Day 1: Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Introductions to Interoperability

Welcome and Logistics (Janet Fredericks, Matt Howard, John Graybeal, Mike Botts) Introduction to Interoperability (tbd) The Marine Metadata Interoperability Project (Carlos Rueda) User scenarios for interoperability (John Graybeal)

Data (Semantic) Interoperability: Concepts and Technologies

What is semantic interoperability? (Luis Bermudez) Technologies for semantic interoperability

• Content standards and protocols (John Graybeal)
• Vocabularies and ontologies—formats and tools (Carlos Rueda)
• Registries and services (Luis Bermudez)

Strategies for interoperability

• Separating data/metadata from controlled vocabularies (Bermudez)
• A comprehensive framework for sensor data (+ metadata + commands) (Graybeal)
• Creating an end-to-end semantic interoperability framework (Graybeal)

The Sensor Web Enablement Framework (Mike Botts)

• OGC: Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
• Introduction to Sensor Web Enablement (SWE)
• Description of components: SensorML, O&M, SOS services

Continuation of The Sensor Web Enablement Framework

Working Examples of Interoperability

Examples of Sensor Web Enablement in action (Mike Botts) OOSTethys: SWE Implementation for the Oceanographic Community (Luis Bermudez)

• Background: OOSTethys and the OGC Ocean Sciences Interoperability Experiment (Oceans IE)
• Adoption of SWE
• Encoding semantics in SWE services
• OOSTethys cookbooks and installation kits
• Relationship to NOAA-IOOS DIF

Other Interoperable Systems in Development

NOAA-IOOS Data Integration Framework (DIF) (Julie Bosch)

• What is the DIF?
• Overview of Status

NDBC's implementation of NOAA-IOOS DIF (NDBC staff) NSF's OOI Cyberinfrastructure devleopment (tbd) SeaDataNet: Interoperable Oceanography Data in Europe (tbd)

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Day 2: Wednesday, 27 August 2008

QARTOD + OGC = Q2O

Project Introductions

• QARTOD: Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (Janet Fredericks)
• Q2O: QARTOD-to-OGC Project (Janet Fredericks)

QARTOD/SWE Technical Discussions

0840 Q2O Data Models (Mike Botts)

1. Generic QA/QC (generic to all data types)
2. Waves-specific QA/QC

SWE draft implementation Development of QA/QC to date

Vocabulary Mapping Process

Training and Results of Vocabulary Mapping (MMI)

• Needed infrastructure technologies
• Key software training: review (tools, services)
• Hands-on mapping exercise (in group, follow along on your computer)
• Demonstration of results

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Day 3: Thursday, 28 August 2008

Strategizing, Next Steps, Implementation Plans

Next Steps for Mapping

Timeline, action items, meeting dates until November meeting (Rueda, Bermudez)

Strategies for Semantic Infrastructure and Applications

Identify needed capabilities and priorities; develop timeline and assignments (Rueda, Graybeal)

• Semantic Framework (infrastructure development): Repository, Services, Protocols, ...
• Applications

Implementation Plans

Set action items, responsibilities (Howard, Fredericks)