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Just to clarify- my thinking was to omit the word internet. Not insert
grid (I'm aware of the issues...). Thus, we don't limit future possibilities.
That's all. GR<br>
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Wrt Glenn's suggested modifications: I like the second (adding scientists and
data providers to the list ... I would wouldn't I :-), but not the first. I
think "Internet" is less politically charged, and is more inclusive than
"grid" ...
Cheers,
Bryan
On Monday 19 July 2004 16:30, Glenn Rutledge wrote:
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<pre wrap=""> Look great Chris,
Two minor suggested edits below in bold. Regards, Glenn
Chris Kerr wrote:
Gossip members:
Here is an initial draft of the GO-ESSP mission statement. Please send me
your comments/suggestions in the next couple of days.
Thanks
Chris
MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE GLOBAL ORGANIZATION FOR EARTH SYSTEM
SCIENCE PORTALS
Earth System Science Portals (GO-ESSP) is a collaboration designed to build
the next generation scalable software infrastructure needed to provide
internet (remove internet- howabout the grid? re: OPeNDAP-G) access to
observed and simulated data from the climate and weather communities.
GO-ESSP has been created to meet the challenge of developing the individual
software components and a federation of frameworks that can work together
using agreed-upon standards.
Previous generations of software have consisted of independent systems that
have been developed by individual institutions. The enormous demands for
climate and weather data have highlighted the need to create a software
infrastructure that can make this data more easily accessible to their
customers. The resource and technology demands necessary to create such an
infrastructure require that institutions work closely together to create
such an environment. The GO-ESSP has been created by software developers,
scientists, and data center providers, to meet this demand.
GO-ESSP collaborations are intended to increase the availability of climate
and weather data to a range of communities. The traditional consumers of
climate and weather data have previously come from within the scientific
community. However, increasingly this information is being requested by
other communities including impacts researchers and policy and decision
makers. The challenge for GO-ESSP is to provide both access to and provide
mechanisms for data discovery to these diverse communities that is both
uniform and efficient.
The GO-ESSP collaborators realized early from the inception of the
organization that the distributed nature of the data served to the
communities would require that development must cross both agency and
international boundaries. GO-ESSP has evolved into a collaboration that
involves software developers from both Europe and the United States from
multiple agencies. The agencies supporting the GO-ESSP include NOAA, NASA,
DOE, NSF/UCAR, British Atmospheric Data Centre/NERC (UK), and the Central
Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK).
The goals of GO-ESSP are:
Provide uniform access to earth systems data worldwide.
Ensure earth systems data is made available to the widest possible range
of users.
Provide a forum that encourages discussion between earth systems data
providers and its wide-range of users.
Support better informed use of earth systems data.
Improve data discovery, access, and analysis of earth system data.
Provide a forum for international centers that distribute earth systems
data.
Provide an international forum for technical discussions of earth
system science portal development.
Develop standards for interfaces, protocols, schema, formats, and tools
within the earth system science portal development community.
Promote the use of and develop standards for the earth system science
portal community.
Provide a repository for "best" methodologies for development of earth
system science portals.
Strive toward open software development for earth system science portal
development.
The multi-level architecture needed to be developed to meet the demands of
these communities requires advances in several key technologies. These
technologies fall into the following groups:
Catalogs and Catalogs Services
Distributed Search Capabilities
Data Portal Design
Security
Services
Vocabulary
Active collaborations occur within each of these groups, and yearly
meetings are used to update other GO-ESSP members on the advances that have
occurred since the last meeting.
More information about the Global Organization for Earth System Science
Portals and how to become actively involved in the organization can be
obtained from:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://go-essp.gfdl.noaa.gov">http://go-essp.gfdl.noaa.gov</a>
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