The Architecture and Data Committee (ADC) of the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) is organizing a 2-day Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Interoperability Workshop in Washington, D.C. The workshop is sponsored by the ADC’s Standards and Interoperability Forum (SIF) and aims to assess the current status of interoperability within GEOSS, review and amend SIF processes and procedures, engage new SIF participants, and develop recommendations for improving the interoperability landscape of GEOSS to meet the goal of having a fully functional and operational GEOSS by the 2010 GEO Ministerial Summit.
The workshop will cover a broad range of topics including processes for convergence on recommended standards for the GEOSS, interoperability aspects of data searching and access, frameworks for Earth system modeling, semantic interoperability, and partnerships and cooperative arrangements with other standards groups.