Interoperability and Technology
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The IT&I committee provides a venue for a monthly community webinar on current Information Technology and Interoperability topics. In early years, the webinar series was known as the "IT&I Rants and Raves" a title the committee is bringing back starting in 2023.
Rants and Raves are designed to get smart people to share insightful, provocative views of what's great and what's not about technology and interoperability in modern Earth science. We welcome, high energy talks on personal pet peeves: topics that you can't believe in this day and age we're still dealing with, or solutions that you can't believe that in this day and age more people aren't using.
- Join the ESIP IT&I Email List
- Find Future Meetings on the ESIP Calendar
- See Past Monthly IT&I Tech Dives Webinar Series
Upcoming meetings 3pm ET (calendar)
September 14th: Kyle Onda
Water data standardization: Navigating the AntiCommons
We all know interoperability rests on data standards and API standards. Many open standards are less prominent in the open water data space than proprietary solutions. This is because proprietary data management solutions are often bundled with very easy to use implementing software and more importantly—client software that address basic use cases. We’re giving people blueprints when they need houses. Community standards making processes should invest in end-user tools if they want to gain traction. The good news is that some of the newest generation of standards is much easier to develop around which has led to some reference implementations that are much easier to create end-user tools around than previously.
ESIP Vision
To be a leader in promoting the collection, stewardship and use of Earth science data, information and knowledge that are responsive to societal needs.
Information Technology and Interoperability Committee
The Information Technology and Interoperability Committee of the ESIP Federation is a standing committee created to:
- ensure that data, information and services can be readily exchanged and integrated to improve Earth science data, information, products and services; and
- encourage the use of standards and protocols relevant to interoperability;
- encourage the use of best information technology practices to ensure the quality, usability and breadth of standards and protocols relevant to interoperability.
Archive
ISRSE 2009 Demonstration Information
More recent technical workshop information is integrated into the meeting content pages accessible from the home page.
Summer 2007 Technical Workshops
Summer 2006 Technical Workshops
Winter 2007 Technical Breakouts
Client Side Technology Infusion Working Group
2010 Rant and Raves Webinar Series and Telecon Information
Summer 2010 Technical Workshops
Solicitation for Outreach Package Development
Summer Meeting 2010, Knoxville, TN Meeting Notes
Winter Meeting 2011, Washington DC
