Title :
Interoperability federated system for the scientific community working in the EOS sector
Author :
Nativi, Stefano ; Mazzetti, Paolo ; Bigagli, Lorenzo ; Giuli, Dino
Author_Institution :
Florence Univ., Italy
Abstract :
A federation system solution suited for the challenging area of the Earth Observation from Space (EOS) domain is presented. It addresses system integration issues, conceiving a distributed system based on modern industry-standard protocols, whose components are existing legacy systems. A web-enabled federation system-a distributed system which implements a loosely-coupled federated database system-was designed and developed. The interoperability issue was tackled by a couple of solutions: a mediated message-based architecture and the specification of a federation common model. Several e-business enabling technologies were utilised for achieving the system reusable components, in particular XML-based ones. An application scenario, experimented in the framework of a project funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) is briefly reported
Keywords :
Internet; client-server systems; distributed databases; open systems; protocols; remote sensing; EOS sector; Earth observation; Italian Space Agency; distributed system; e-business enabling technologies; federation common model; industry-standard protocols; interoperability federated system; loosely-coupled federated database system; mediated message-based architecture; scientific community; system integration; system reusable components; web-enabled federation system; Authorization; Data mining; Distributed databases; Earth Observing System; Information systems; Internet; Management information systems; Protocols; Remote sensing; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976786
