Agenda for Sensor Interoperability Metadata Workshop

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Introduction to Agenda: Overall Structure of Workshop

Two different tracks will take place during this workshop. All participants will meet for the plenary presentations, including certain breakout reports.

  1. Track 1: Evaluating Sensor Metadata Standards

    This track will focus on selecting and applying standards for sensor-related metadata to specific use cases. Content standards, and to some extent controlled vocabularies, will be applied to real-world problems, and evaluated in that context. Participants will work with content standards and vocabularies with which they are familiar, using them to complete metadata descriptions, and will then evaluate the utility of the results. Participants in this track will need a high degree of sophistication with data systems, and some knowledge of the content standard they select. more...
  2. Track 2: Sensor Metadata Interoperability Training

    This track will provide technical and hands-on training on sensor-related metadata practices. This track will include an overview of the metadata activities in an end to end data system, and present state of the practice metadata solutions to common data management scenarios. Track 2 will also give participants a hands-on opportunity to work with sensor metadata in a real-world application. more...

Which track should I pick?

Interactions

The two tracks interact at several points during the workshop. The challenges and insights from Track 1 groups will be presented simultaneously to the other groups and the Track 2 participants, to enable them to appreciate current technologies in this field. At the same time, Track 2 participants will inform the Track 1 discussion, both by submitting questions, and by offering comments toward the evaluations that occur in the plenary discussion. Track 2 participants will also report on the lessons learned from the exercises they perform, which may also inform the plenary discussions.


Day 0: Wednesday, October 18, 2006

1830: GoMOOS RECEPTION

The Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System will host a reception for workshop participants at their offices on 390 Commercial St.

The reception will take place from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM, and will include a brief presentation on GoMOOS from its Director, Philip Bogden.


Day 1: Thursday, October 19, 2006

0800: PLENARY SESSION
  • Welcome/Logistics/Agenda
  • Focus of Workshop: Assessing Standards and Identifying Issues
  • Keynote Presentation: The IOOS DMAC Metadata Expert Team: Challenges and Status

    Anne Ball, Co-Chair, IOOS DMAC Metadata Expert Team
  • Keynote Presentation: Environmental Observatories: ORION Cyberinfrastructure Sensors & Metadata

    Alan Chave, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
0910: Track 1: Evaluating Sensor Metadata Standards 0910: Track 2: Sensor Metadata Interoperability Training
  • Detailed review of task:
    • Describe two sensors for the provided use cases.
    • Use the assigned content standard as faithfully as possible.
    • Attempt to complete the work to a usable standard (e.g., the description can be validated).
  • Schedule: Assignment due at beginning of Day 2.
  • Primary Goals:
    • See how well the standard works.
    • Identify strengths and weakness of the standard.
    • Prepare a presentation of the results.
  • Secondary Goals are to identify, use, and similarly analyze applicable vocabularies, and to identify other issues

BREAK

  • Go into breakout teams
  • Each group tries to complete all use cases
  • Vocabularies used as needed to fill out descriptions

    (note missing but needed vocabularies)

9:10 AM Session 1: About Metadata: Context and Solutions

Track II Panel: End-to-end Systems Focusing on Sensors (OOSTech, MOOS(SIAM/SSDS), Satlantic, Neptune)

  • Satlantic: Steve Adams, Satlantic
  • NEPTUNE: Benoit Pirenne, NEPTUNE Canada
  • OOSTech: Luis Bermudez, MBARI/MMI
  • MOOS: John Graybeal, MBARI



BREAK

10:30 AM Session 2: Introduction to Hand-On Exercise

  • Hands on Overview

    Matt Howard, TAMU [10 min]
  • Review of Workshop Tools

    Matt Howard, TAMU [30 min]
  • Introduction to Two Markup Languages

    SensorML (Alexandre Robin, UAH) [60 min]

    TransducerML (Steve Havens, Iriscorp)
12:00 PM LUNCH






DAY 1 (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON
1:00 PM Continue Working in Breakout Groups 1:00 PM Hands-On Training I and II
  • Training Step I: Viewing and editing XML Documents

    (Matt Howard, TAMU) [30 min]
  • Training Step II: Testing XML Documents

    (Luis Bermudez, MBARI/MMI) [120 min]
4:00 PM: Track 1 Plenary
  • Problem Identification
  • Use Case Questions
  • Suggestions for Group

4:30 PM: Back to Work in Breakout Groups

3:30 PM BREAK

3:45 PM Hands-On Training III and IV

  • Training Step III: Transforming XML documents

    DIF to FGDC stylesheet, GCMD sensor information submission, SensorML to GCMD

    Melanie Meaux, NASA/GCMD [40 min]

    SensorML to FGDC, Other FGDC stylesheets

    David Sallis, NOAA NCDDC [40 min]

    Stylesheets in the ResEau Project

    John Cree [15 min]

  • Training Step IV: Other Techniques and Tools

    Alexandre Robin, UAH [25 min]
5:45 PM: BREAK FOR DAY



DAY 2: Friday, October 20, 2006


8:00 AM BREAKFAST
Track 1 Track 2

8:30 AM Continue in Breakout Groups: Prepare Initial Report

  • Summary of Results
  • Successes and Problems
  • Answers to Questions from Track 2

8:30 AM Track 2 Plenary

  • Feedback on Standards and State of the Practice
  • Lessons Learned
9:30 AM Full Plenary Session: Initial Results
  • Reports from Track 1 Breakouts
  • Conclusions from Track 2 Hands-On Exercises


11:00 AM BREAK
Plenary Discussion: How To Move Forward
  • To Agree on Standards (What agreement is possible?)
  • To Develop Missing Pieces (What pieces are clearly missing?)
  • To Get the Most Bang for the Buck (How can we combine forces?)
12:00 PM: LUNCH






DAY 2 (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON
1:00 PM: Plenary Discussion: Final Guidance/Recommendations
  • Areas of agreement
  • Inputs to Steering/Report Generation Teams
  • Identification of Collaborative Opportunities
    • working teams on priority problems
    • existing forums, mail lists, activities
    • standards development efforts
    • demonstration projects
    • technical workshops
2:30 PM: WORKSHOP ENDS (formal meeting)

3:00 PM: Post-Workshop Analysis

To be attended by Workshop Steering Committee and other interested members, and to include:

  • Summarize and consolidate recommendations
  • Create initial reports on each standard
  • Augment and initiate collaborative opportunities
  • Identify other opportunities for progress (strategic planning)
  • Action item list for workshop closure