Federation of Earth Science Information Partners
EGIDA WorkshopMay 9-11, 2011, Bonn, Germany
ESIP is a venue for connecting, collaborating and innovating across a broad-based, network.
Data Centers
Researchers Application Developers
ESIP fosters connections to make data matter.
The ESIP community is comprised of technical and domain experts across government, industry and academic sectors.
125+ Member Organizations 16% Data Centers 42% Research 41% Applications Developers
Volunteer-driven with member-led focus areas: Air Quality, Climate Change Education, Data Preservation, Discovery,
Earth Science Education, Energy, IT, Semantic Web, Water.
ESIP is managed by the Foundation for Earth Science with funding from NASA, NOAA and EPA.
Data Re-useUse agreed upon standards
Human ConnectionsFace-to-Face Meetings (Jan, July)
Telecons
Collaborative Info SharingGroup workspaces on wiki
Image modified from Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (2005)
Technical Expertise Sharing and Networking Wide Range of Tech Topics (e.g. Data Stewardship, Interoperability) Science Domain Topics (e.g. Energy, Air Quality) Education Topics (e.g. Climate Change, Data Usage in Classrooms)
Community Engagement Participation in the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Professional Development (Data Management, Communication, Evaluation) Outreach (ISRSE, NSTA, AGU)
Best Practices and Consensus Building
ESIP is a GEO Observer Org. and Participates in its Activities:
Architecture Data Committee Architecture Implementation Pilots GCI Coordination Team
User Interface Committee ESIP Air Quality WG seeded GEO Air Quality Community
of Practice GEO Water Cycle CoP to partner with ESIP on GEO
projects GEO Science & Tech. Committee following ESIP
citation work
Air Quality & Health Applications
ESIP AQ WG & GEO AQ CoP: Int’ l participation OGC standards (.. netCDF), CF
Conventions, ISO meta Share software code, best practices
AQ Data Network Seven servers, three clients AQ Community Catalog for finding Application for EPA Except. Events
AQ Data Network is still fragile, incomplete and inadequate for real apps, but demonstrates
fine grained data networking with GEOSS infrastructure and process
On the Web Website: esipfed.org Wiki: wiki.esipfed.org Email List: www.lists.esipfed.org/mailman/listinfo/esip-all Twitter: @ESIPFed
Contact Carol Meyer, Executive Director, [email protected] Erin Robinson, Information & Virtual Community Director,