
- The Technology Viewpoint lists the instances of components that were implemented in the IOC.
- Component instances are organized using the component types in the Engineering Viewpoint.

