Internal GGOS SC Documents: Retreat 2006

This page provides access to material made available prior to the GGOS Retreat held in February 2006 in Munich.

Prior to the retreat, all participants were requested/invited to provide input prior to the retreat, both in the draft agenda sent out on January 25, 2006 and in a reminder e-mail sent out on February 5, 2006.

Material relevant for the GGOS Retreat

John LaBrecque provided considerations on the challenges for GGOS shortly after the Workshop. The document is available here as pdf.

Topic 6: Vision of GGOS

Bjorn Engen commented on the vision in an e-mail of February 10, 2006. Here is an extract.

C.K. Shum commented on the vision in an e-mail of February 10, 2006. Here is an extract.

Topic 7: Discussion of the Draft ToR

Bjorn Engen commented on the ToR in an e-mail of February 10, 2006. Here is an extract.

The current ToR are available on the GGOS web pages. For convenience. A print-out is included here.

Topic 8: Structure of GGOS and Science Panel

The list of confirmed candidates for the Science Panel is available here.

Topic 9: User Requirements for GGOS

A draft position paper is made available here. Also of interest is the information available from INDIGO, namely a report summarizing a User Survey and an table summarizing the result of Services Survey.

A manuscript prepared for the IAG Cairns Proceedings also contains information relevant for the discussions and is available as pdf.

Topic 10: GGOS and IGOS-P

The document prepared for the IGOS-P meeting in May 2005 gives a good overview of the ideas behind the association of GGOS and IGOS-P and is available as the pdf.

A manuscript in press for the IAG Cairns proceedings considers also the GGOS-IGOS-P relations and is available as pdf.

The theme reports and proposals are available at the IGOS-P web page.

Topic 11: GGOS Contribution to GEOSS

Ruth Neilan had prepared a summary document already for the Third Meeting of the Steering Committee. There the document could not be discussed due to time limitations. It will now be considered during the discussion at the Retreat. The document is available as pdf.

The presentation slides prepared by Zuheir Altamimi address some questions related to GGOS contribution to GEOSS.

Some input on the structure of the future work of GGOS has been provided by Bjorn Engen (pdf).

C.K. Shum commented on the contribution of GGOS to GEOSS in an e-mail of February 10, 2006. Here is an e-mail extract.

Susanna Zerbini commented on the contribution to GEOSS (pdf).

The GEOSS Implementation plan and the 2006 Work Plan are available at the GEO web pages. Some Committee and WG related material can be found at the GGOS-GEO page.

Topic 12: Steps towards the internal integration process of GGOS

The following Components have answered the specific questions so far:

• ILRS.

The presentation slides prepared by Zuheir Altamimi provide ideas on the links between GGOS and the IAG services.

Bjorn Engen commented on the internal integration in an e-mail of February 10, 2006. Here is an extract.

C.K. Shum commented on the internal integration in an e-mail of February 10, 2006. Here is an extract.

Susanna Zerbini commented on the steps toward internal integration (pdf).

Input from the GGOS WGs

Moreover, the GGOS WGs were asked to provide response to a set of questions distributed in an e-mail. The following WGs have provided input:

• Networks and Communications (doc, pdf)
• Outreach and User Linkage (doc, pdf)

Input from individuals

• Zuheir Altamimi on ToR, GEOSS, internal integration (presentation slides)
• Bjorn Engen on Vision, ToR, GEOSS and internal integration (e-mail extract)
• C.K. Shum on Vision, GEOSS and internal integration (e-mail extract)
• Susanna Zerbini on GEOSS and internal integration (pdf, doc)

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