GEOSS Interoperability Enabling All-Hazard, All-'Media Public Warning

Showcase demo: "All-Hazards, All-Media Public Warning"

Eliot Christian, USGS

Interoperability is the foundation of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).  In this session, Eliot Christian will showcase how "stovepipe" public warning applications are now becoming all-hazard and all-media, using interoperability standards promoted by GEOSS. The key standards are: the ISO 23950 standard for information search and retrieval (also known as Z39.50), and the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) - an OASIS standard. This interoperability fits with the GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan that calls for data and information systems to become interoperable though technical specifications based on non-proprietary standards, with preference for formal international standards and a focus on service interfaces. GEOSS itself is directed by the Group on Earth Observations, an international partnership among more than 60 countries, the European Commission, and more than 40 international organizations. GEOSS reflects a global scientific and political consensus that information vital for societies requires comprehensive, coordinated, and sustained Earth observations. (see http://earthobservations.org/ )