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The Electronic Geophysical Year, 2007-2008. e GY BASICS. www.egy.org. [email protected]. drivers. Modern capabilities. Modern problems. Government attitudes. Earth & Space Science Informatics responses. 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1. WGISS. ESSI. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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eGY BASICS
The Electronic Geophysical Year, 2007-2008
drivers
Government attitudesModern problems Modern capabilities
Earth & Space Science Informatics responses
AVO Astrophysical Virtual ObservatoryNVO US National Virtual ObservatoryVCO Virtual Carbon ObservatoryVGMO Virtual Geomagnetic ObservatoryVHO Virtual Heliophysical ObservatoryViRBO Virtual Radiation Belt ObservatoryVMO Virtual Magnetospheric ObservatoriesVOO - Virtual Ocean ObservatoryVSN Virtual Seismic NetworkVSO Virtual Solar Observatory.CGIOne Geology0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1ESSIUS National GeoinformaticsWGISS
Geoinformatics journals
Computers and Geoscience, Elsevier. 2.Data Science Journal, CODATA. 3.Advances in Geosciences, EGU4.Earth Science Informatics - planned by Springer-Verlag for 2008AGU ESSI (with EGU?) is contemplating a new Earth & Space Science Informatics journal
Geo Informatics a magazine for surveying, mapping, and GIS professionals
Challenges
How do we find out who is doing what?Share experience & expertiseCoordinate activities (non-proliferation)Reduce replication of effortPromote common/best practices (standards)?
A4US Letter
International cooperation and data sharing Universal access to data and informationTimely and convenient access to dataGlobal, cross-disciplinary scope Data preservationCapacity building, especially in developing countriesEducation, public outreach, information for decision makingembraces and extends IGY principles
GEOSS
What is eGY practically?
An IUGG program
led by
sponsored by NSF, IUGG, IAGA, NASA
in-kind support from LASP, NCAR, NOAA, USGSNSIDC, BAS, INAF, eGY Secretariat, LASP, Boulder, CO
ICSU Unions - GeoUnions
Anthropology
Astronomy
Biochemistry
Biology
Biophysics
Brain
Chemistry
Crystallography
Ethnology
Food
Forestry
Geodesy & Geophysics Geography
Geology
History & Philosophy
Immunology
Materials
Mathematics
Mechanics
Medical Physics & Engineering
Microbiology
Molecular Biology Nutrition
Pharmacology
Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
Physics
Physiology
Psychology
Quaternary
Radio Science
Soils
Toxicology
philosophyIn the geosciences, as in other disciplines, ready and open access to the vast and growing collections of cross-disciplinary digital information is the key to understanding and responding to complex Earth system phenomena that influence human survival. We have a shared responsibility to create and implement strategies to realise the full potential of digital information and services for present and future generations.
Knowledge is the common wealth of humanity
Adama SamassekouConvener of the UN World Summit on the Information SocietyIn the geosciences, as in other disciplines, ready and open access to the vast and growing collections of cross-disciplinary digital information is the key to understanding and responding to complex Earth system phenomena that influence human survival. We have a shared responsibility to create and implement strategies to realise the full potential of digital information and services for present and future generations.
visionWe will achieve a major step forward in Earth and space science capability, knowledge, and usage throughout the world for the benefit of humanity by accelerating the adoption of modern, visionary practices for managing and sharing data, information, and services.
themesData accessData discoveryData release Data preservationData rescueOutreach & EducationCapacity building
VHO architecture
structureSecretariat (at LASP, Univ. Colorado) Director Dan Baker, LASP Secretary: Bill Peterson Communications: Marissa Rusinek Public Relations and E/PO: Emily CoBabe-AmmannInternational Committee Chair: Charlie Barton; Co-chair: Guo HuadongRepresentatives from key bodies and countriesAustralia, Canada, China, Europe, France, Germany, Japan, RSA, Russia, UK, USAWorking GroupsVirtual Observatories: Peter Fox Data Integration & Knowledge Discovery Paul BerkmanBest Practice (joint with CODATA): Eric KihnData Rescue and Preservation: Jeff LoveEducation and Public Outreach: Emily CoBabe-Ammann
VHO architecture
roleProvide an international, cooperative environment to inform inspirefacilitateencourage promote
provides
Networks of peopleNewsletterWebsite Events at conferencesMeetingseGY Declaration Showcase demonstrationsSupport for other initiatives
Declaration for a Geoscience Information Commons
Knowledge is the common wealth of humanity
Adama Samassekou, Convener of the UN World Summit on the Information SocietyThe principles on which eGY is based have been articulated by ICSU, the World Summit on the Information Society, CODATA, and other bodies. The principles are encapsulated in the eGY Declaration for a Geoscience Information Commons - a statement of aspirations and principles of data stewardship.
