EarthInfo London, 10th September, 1997 Arnulf Kjeldsen JRCCEO Arnulf'Kjeldsenjrc'it

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EarthInfo London, 10th September, 1997Arnulf
KjeldsenJRC/CEO(Arnulf.Kjeldsen_at_jrc.it)
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CEO Programme

• CEO Programme Aims
• The Programme Components
• User Support
• Application Support
• Enabling Services
• Monitoring Control

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EarthInfo The Concept

• Concept
• A On-Line information exchange system that
  facilitates the interface between potential users
  and providers of existing (and new) EO
  information services.
• Realized as a middleware system providing single
  point of access to data and services

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EarthInfo Objectives

• High Level Objectives
• Based on existing services in Europe and utilize
  European knowledge and skills
• Based on World Wide accepted standards
• Be interoperable with other major Earth
  Observation information systems in the world
• Use innovative technologies, but only in response
  to user needs and without building technological
  barriers

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EarthInfo Its role (1)

• Access to EO Catalogues
• provide software tools and systems to increase
  the accessibility.
• International links
• Within Europe (ESA, EUMETSAT and national levels)
• USA (EOSDIS), Japan (EOIS) and Canada (CEONET).
• CINTEX sites
• Space and related non-space data
• Access to be provided to both space and non-space
  data.

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EarthInfo Its role (2)

• Specialist and non-specialist users
• conventional meta-data for datasets
• metadata for information.
• fora to communicate and exchange views on many
  Earth observation related topics.
• help-desk service for EO and the
• Linking customers and service providers
• Service providers will be able to advertise their
  services and customers to announce their
  requirements.

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EarthInfoRelease A Overview
International Data Information Systems
EOSDIS/NASA CEONET/CCRS G7-ENRM GELOS
Mapping Agencies (IGN) Airborne Data
(LGN) Various (BADC)
Non-Space Data Suppliers
CIP/IMS Gateway
CIP Gateways
CEO Projects Area 3.1
WWW, e-mail,ftp
Demo cases Algorithms Documents..
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EarthInfo Release B Overview

• User connects to nearest node
• Access information replicated

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EarthInfo Architecture Overview (1)

• 1) Middleware Nodes (MWND)
• Set of of distributed facilities with key
  functionality as
• search and retrieval capabilities
• handling of advertisements and announcements
• connection with remote catalogues
• MWND data replicated
• Providers and customers will interface (i.e.. put
  get information) with the MWND

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EarthInfo Architecture Overview (2)

• 2) Monitoring and Coordination Facility (MCF)
• handle reference material
• dictionary
• on-line help and software
• usage statistics and system log-files

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EarthInfo Architecture Overview (3)
Provider Catalogue

• 3) Provider GatewaysSoftware packages that will
  enable catalogue providers to be searchable via
  z39.50.
• Freeware CIP gateway
• Freeware GILS/WAIS gateway

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EarthInfo Architecture Overview (4)
4) CIP/IMS Facility Will translate CIP based
queries to IMS and vica versa for the results in
order to provide interoperability with the IMS
based information systems
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EarthInfo Data/Information in a MWND

• What prime data/information is stored in a MWND
  ?
• Advertisements
• Html page metadata record as defined by the
  user
• Different types
• Organizations, events, documents etc.
• Data Collections Document collections
  (libraries)
• Collection metadata record(s) access point of
  CIP catalogues
• Support Information
• Data Dictionary
• User accounts (registration info, personal data)
• Help

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EarthInfoAdvert example from EWSE (1)
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EarthInfoAdvert example from EWSE (2)
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EarthInfo Key Features (1)

• What the Customer can do
• (an individual who makes use of the EO data
  and services)
• Search for adverts/announcements
• Search for collections, products and documents at
  remote provider sites connected to the system.
• Define off-line jobs (subscription or batch
  queries)
• access the list of latest announcements and
  advertisements
• get help

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EarthInfo Key Features (2)

• What the Provider can do
• ( an individual, a private or public
  organization who provides data or services
  suitable for the EO domain)
• Place and maintain his/her own adverts/announcemen
  ts
• connect remote catalogues of data products or
  bibliographic information
• Install ES implemented Gateways

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EarthInfo Key Features (3)

• Supporting features
• Data Dictionary
• to control and provide valids and key-word with
  unique meaning for all users
• Maintainability
• User accounting
• registration
• personal management of queries, subscription and
  results
• tutorials and on-line help to support in using
  the system
• electronic fora and on-line discussions.

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EarthInfoSchedule

• Future Activities
• Implementation of all packages
  October 97
• System integration and testing
  Dec. 97
• Operational Testing Jan.
  98-March.98
• Operation of Release A
  April 98-Feb.99
• Implementation of Release B
  March98-Jan. 99
• Operation of Release B
  March. 99

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EarthInfoSummary

• So whats so nice about it?
• One single access point for a range of
  inventories on data, information and services
  worldwide. One User Interface.
• Access to both EO and non-EO data
• Free SW for on-line connection of catalogues
• Data Dictionary securing a consistent use of
  controlled scientific and non-scientific keywords.

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Useful CEO pointers

• EarthInfo homepage
• To be announced in future CEO newsletters.
• CEO Programme homepage
• www.ceo.org
• EWSE (The ES predecessor) homepage
• ewse.ceo.org
• G7 GELOS (Environment and Natural Resources
  Prototype Project)
• ceo.gelos.org
• EarthInfo development contacts
• Michel.Millot_at_jrc.it (PM), Arnulf.Kjeldsen_at_jrc.
  it