Abstract
Petabytes of Earth science data have been accumulated through space-and air-borne Earth observation programs during the last several decades. The data are valuable both scientifically and socioeconomically. The value of these data could be further increased significantly if the data from these programs can be easily discovered, accessed, integrated, and analyzed. The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) is addressing this need. In particular, the GEOSS Component and Service Registry maintains the descriptive information about available Earth Observation resources that are self-nominated by providers. This registry provides the following capabilities for data providers: user registration, resource registration, and service interface registration. It enables data users to discover these resources through the dedicated graphical user interfaces. It also exposes machine-to-machine interfaces to other GEOSS core components.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 6331020 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1678-1686 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2012 |
Funding
Manuscript received October 01, 2011; revised February 11, 2012; accepted July 13, 2012. Date of publication October 15, 2012; date of current version December 28, 2012. The work was supported in part by a grant from the U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee (Grant G10AC00284, PI: Prof. Liping Di).
| Funders | Funder number |
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| U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee | G10AC00284 |
Keywords
- Component and service registry
- Earth observation resources
- Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
- metadata