Declaration for a Geoscience Information Commons
PREAMBLEArticle 1: Data accessEarth system data and information should be made available electronically with interoperable approaches that facilitate open access.Article 2: Data releaseOwners, custodians, and creators of Earth system data should work together to share their digital information with the world community, though in a manner that respects propriety requirements and security constraints.Article 3: Data descriptionProviders and users of Earth system data and information should share descriptions of structure, content, and contexts to facilitate interoperability and the discovery of relationships within and between information resources.Article 4: Data persistenceData and information about the Earth system should be preserved and sustained in forms that are both software and hardware independent so as to be openly accessible today and in the future.Article 5: Data rescueEffort should be made to identify and rescue critical Earth system data and ensure persistent access to them. Article 6: Common standards and cooperationStandards for interoperability should be identified, created, and implemented through international collaboration.Article 7: Capability building Communities with advanced information technology and communications capabilities should contribute to developing such capabilities elsewhere to reduce the digital divide.Article 8: Education and public outreachStudents, scientists, decision-makers, and the public should be informed about and be enabled to contribute to our understanding and management of the Earth system phenomena that influence human survival.
EventsJuly 2006AOGS, SingaporeJuly 2006COSPAR, BeijingOct 2006CODATA Conference, BeijingDec 2006Fall AGU, San FranciscoMar 2007eGY General Meeting, NCAR BoulderApr 2007EGU, ViennaMay 2007AGU Joint Assembly, AccapulcoJun 2007VOiG Conference, BoulderJul 2007IUGG General Assembly, Perugia 7 Jul 07IGY+50 events and launch of eGY, PerugiaDec 2007Fall AGU, San Francisco; Geoinformatics Summit?Mar 2008eGY General Meeting(?)May 2008AGU Joint AssemblyAug 2008IGC-33Oslo, Norway; Geoinformatics Summit?Oct 2008CODATA ConferenceDec 2008Fall AGU, San Francisco31 Dec 08Close of eGY
Showcase Demonstrations
http://www.egy.org/resources
Virtual Space Physics ObservatoryAaron RobertsIRIS GeoWSJoanna MuenchVirtual Observatories in the ClassroomEmily CoBabe-Ammann, Peter FoxDisaster Management Information ClearinghouseEliot ChristianThe CAP Warning StandardEliot Christian
Challenging the heroic science funding paradigm
Do our reward systems recognise that making data and information easily accessible shifts work and responsibility from the user to the provider?
www.egy.org - Presentations - Demonstrations
eGY News
Email lists - eGYTeam (for mngt correspondence) - eGYParticipants (for most people) - eGYObservers (main notices only) [email protected] the Declaration for an Earth and Space Science Information CommonsInterested in getting involved?
Activities - eGY in your workplaceIdentify and undertake eGY-related activitiesEncourage others in your community to become active in issues of modern data and information managementForm an eGY Task Group or CommitteeUse 2007-2008 as a target date or milestoneConsider creating a virtual observatoryReport eGY developments and opportunities to your community.Access expertise through the eGY networks.Promote your work via eGY News, the website, and meetings.Use eGY to strengthen bids for funding.Organize meetings, workshops, and symposiaParticipate in international eGY eventsConsider outreach, education, and developing country needs
To support eGY
Sign the DeclarationMarket and promote eGYPublish news articles about eGY and its messagesUse the eGY logo and brand name to mark activities, events, publications, communications, and so onJoin an eGY Working Group / create a new oneServe on the International CommitteeIdentify new opportunities for eGYPass a resolution supporting eGY.Attend conferences; help organise events.Conferences 2007-2008: include an eGY windup event - celebrate IGY legacy, review eGY achievements, identify future steps.Develop the website: www.egy.orgContribute to eGY policy, planning, and practice
is an opportunity toFind out who is doing whatShare experience and expertiseCoordinate activitiesReduce replication of effortPromote common practices (standards)Widen participationReduce the digital divideRaise awareness of the need for modern, professional data stewardshipEducate; influence decision makersInspire public and professional interest.
