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{{SemiAnnualReview
|CollabArea=Discovery Cluster
|ContactName=Hook Hua and Chris Lynnes
|Contacte-mail=hook.hua@jpl.nasa.gov
|Highlights=(1) Cluster submitted Discovery white paper to the NSF EarthCube Charrette. (2) Discovery Change Proposals (DCP) for new conventions, such as DCP-1, DCP-2, and DCP-3. (3) Evangelizing Discovery services. Many data centers adopting Discovery type services.
|CurrentWork=Current activities include: working on community conventions (e.g. DCP-3), OGC convergence, interoperability, and Discovery Testbed.
|ResourceUsed=ACCESS, NSF, ESIP Product and Service Committee
|Connections=(1) Coordinate with ESDSWG Tech Infusion. Interoperability and Services working group. (2) ESIP Product and Service Committee funding the testbed. (3) Interoperability discussions with OGC OSGeo. (4) A few recent AGU FM11 talks heavily mentioned ESIP activities.
|Goals=Goals include further agreeing on community conventions and resolving current interoperability issues. For example, DCP-3, types of casting, relationship of casting, specifying new or application-specific fields, client developments, server developments, and leveraging the testbed.
|ResourceNeeds=Currently many are relying on soft funds for these activities. Also relying on the Discovery Testbed for compliance and interoperability testing.
|ESIPSupportNeeds=Can possibly help to provide Discovery "swag" at ESIP meetings to spread the world. There is a working group under the Educational Committee that can help with in-reach and out-reach.
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