# Presentation: 314952

## Technology Infusion Working Group

- Rob Raskin, NASA/JPL
- Karen Moe, NASA/ESTO
- 4th Earth Science Data Systems Working Group Meeting
- Baltimore, MD
- October 25 - 27, 2005

## Agenda

- Mission & Scope
- Activities & Accomplishments
- Process & Strategies
- Web Services
- Capability Vision
- Breakout Session Agenda

## Tech Infusion Working Group

- Mission
- Enable NASA Earth Science Enterprise to reach its research, application, and education goals more quickly and cost effectively through widespread adoption of key emerging information technologies
- Scope
- Information technologies that...
- Provide capabilities critical to ESE mission & vision
- Have been substantially developed (TRL 6-9) but not widely deployed
- Cannot be obtained simply through reuse of mature subsystems or software
- May be slow to adopt due to unique characteristics of Earth science data (e.g., large volumes, 4-dimensions)

## Working Group Members

## FY05 Activities

- 3 sub-groups
- Process & Strategies
- Capability Vision
- Web Services
- Communications
- About 40 telecons
- Presented poster at January ESIP Federation meeting
- Conducted workshop and presented web services case studies at August ESIP Federation meeting
- Resources/Deliverables
**Process and Strategies **case studies of emerging technologies
- Barrier/Solutions Table
- ECHO White paper
**Capability Vision** video
- short and long versions (accepted by NASA)
**Web Services** roadmap for NASA HQ

## Technology InfusionProcess and Strategies Sub-Group

## Understanding Infusion

**Needs / Problems**

**Solution Development**

**Commercialization (Productization)**

**Diffusion and Adoption**

**Consequences**

- Recognition of problem or need

- Knowledge acquisition

**Research (basic and applied)**

- Putting idea into usable form (e.g., technology prototype)

- Conversion of idea from research into 'product'

- Dissemination of innovation

- Benefits from adoption of innovation

*Adapted from: Rogers (1995),”Diffusion of Innovations”*

- Phases in the Innovation-Development Process

## Understanding The Innovation Decision Process

- Socioeconomic characteristics
- Personality variables
- Communication behaviour

**Adoption**

- Characteristics of Decision-Maker

- Prior Conditions

- Characteristics of Innovation (perceived)

**Decision**

**Knowledge**

**Persuasion**

**Confirmation**

**Implementation**

- Relative advantage
- Compatibility
- Complexity
- Trialability
- Observability

- Previous practice
- Felt needs / problems
- Innovativeness
- Norms of the social systems

**Rejection**

**Continued Adoption**

**Continued Rejection**

**Later Adoption**

**Discontinuance**

*Adapted from: Rogers (1995),”Diffusion of Innovations”*

- - The means by which a message gets from the source to the receiver
- -Different channels may play different roles in creating awareness and persuading individuals to change their attitude towards the innovation

## TIWG Infusion Process

**Science**
**needs**

**End user**
**needs**

**Data systems**
**goals**

**Stakeholder needs and objectives**

**Validate and Prioritize**

**Technology gaps (new technology needs)**

**Available technologies**

**Technology identification**

**Selected and prioritized technologies**

**Candidate technologies**

**Known infusion barriers**

**Infusion planning**

**Technology matching**

**Identified technology trends**

**Technology trends analysis**

**Prioritized capability needs**

**Infusion strategies**

**TIWG Infusion Process**

**New technology development**

**Technology adoption evaluation**

**Technology deployment**

## Infusion Case Studies

- Created Technology Infusion **Barrier/Solution Table**
- For each barrier (row):
- Type (Technical, Informational, Financial, Policy, Sociological, Environmental)
- Significance (High / Medium / Low)
**Solutions**
- Technology project experiences
- Technology projects evaluated
- ECHO (EOS ClearingHOuse) – Robin Pfister, Michael Burnett
- ADaM (UAH Algorithm Development and Mining) – Helen Conover
- ESML (Earth Science Markup Language) - Helen Conover
- HEW (HDF-EOS Web-based Subsetter) - Helen Conover
- ADL (Alexandria Digital Library) - Peter Slaughter
- DIAL/NWGISS (Data and Information Access Link) – Liping Di
- Invasive Species Forecasting System – Neal Most
- Project experience feeds back to update Table

## Technology InfusionCapability Vision Sub-Group

## Capability Vision

- Describes 10 capabilities comprising an ES information system capability vision
- Identifies  technologies critical to achieving the vision
- Positions capabilities and technologies within a real-world scenario
- Used to develop a shared understanding of the vision within the community
- Delivered in two versions
- 30 minute overview of capabilities
- 5 minute highlights with narration

