WGISS Plenary Charge to Subgroups Martha E Maiden

WGISS Plenary: Charge to Subgroups Martha E. Maiden CEOS WGISS-26/GEO ADC Boulder, Colorado September 22, 2008 2

Outcome of WGISS-25, Sanya Request for more time in Subgroups for Technology Discussions and Planning ØThree full days devoted to Subgroups Reorganization of Work Units ØTask Teams replaced by Interest Groups and/or Projects ØInterest Groups are topical areas ØProjects characterized by specific objectives, workplans, milestones 3

WGISS Current Focus Provide satellite arm of GEO System of Systems Ø Innovative contributions that will persist, and can be reused Work closely with and support CEOS Virtual Constellations (GEO DA-07 -03) Ø High GEO interest in LSI Portal Work closely with collaborate with CEOS Working Group on Calibration and Validation Ø WGISS Chair Maiden to attend WGCV next week Ø Land Product Validation Special Session on agenda. Support the CEOS Plenary Chair’s Data Democracy initiative. 4

Plenary Charge to Subgroups, 1 WGISS Subgroups Charge Focus on overall objective of WGISS: to facilitate data and information management and services for users and data providers Recommendations coming from Outcomes on Interest Groups and Projects Recommend Strategic Directions and New Work from Subgroup Technical Discussions, which could be Across Interest Groups Four Current Themes Satellite Arm of GEO Ø Recommend what Project Milestones should be made into 2009 Actions, and carried to 2 nd CEOS/GEO Actions Meeting for 2009 Ø Recommend what WGISS Capabilities might be added to GEO Plenary Demo in Bucharest Recommendations for working actively with CEOS Constellations Recommendations for working actively with WGCV Ø Example of collaboration: Ensuring metadata contain all relevant content on data quality, using multiple instruments’ data looking at specific site. Determine what Project outcomes relevant to Data Democracy purposes and Recommend to Plenary 5

Plenary Charge to Subgroups, 2 Continue Deliberations on Subgroups’ Content Reorg and Recommend any Evolutionary Steps Ø Has the division of work in Subgroups become blurred? Ø Is there a better categorization of work we could use? Ø Rename Technology and Services/Projects and Applications? Organize gaps in WGISS technical expertise and needs for support from Agencies for Chair to Request at November Plenary Ø What expertise needed for Interest Groups to request CEOS agencies could send to WGISS-27? Ø Are specific agency resources (monetary, participation, data contributions, etc. ) needed to be placed toward a WGISS Interest Group or Project? All Recommendations to be included in Subgroups’ Reports to be Presented to WGISS Plenary Friday, September 26. 6