Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project Update

May 10-11, 2011

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)User Working Group Meeting

Kevin Murphy and John MosesESDIS Project, Code 423NASA GSFC

ESDIS Initiatives: Next Steps• A coherent web presence

– The DAACs more clearly represented as cooperating elements of a system

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ESDIS Initiatives: Next Steps Coherent Web Context

• NASA Earth Science Data Systems are a large and continuing investment in science data management. Very Successful – based on customer satisfaction and product distribution trends.

• Websites are the front door to our data and services for users (science, mission, applications, programmatic).

• How do we present ourselves to be a coherent system of systems while remaining flexible to integrate new missions and technologies?

• We want to preserve what we currently do very well while moving ESDIS and the DAACs toward more clearly being represented as cooperating elements of a system

Inspiration Examples

Lesson: Content management system helped unify the message of National Geographic across 20+ departments/branches

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Lesson: Hosting and maintenance of web applications can be separated from the user interface and the UI can still be immersive and useful for users(aside from the whole social networking)

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ESDIS Coherent Web First Step• ESDIS Web site Redesign: under

development; scheduled for an initial delivery in June 2011 (currently http://esdis.eosdis.nasa.gov/)

• Consolidation of ESDIS, ECHO, DAAC

Alliance, EMS, Outreach and ESDSWG. User Registration will be applied to the new site but is not considered part of the redesign. – Provide a web content

management system allowing for content posting/ownership by each of the aforementioned groups.

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Outreach

• A high-level navigation bar (top hat) will be developed to allow for easy navigation of the major components and resources EOSDIS provides

• Subsequent navigation levels will be customizable allowing the ‘top hat’ to be implemented by DAACs within their environments and for their discipline areas.

EOSDIS

Browse Data SetsMeasurement Veg. Index (30) Sea Ice (15)Platform Aqua (275) Terra (350) Flux Tower (127)ProjectSpatial CoverageNear-Real-Time

HOME | ABOUT | PRODUCTS | GET DATA | TOOLS | USER COMMUNITY | SUPPORT | LABS

Project | Program | DAACs | Research | Architecture | Metrics | Open Solicitations

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Story of the Day/WeekLinks to data sources embeddedPowered by (Earth Observatory | Rapid Fire | DAAC User Services)

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Keyword SearchPowered by GCMD

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Reg.

Uniform Top Hat

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Powered by LANCE, Outreach,

etc

ROSES

Kevin’s simplified mockup

Powered by DAAC Scientists

Standards for new missions

Leverage (Remote/Local) Services and Presented as a Coherent System of Systems

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Top Hat Test

Top Hat Test

Goals• Present EOSDIS as a coherent yet transparent system of

systems by leveraging SOAs provided by DAACs, ECHO, GCMD, EMS, User Reg…. To enable new missions, technologies and Earth science partnerships– Users navigate the system/resources without needing to

know how/who is providing each service.– DAAC web sites and services exist, but use the same high-

level navigation, nomenclature and other functionalities so users are familiar when they arrive.

• More than just a website or portal– An active and immersive user experience leveraging

existing and future Web Services (e.g. W*S, SOAP, RESTful) into a seamless package – search, subset, visualize and deliver data in one session with one username and password while invoking multiple remotely hosted tools

– Lay the foundation for the Earth Science Collabatory – Cloud capable

• Fresh and continually updated and coordinated content

Web – 2011 TimelineEE

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Kick-Off

EED 8.0 PSR

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Site Mockups

Draft Report

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Operations and Maintenance

ECHO ISO Support

User Registration PSR

Phase 1A Phase 1B

Phase 2 Discussions

LaunchWebsite

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•Uniform top hat nav.•Expose web services•Cross DAAC web content search

•Integrated User Reg.•Expose additional web

services•Formulate nomenclature•Implement CMSs

•Support visualization tool•Widely available W*S•ISO…

•Chain available web services so they behave as a single entity

•Limited social networking•Mobile accessibility•Integration of FY10 tech. infusion

projects

•Develop content management system infrastructure/expertise

•Converge and implement uniform navigation

•Implement some cross-DAAC functionality

LANCE Reprojection Subsets

Reformat

•Harvest data from DAAC CMSs •Web center of excellence•Transparent user experience

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Webby Awards: the international honor of the world’s best Internet sites

NASA’s Global Climate Change site won the 2011 judges’ award for best science site.

Going for the Webby