This presentation is a template to be used by anyone as a basis for an introductory eGY presentation - please use it and modify it for your particular audience.A collection of .ppt files from past presentations are on the website: www.egy.org/resources. Use any you wish.Notes accompany each slide, so the presentation should be reviewed under View: Normal, or perhaps View: Notes.
eGY Development TeamJuly 2006This presentation is a template to be used by anyone as a basis for an introductory eGY presentation - please use it and modify it for your particular audience.A collection of .ppt files from past presentations are on the website: www.egy.org/resources. Use any you wish.Notes accompany each slide, so the presentation should be reviewed under View: Normal, or perhaps View: Notes.
eGY Development TeamJuly 2006This presentation is a template to be used by anyone as a basis for an introductory eGY presentation - please use it and modify it for your particular audience.A collection of .ppt files from past presentations are on the website: www.egy.org/resources. Use any you wish.Notes accompany each slide, so the presentation should be reviewed under View: Normal, or perhaps View: Notes.
eGY Development TeamJuly 2006This presentation is a template to be used by anyone as a basis for an introductory eGY presentation - please use it and modify it for your particular audience.A collection of .ppt files from past presentations are on the website: www.egy.org/resources. Use any you wish.Notes accompany each slide, so the presentation should be reviewed under View: Normal, or perhaps View: Notes.
eGY Development TeamJuly 2006eGY is one of the four international science year (I*Y) programs:Planet EarthIntl Polar YearIntl Geophysical (Geoscience) Year Intl Heliophysical YearAll grew up independently and function independently, but with a strong commitment to cooperation. Most are linked to IGY+50.The Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS) is an on-going initiative of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), and is independent of the I*Ys. eGY is committed to support GEOSS .This presentation is a template to be used by anyone as a basis for an introductory eGY presentation - please use it and modify it for your particular audience.A collection of .ppt files from past presentations are on the website: www.egy.org/resources. Use any you wish.Notes accompany each slide, so the presentation should be reviewed under View: Normal, or perhaps View: Notes.
eGY Development TeamJuly 2006The eGY Secretariat is hosted by LASP - picturedeGY arose from a call by IUGG for initiatives in 2007-2008 to mark the 50-year anniversary of IGY. eGY was proposed by IAGA as a logical extension of the IGY goal of meeting geoscience data and information needs.eGY is planned as a burst of activity during the IGY+50 interval.Goal is to boost cooperation, uptake, and implementation of a 21st Century approach to geoscience data and information management. Decisions about what aspects of eGY merit continuation will be made at the official end of the program in December 2008.
ICSU - Intl Council for ScienceIUGG - Intl Union of Geodesy and Geophysics - one of the 27 Scientific Unions of ICSU IAGA - Intl Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - one of the 7 Scientific Associations of IUGG NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder NSIDC- National Snow & Ice Data Centre, University of Colorado) LASP - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado. Director: Dan Baker
Courtesy: Alan Rodger, British Antarctic Survey, CambridgeAdama Samasskou. President WSIS PrepCom, Geneva 2004
eGY is consistent with efforts by the UN, ICSU, and others to create an Information Society for the common good.
The ultimate vision is that we as geoscientists do a better job, we do it sooner rather than later, and that others know about it and use effectively the data, information, and knowledge that we provide to the world community for the betterment of everyone.
