National Spatial Data InfrastructureThe Spatial Information Services Stack

Dr Robert Woodcock

Part of our problem…data access is not standardised across organisations

Data Structures

Proprietary Software

Versions of Software

Client

AuScope Community Agreements

Client

A solution: Open standards based earth science information infrastructure

Standardise the Information Models

• Not a storage problem…• Exchange

• Semantics and structure• GeoSciML, OGC

• Tool support• Creation and validation

•CSIRO leaders in development:

• Dr Simon Cox awarded OGC honour for contributions to standards development

• Other researchers continue to operate on a wide range of advisory and development committees

Geography Markup Language

Community Agreed Service Interfaces and Information Models

AuScope service catalog

Standard Vocabularies

VocabularyService

Service Registry

Discovery Layer

Exchange

Layer

Resources

Complex feature Discovery Portal

Government Department

Data

Geological SurveyWeb Feature Service (WFS)

Services status 1 June 2008

URN ResolverService

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Community Agreed Service Interfaces and Information Models

AuScope service catalog

Standard Vocabularies

VocabularyService

Service Registry

Discovery Layer

Exchange

Layer

Resources

Complex feature Discovery Portal

Government Department

Data

Geological SurveyWeb Feature Service (WFS)

Services status 1 June 2009

URN ResolverService

Discovery Portal - Surfing the Earth Model

Standards

“Interoperability seems to be about integration of information.

What it’s really about is the coordination of organizational behaviour”

•David Schell, OGC

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AuScope Grid

• gives us a way to make science communication and collaboration easy in real time

• scientists won’t have to battle the data before they do science – they can just use it!

Expansion of effort

• Australian National Data Services – Public Sector Spatial Data Commons ($2M)

• Expand beyond the geosciences• Geoscience Australia

• Virtual Exploration Geophysical Laboratory• Geochronology• Virtual Data Room – Petroleum• Satellite Imagery

• Bureau of Meteorology• DPI Vic Groundwater Boreholes• CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Marine Biophysical

modeller• SISS core development enhancements

• Convergence across TERN, ALA, IMOS, AuScope, OSDM• Particularly feeding into BoM Environment and Water activities

Added Extras...Cross-discipline data

BoM Portal

IMOS on AuScope Portal

CSIRO uptake:Earth Model...Analysis...Publication

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Bringing the science community together using open spatial standards

• Basic services available• Data

• Analysis• Scientific Workflow

• Deployments occurring• Govt Agencies• Research organisations• Academic research groups

• Integration across• Simulation and Modelling• Geospatial• NVCL

• Very positive feedback• Early commitment to sustain

• Opportunity exists to do more• Plans in place for current resource

levels• Many good and achievable ideas to

expand breadth of impact• Capacity constraint is the principle

limitation

“DPI Victoria has had an overwhelmingly positive experience …we view the AuScope Grid as a very innovative and well managed project …we have every confidence that the people involved are able to rise to the challenges that they have set themselves and that the goals of the Grid will be accomplished.”

Linda Bibby, Boris Rudoy – DPI Victoria

“The collaboration with the AuScope Grid component to construct the Virtual Rock Laboratory has been highly fruitful and promises to provide a basis for future delivery of ESyS-Particle simulation infrastructure to a much broader user-base than previously possible. The concept of an embedded software engineer to construct the grid interface is an excellent one…”

Dion Weatherley – University of Queensland

“The involvement of…AUSCOPE GRID…in the development of…GeoScIML, and .. Mineral Occurrences...has been a very significant supporting ‘foundation rock’ at the world scale …the decision by AUSCOPE GRID to adopt and develop a software stack …has taken the development … of such innovative services much closer to production performance level”

Tim Duffy – Chair, OneGeology Global Technical Working Group