5th adc meeting

9. Standards and Interoperability Forum and IP3

SJ Khalsa presented the SIF Accomplishments. The SIF workflow process has been developed and refined using requirements for linkage to the workflow system. An open source workflow system has been deployed. In addition, an experts database has been designed. The SIF will be the GEOSS interoperability “help desk”. Also, SIF Regional Teams have been formed. These are all major steps in completing the SIF transition to operations.

SIF Goals for 2009 are to automate workflow system interoperability with registries; to refine the process for review of standards and special interoperability arrangements; outreach to make GEOSS users and participants more aware of the SIF role and; to deploy a SIF web presence.
Challenges for SIF are: agreement within GEO on basic terms and scope; gain a broader complement of committed volunteers; implement a rating system for standards and special arrangements usage to indicate successful interoperability endeavors and; make SIF the clearinghouse of interoperability issues for GEOSS.
SJ Khalsa also presented the IP3 status. IP3 accomplishments include: analysis of cross-discipline interoperability requirements based on 5 user scenarios; implementation of a Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity user scenario offering

An Ecological Niche Modeling server; an Ajax based client to interface the ENM server; access to Local, Regional and Global climate change datasets (e.g. IPCC and TOPS data) and; a CSW-based discovery service to GBIF Species Distribution data

IP3 goals include: to host, register and operate the IP3 Mediator component in coordination with AIP; the IP3 Team will participate in interoperability testing of the IP3 Mediator with other registered components and services to assist in the realization of selected SBA scenarios and; to develop and register model interoperability arrangements along with specific mediation solutions, advancing the concept of a “Model Web.”
Question: What workflow system are you using. SJ Khalsa: The workflow is an email progression where each person in the workflow does their work and enters information to describe their process and results. See qflow.org
Question: Does the registry presently have the capability to prioritize the entries? SJ Khalsa: No, not at the present time.