Products and Services

Welcome to the Products & Services Committee Chair: Soren Scott

Purpose

Per Section V.2.1 of the ESIP Federation Bylaws, the Standing Committee for Earth Science Products and Services carries out the following:

• encourages the development, use and improvement of best science practices to ensure the quality, usability, and breadth of data and resultant information, products, and services;
• provides a Federation-wide forum for defining, developing and evaluating requirements for Federation Earth science products; and
• provides a Federation-wide forum for defining, developing and evaluating requirements for product services and user services.

Products and Services carries out this mission by soliciting for and supporting projects through the ESIP Testbed and also through the FUNding Friday mechanism.

Communications Monthly Telecon The Products and Services group has a regular monthly telecon (currently) on 3rd Tuesday of every month at 2 pm EST. To join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone, click: https://www.gotomeeting.com/join/580593221 You can also dial in using your phone. United States: +1 (872) 240-3311 Access Code: 580-593-221 Upcoming Meeting: P&S Upcoming Telecon Minutes Archive: P&S Telecon Minutes Committee E-mail List http://lists.esipfed.org/mailman/listinfo/esip-products ESIP Slack Channel We're also on the ESIP Slack team as the #products_services channel.

2016 Activities 2016 Work Plan Technology Evaluation Overview Process Documentation Software Quality Guidelines A community-wide activity to develop software quality guidelines for integration into the ESIP evaluation framework. P&S Software Guidelines Background P&S Software Guidelines Sprint NASA AIST Technology Evaluation ESIP, through an agreement with NASA AIST, is piloting a technology evaluation framework. This began in the fall of 2015 and will continue in 2016.

Annual Activities Testbed Please see the Testbed wiki page or ESIP Testbed Site for latest info. The purpose of the Products and Services Testbed is to provide an environment where innovations in prototype standards, services, protocols, and best practices can be explored and evaluated. The testbed serves as a forum for innovative collaboration across all sectors of the Federation to improve availability and access to our member products and services for mutual benefit. Projects deployed in the Testbed are proposed through response to the Testbed RFP. Testbed project proposals are reviewed by the Testbed Configuration Board. RFPs go out in April and October. Current RFP (ends May 13, 2016) FUNding Friday FUNding Friday is an opportunity for students and ESIP members to receive funding during the Summer Meetings. We host an evening event for those interested to put together a poster (the proposal) which are presented Friday morning to the ESIP community. Proposals are awarded by popular vote. FUNding Friday Rules Past Projects

Committee Updates For committee governance or business updates that don't get covered in a telecon, please see Updates. Historical Info Data Quality Avoiding Duplicate Metadata Records Federation Inventory