The fundamental themes of eGY are listed in black, and have been invoked by many bodies (nothing original in them, but all important)
The underlying principles on which these themes are based are embodied in the eGY Declaration for a Geoscience Information Commons - a statement of aspirations and principles of data stewardship that participants can sign
eGY can be used to develop codes of best practice; certification of compliance
Encouraging and facilitating the development of VIRTUAL OBSERVATORIES is a central function of eGY. The architecture of the Virtual Solar Observatory is shown. VOs (or VxOs) provide open access to distributed data, information, and services (computational, analytical, modelling, and visualisation). The names VO came from the space community; otyher communities use othyer names for systems with such characteristics.
A VO incorporates - User interface - Data access system - Data management - Assimilation into models (simulations) - Visualisation
The fundamental themes of eGY are listed in black, and have been invoked by many bodies (nothing original in them, but all important)
The underlying principles on which these themes are based are embodied in the eGY Declaration for a Geoscience Information Commons - a statement of aspirations and principles of data stewardship that participants can sign
eGY can be used to develop codes of best practice; certification of compliance
Encouraging and facilitating the development of VIRTUAL OBSERVATORIES is a central function of eGY. The architecture of the Virtual Solar Observatory is shown. VOs (or VxOs) provide open access to distributed data, information, and services (computational, analytical, modelling, and visualisation). The names VO came from the space community; otyher communities use othyer names for systems with such characteristics.
A VO incorporates - User interface - Data access system - Data management - Assimilation into models (simulations) - Visualisation
eGY is an enabling enterprise. It facilitates etc. but does not fund projects.eGY relies on the good will of participants with a shared vision, and the willingness to cooperate.This presentation is a template to be used by anyone as a basis for an introductory eGY presentation - please use it and modify it for your particular audience.A collection of .ppt files from past presentations are on the website: www.egy.org/resources. Use any you wish.Notes accompany each slide, so the presentation should be reviewed under View: Normal, or perhaps View: Notes.
eGY Development TeamJuly 2006The aim of the Declaration is to focus attention on the basic principles of good data stewardship, and also to attract a large number of signatories from around the world, thereby providing a mandate for action. The text of the Declaration appears below.
DECLARATION FOR A GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION COMMONSKnowledge is the common wealth of humanity (Adama Samassekou, Convener of the UN World Summit on the Information Society)Preamble
The Electronic Geophysical Year (eGY) joins with the International Council for Science, the World Summit on the Information Society, and many other bodies in recognizing that knowledge is the common wealth of humanity. We have a shared responsibility to create and implement strategies to realize the full potential of digital information for present and future generations. In the 21st century and beyond, access to digital information and new technologies for information integration and knowledge discovery will influence the free and productive development of societies around the world. Providing ready and open access to the vast and growing collections of cross-disciplinary digital information is the key to understanding and responding to complex Earth system phenomena that influence human survival. In the geosciences, as elsewhere, the issues of concern are as follows.
Article 1: Data accessEarth system data and information should be made available electronically with interoperable approaches that facilitate open access.Article 2: Data releaseOwners, custodians, and creators of Earth system data should work together to share their digital information with the world community, though in a manner that respects propriety requirements and security constraints.Article 3: Data descriptionProviders and users of Earth system data and information should share descriptions of structure, content, and contexts to facilitate interoperability and the discovery of relationships within and between information resources.Article 4: Data persistenceData and information about the Earth system should be preserved and sustained in forms that are both software and hardware independent so as to be openly accessible today and in the future.Article 5: Data rescueEffort should be made to identify and rescue critical Earth system data and ensure persistent access to them. Article 6: Common standards and cooperationStandards for interoperability should be identified, created, and implemented through international collaboration.Article 7: Capability building Communities with advanced information technology and communications capabilities should contribute to developing such capabilities elsewhere to reduce the digital divide.Article 8: Education and public outreachStudents, scientists, decision-makers, and the public should be informed about and be enabled to contribute to our understanding and management of the Earth system phenomena that influence human survival.
The aim of the Declaration is to focus attention on the basic principles of good data stewardship, and also to attract a large number of signatories from around the world, thereby providing a mandate for action. The text of the Declaration appears below.
