5th adc meeting

Architecture and Data Management Committee		8th Meeting Record

GEO Architecture and Data Committee

Eighth MEETING

22 – 23 September 2008

University of Colorado, Boulder

DRAFT Meeting Record

The meeting was convened at the CIRES Auditorium on the Campus of the University of Colorado, Boulder Colorado.

ADC 8 Meeting Agenda – Day 1

Monday, 22 September 2008

8:45	Welcome	Chair
8:50	Introductions of Participants	Participants
9:05	Adoption of agenda, logistics of ADC meeting	Chair
9:20	Summary of ExCom Meetings Activities	GEO Secretariat
9:35	IOC Status and Task Force activities including Concept of Operations	I. DeLoatch,
10:10	Break
10:30	2009-11 Work plan – overview, strategy and issues	GEO Secretariat
11:35	Metrics and Performance Indicators	Ed Washburn
11:50	Lunch (with CEOS WGISS)
13:00	Core Task Status: GEOSS Registries and Clearinghouse	D Nebert
13:20	Standards and Interoperability Forum and IP3	SJ Khalsa
13:40	Best Practices	R Duerr
14:00	Architecture Implementation Pilot	G Percivall
14:30	Data Sharing Principles	Bob Chen
14:50	CEOS WGISS overview	M. Maiden
15:10	Break
15:30	Review of 2008 Tasks – issue-based reports	Task POCs
16:45	Wrap-up	Chair
17:00	Adjourn

ADC 8 Meeting Agenda – Day 2

Tuesday, 23 September 2008

8:45	Review of Agenda – Update plus introductions	Chair
9:00	Review of 2008 Tasks I– issue-based reports	Task POCs
10:05	Break
10:30	2009-11 Work Plan Groupings and overarching tasks	Chair
11:30	Lunch
12:45	Discussions with Portal/Clearinghouse Providers	Compusult, ESA, ESRI
14:45	T3 report and recommendations	G Withee
15:10	Recommendations for IOC to Task Force	I DeLoatch
15:30	Break
16:00	New Initiatives and Sponsored Programs [Data Integration and Analysis Project, EuroGEOSS, AEGOS, Ontologies, GIGAS]	A Anonni chair
16:45	Review of 2008 Tasks II – issue-based reports	Task POCs
17:30	Wrap up	Chair
17:40	Adjourn

Minutes for Monday, September 22
1. Welcome

The chairman Jay Pearlman welcomed participants.

2. Introduction of Participants

Brief Tour de Table (see List of Participants below). Not attached yet

3. Adoption of agenda, logistics of ADC meeting

The Agenda was reviewed and adopted. J. Pearlman explained that GEOSS is in transition, to a new work plan and towards an operational system. He reviewed target areas for GEOSS, keys to GEOSS, and a vision forward that includes topics such as ADC goals, targets, work with other committees and the work of the C4 versus other committees.

4. Summary of ExCom Meetings Activities

O. Ochiai explained that at the G8 summit that was held in Japan in July, 2008, a resolution of support to “accelerate efforts for” GEOSS was adopted. Several positions in the GeoSecretariat staff are changing. Staffing information is available online and will be updated as changes take place. The GEO website has been redesigned making it easier for user comments and for component and standards registration (www.earthobservations.org). In the second week of October, the GeoSecretariat will release version 3 of the 2009-2011 Work Plan. Several highlighted activities were introduced such as establishing the GEO BON (Biodiversity Observation Network), Forest monitoring and carbon tracking, HARON and collaboration with the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters. Preparations are under way for a “GEO-IGOS-Theme” symposium in 2009, collocated with GEO-VI. Items from the 13^th Executive Committee meeting were also reviewed, including: a request that the next version of the 2009-2011 Work Plan should outline the roles of the Committees in implementing the work plan; the Secretariat’s proposed applications for observer status with the UNFCCC and the IPCC were approved; the Secretariat, with assistance from the EC, will develop a secretariat performance indicators document for the 14^th Executive Committee meeting. GEO-V will be held in Bucharest, 19-20 November, 2009. On-line registration will be available 20 October and will close on 7 November. Security will be very tight and attendees must register. A virtual exhibit (on screens) is planned.

It was suggested that an ADC representative should be added to the IGOS-P program committee. The timely update of GEO Web Site for the secretariat staff information was requested. I. Petiteville noted that often components are registered but their related services are not registered and that there should be changes to make it easier for non-technical users to register components and services. D. Nebert commented that there will need to be an effort to develop this, including user input. Requests for exhibitions in addition to the GCI Virtual Exhibit were raised (e.g. GEONETCast, etc.).