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OpenIOOS Interoperability TestbedAt a workshop held November 2004, participants representing regional pilot projects and IOOS Regional Associations agreed to continue product development that demonstrates community cooperation, advances the goal of data interoperability, and provides demonstration products to showcase the value of an IOOS. The goal agreed upon is a technical demonstration of interoperability providing regionally relevant and timely information that will develop ongoing community interaction. The demonstration, referred to as the OpenIOOS Interoperability Testbed, is a proof of concept activity with a long term vision of interoperability among the IOOS community. There are three related components (product lines) of the demonstration being developed concurrently, all of which are thought of as incremental steps to achieving and demonstrating interoperability. These are 1) standards development, 2) national scale community testbed, and 3) regional products. Fundamental to making progress on IOOS interoperability is a focus on the essential standards and protocols for metadata, data quality, and data transport and integration - the building blocks of IOOS interoperability. In collaboration with the DMAC, regional groups, and targeted efforts such as the QARTOD, this component will target priority variables of interest to the IOOS community to develop and test metadata, QA/QC and data transport and assembly protocols. The national level component of the demonstration will expand on the initial interoperability demonstration (openioos.org) by incorporating chlorophyll, waves, and surface current data and will provide data access capabilities. This activity will engage a broad number of data providers, address metadata and data transport issues, and can be used to evaluate different methodologies and approaches (test bed) to determine future directions. The third component of the demonstration is the development of regional nowcast products that focus on issues of importance to the respective regions. Each regional nowcast piece will be based on regionally relevant events as determined by the regions. One regional event-based product to be developed is the Southeast hurricane visualization product, scheduled for completion by July 1st, 2005. Additional Information |
