Fall 2006 AGU: Standards-based Interoperabiliity
Standards-based Interoperability among Tools and Data Services in the Earth Sciences
Several groups are actively developing interoperable data access, analysis and display systems based on evolving international standards, such as the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) protocol set. There is a concerted effort to develop demonstrations of the resulting interoperability technologies. The Geo-interface to Atmosphere, Land, Earth, Ocean, netCDF (GALEON) and GEOSS Services Network (GSN) are two interoperability efforts conducted in the context of OGCnetworks. These initiatives are also influencing the evolution of the emerging standards most notably the OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) to accommodate standards-based access to multi-dimensional Fluid Earth Science datasets. Presentations and demonstrations for this session are encouraged for similar interoperability efforts in addition to GALEON and GSN. There will be a special electronic poster area set up for live, online demonstrations of these interoperability technologies.