DECLARATION FOR A GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION COMMONSKnowledge is the common wealth of humanity (Adama Samassekou, Convener of the UN World Summit on the Information Society)Preamble
The Electronic Geophysical Year (eGY) joins with the International Council for Science, the World Summit on the Information Society, and many other bodies in recognizing that knowledge is the common wealth of humanity. We have a shared responsibility to create and implement strategies to realize the full potential of digital information for present and future generations. In the 21st century and beyond, access to digital information and new technologies for information integration and knowledge discovery will influence the free and productive development of societies around the world. Providing ready and open access to the vast and growing collections of cross-disciplinary digital information is the key to understanding and responding to complex Earth system phenomena that influence human survival. In the geosciences, as elsewhere, the issues of concern are as follows.
Article 1: Data accessEarth system data and information should be made available electronically with interoperable approaches that facilitate open access.Article 2: Data releaseOwners, custodians, and creators of Earth system data should work together to share their digital information with the world community, though in a manner that respects propriety requirements and security constraints.Article 3: Data descriptionProviders and users of Earth system data and information should share descriptions of structure, content, and contexts to facilitate interoperability and the discovery of relationships within and between information resources.Article 4: Data persistenceData and information about the Earth system should be preserved and sustained in forms that are both software and hardware independent so as to be openly accessible today and in the future.Article 5: Data rescueEffort should be made to identify and rescue critical Earth system data and ensure persistent access to them. Article 6: Common standards and cooperationStandards for interoperability should be identified, created, and implemented through international collaboration.Article 7: Capability building Communities with advanced information technology and communications capabilities should contribute to developing such capabilities elsewhere to reduce the digital divide.Article 8: Education and public outreachStudents, scientists, decision-makers, and the public should be informed about and be enabled to contribute to our understanding and management of the Earth system phenomena that influence human survival.
eGY events (workshops, sessions, open forums) are planned at these conferences.This list covers only the main international events
eGY covers AOGS, EGU, and AGU Assemblies in 2007 and 2008.
The 2007 eGY General (planning) meeting is at NCAR, Boulder, 13-14 March 2007We are progressing down the data and information access path: (1) Provider-to-Use, (2) Machine-to-User, (3) Machine-to-Machine. In so doing, the burden of making data accessible and ready for use shifts from the user to the provider. Our present research funding paradigm is still firmly in the heroic era in which directing resources to the most accomplished researchers is paramount. This paradigm has served us well, but it fails to reflect the change in responsibilities inherrent in creating the new information era - the Information Commons. For a transition from the Heroic era to an Information Commons era to succeed, we must realign funding priorities for accomplishing research goals efficiently, and also the reward structure for providers.
We have come from the heroic era of science. The PI does it all - acquires/collects the data, owns/runs the computer, writes the code, does the analysis, draws the conclusions, and publishes the knowledge. This paradigm has served us well, and, no doubt, will continue to do so. We reward the heroes with prestige, prizes, and promotions.
A weakness of the heroic paradigm is the lack of incentive to preserve data. Publishing data was often impossible. A lot of data has been lost (or become inaccessible, which is essentially the same), despite the millions of dollars spent in acquiring it. Data warehouses do much to reduce the problem but have not eliminated it. Few of us are not guilty of neglecting our data responsibilities - getting on with the next project is more rewarding.
The paradigm needs to be challenged, and a new balance reached that not only recognises the shift in work load in the new information era from the user to the provider, but establishes a reward system that serves as an incentive fpr creating the information commons.e.g., recognition for data sets published; raise the importance of data stewardship in promotions, .
Welcome to eGYTake advantage of eGY and the 50-year anniversary of IGYVisit the eGY websiteSubscribe to eGY News and use it to inform and be informedSubscribe to the three-tiered email list server (choose the level of detail of communications that suits you)Become a signatory to the eGY DeclarationContact Bill to discuss your interestsWe provide a list of suggested actions for eGY participants.
THANK YOUThis is a list of suggested activities for someone who wishes to promote eGY and help run eGYThese tasks can be accomplished more effectively through eGY and the framework of international collaboration that such an initiative provides.