## Capability Vision and the TIWG Infusion Process

**Science**
**needs**

**End user**
**needs**

**Data systems**
**goals**

**Stakeholder needs and objectives**

**Validate and Prioritize**

**Technology gaps (new technology needs)**

**Available technologies**

**Technology identification**

**Selected and prioritized technologies**

**Candidate technologies**

**Known infusion barriers**

**Infusion planning**

**Technology matching**

**Identified technology trends**

**Technology trends analysis**

**Prioritized capability needs**

**Infusion strategies**

**Capability Vision and the TIWG Infusion Process**

**New technology development**

**Technology adoption evaluation**

**Technology deployment**

**Capability vision**

## Technology InfusionWeb Services Sub-Group

## Background: Technology Infusion Process

- Established a _capability vision_ for Earth science information systems
- Identified _Interoperable Information Services_ as a key capability in the vision
- Identified _web services_ as the primary supporting technology
- Currently defining a _roadmap_ for web services technology infusion

**Capability Needs**

**Technology Projections**

**Technology Roadmaps**

**Technology Development**

**Technology Infusion**

**Operational Systems**

**Identified Gaps**

**Solicitation Formulation**

**Peer Review & Competitive Selection**

**Capability Vision**

## Infusing Web Services Will Help Realize the Vision for Interoperable Information Services and Other Capabilities

**Infusing Web Services Will Help Realize the Vision for Interoperable Information Services and Other Capabilities**

- Evolvable Technical Infrastructure

**Web Services Technology Infusion****(SOAP, WxF, GML, BPEL)****(WSDL, UDDI, OWL)**

**Notes:**
Our vision for Earth science information systems includes five core capabilities that will enable the delivery of next-generation analysis and modeling frameworks.  These capabilities will also enable widespread use of intelligent tools that assist users in discovering and interpreting data needed for their particular research, application, or education purpose.  The envisioned capabilities will be built on a flexible processing, storage, and communications infrastructure.     

## Web Services on the Map

- Web Services are part of ‘middleware’ for building agile applications responsive to science & decision making needs

**Core Web/Grid Services**
**Security, Authentication, & Authorization ****Virtualization, Semantics**** **

**Exploratory/Decision Analysis & Modeling**

**Physical Network**
**Messaging, Syntax, **

**Registration**
**Discovery**
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**Integration**
**Mediation**
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**Indexing**
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**Workflow**
**Chaining **
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**Processing**
**Domain code**
**Business logic**
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**Exploration**

**Analysis**

**Modeling**

**Web Services**

- See Web Services roadmap for individual technologies

- See Capability Vision charts

**Tools**

**Applications**

- NASA, NOAA, EPA Applications Charts

- Interoperability, Stack, Standards

**Internet Infrastructure**

## Web Services Roadmap

**Technology**

****** ****Geospatial services established**

****** ****Open 4-D services proliferate**

****** ****Production quality 4-D services**

****** ****4-D service **_**catalog**_** established (WSDL, UDDI)**

**Common 4-D    **_**schema**_** adopted ****(GML, ESML)**

****** ****Standard workflow language infused (BPEL)**

****** ****Open 4-D **_**ontology**_** converges (OWL)**

****** ****Local processing + data exchange**

****** ****Basic data tailoring services (data as service)**

** ****Interoperable 4-D services****(analysis as service)**

****** ****Parameter-based product searches and access**

**Interoperable Information Infrastructure**

**Assisted Discovery & Mediation**

****** ****Metadata-driven data fusion (semantic service chaining)**

****** ****Automatic service mediation**

****** ****Semantic 4-D search & access**

****** ****Common service **_**protocol, description**_** adopted ****(SOAP, WSDL)**

**Capability**

**Results**

****** ****Improved Information Sharing**

****** ****Accelerated Research & System Cost Savings**

****** ****Increased Collaboration & Interdisciplinary Science**

****** ****Increased Knowledge Understanding**

****** ****Fully Automated Data Utilization**

****** ****Open service protocols established (HTTP, REST)**

**Web Services Roadmap**

**Current                   Near Term                   Mid Term                  Long Term**

****** ****Intelligent Services**

****** ****Unified security & identity management ****(WS-Security, SAML)**

****** ****Full 4-D logical searches and access**

****** ****Open data access established (OpenDAP, OGC)**

**Data **

**Messaging**

**Output**

**Outcome **

## FY06 Activities

- Sub-groups
- Emerging technology focus areas (Service-oriented architecture, Semantic web)
- Process & Strategies
- Web Services (updates only)
- Capability Vision (updates only)
- Communications
- Weekly telecons
- Participation in Web Service Chaining track at January ESIP Federation meeting
- Resources/Deliverables
**Process and Strategies **case studies of additional emerging technology implementations
- Updates to Barrier/Solutions Table
- Additional White papers
**New technology focuses**
- Service-oriented architectures, semantic web, ...
**Capability Vision** video updates
**Web Services** roadmap updates

## Breakout Session Agenda