The GEOSS solution for enabling data interoperability and integrative research

Global sustainability research requires an integrative research effort underpinned by digital infrastructures (systems) able to harness data and heterogeneous information across disciplines. Digital data and information sharing across systems and applications is achieved by implementing interoperability: a property of a product or system to work with other products or systems, present or future. There are at least three main interoperability challenges a digital infrastructure must address: technological, semantic and organizational. In recent years, important international programs and initiatives are focusing on such an ambitious objective. This manuscript presents the Global Earth Observation System of Systems initiative: a programme of GEO (Group on Earth Observation) to proactively link together existing and planned observing systems around the world and support the development of new systems where gaps currently exist. The GEOSS Common digital Infrastructure implements a Multidisciplinary and Participatory Research Infrastructure (MPRI). This is discussed in the paper explaining the brokering approach it has adopted and the services it offers to the scientific Communities in order to carry our integrative research. The opportunities for the Heavy Metal Pollution Research Community are also presented and discussed.

NATIVI Stefano;  MAZZETTI Paolo;  CRAGLIA Massimo;  PIRRONE N.; 

2013-11-25

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG

JRC82142

0944-1344,   

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11356-013-2264-y,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC82142,   

10.1007/s11356-013-2264-y,