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NSF’s EarthCube:Brief Overview of Brokering

EarthCube CharretteJune 12, 2012

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US Collaborators• OGC• UNAVCO• U Nebraska NDMC• U Nevada• U Washington/IRIS• UNIDATA• Washington U

Core Team• Siri Jodha S. Khalsa, U Colo• Mark Parsons, U Colo• Ruth Duerr, U Colo• Jay Pearlman, J&F Ent.• Françoise Pearlman, J&F• Steve Browdy, OMS Tech• Stefano Nativi, CNR• Erin Robinson, ESIP Fed

Brokering Team Composition

International: BRGM, EPOS, JRC, U Bonn, U Bremen, U Waterloo

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What We’re Up ToEarthCube Vision - addressing the challenges of interdisciplinary data sharing involving discovery, access, semantics, workflow and model web

Prime Objectives include:• Achieve consensus on definition and concept of brokering• Engage US and international geoscience partners• Technology evaluations (hack-a-thons, usability testing)• Define use cases for cyberinfrastructure assessment• Coordinate activities with other EarthCube teams

Broker Team Charter – Explore Brokering Frameworks to support this vision as a key element of the EarthCube Cyberinfrastructure

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Discussion Themes and Challenges

• Role of brokering within EarthCube• Governance• Technical, Cultural and Social Adoption• Requirements Process (IT and geoscience)• Maintenance and Sustainability

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Inputs Sought

• Key Science Issues and Cyberinfrastructure needs

• Feedback on Brokering Framework Manifesto• Schedule and Phasing of CI development• Use case definitions• Participation in testing of broker solutions