Earth Science Information Partner (ESIP) Federation: Semantic Web Activities (including SWEET) Rob Raskin NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
About ESIP Networking Consortium of 121 US member organizations Networking Consortium of 121 US member organizations Data, information, and service providers Data, information, and service providers Focus is on adding value to Earth system science data Focus is on adding value to Earth system science data Most activities are cross-disciplinary Most activities are cross-disciplinary Bottom-up activity plan driven by self-formed clusters/working groups Bottom-up activity plan driven by self-formed clusters/working groups Monthly telecons Monthly telecons Semi-annual Meetings Semi-annual Meetings Jan 2011 Washington, DC Jan 2011 Washington, DC July 2011 Santa Fe, NM July 2011 Santa Fe, NM
ESIP Members Type 1- Archive Centers Type 1- Archive Centers NASA, NOAA, USGS, EPA data centers NASA, NOAA, USGS, EPA data centers Type 2- Producers of Science/Research Data Type 2- Producers of Science/Research Data Grant awardees from universities and government Grant awardees from universities and government Type 3- Applications Type 3- Applications Commercial entities, educational organizations, decision makers Commercial entities, educational organizations, decision makers Type 4- Funders Type 4- Funders NASA, NOAA NASA, NOAA
ESIP Clusters/Working Groups Data and Informatics Decisions Decisions Federated Search Federated Search Information Quality Information Quality Information Technology/Interoperability Information Technology/Interoperability Preservation and Stewardship Preservation and Stewardship Products and Services Products and Services Provenance Provenance Semantic Web Semantic Web Sensor Web Sensor Web Visualization Visualization Web Services Web Services Domain-Specific Air Quality Water Education/Outreach Education
Semantic Web Cluster Ontologies Ontologies Datatype Datatype Data Service Data Service Science/Applications (SWEET) Science/Applications (SWEET) Triple store testbed Triple store testbed Test technologies Test technologies Link open data among members Link open data among members Technologies, research activities Technologies, research activities
Semantic Web for Earth and Environmental Terminology (SWEET) Concept space written in OWL-DL Concept space written in OWL-DL Serves as middle-to-upper level ontology for Earth system science Serves as middle-to-upper level ontology for Earth system science Enables scalable classification of Earth system science and associated data and applications Enables scalable classification of Earth system science and associated data and applications Version 2.1 contains 6000 modular concepts Version 2.1 contains 6000 modular concepts 200 modular ontologies 200 modular ontologies
Scope of SWEET Integrated ontologies Integrated ontologies Earth system science Earth system science Earth science applications Earth science applications Scientific units Scientific units Space/time Space/time Data quality Data quality Data provenance Data provenance Data types Data types Data services Data services
SWEET Top-Level View
SWEET Provides Set of Building Blocks CF (controlled parameter name list): tendency_of_mole_concentration_of_dissolved_in organic_phosphorus_in_sea_water_due_to_biol ogical_processes SWEET: Property= mole_concentration Property= mole_concentration Science_Processing= tendency Science_Processing= tendency State= dissolved, inorganic State= dissolved, inorganic Substance= phosphorous Substance= phosphorous Medium= sea_water Medium= sea_water Process= biological_processes Process= biological_processes
Governance ESIP Semantic Web Cluster to provide overall governance ESIP Semantic Web Cluster to provide overall governance How? How? MMI will provide further support through common ontology services (comparisons, access, archiving, etc.) MMI will provide further support through common ontology services (comparisons, access, archiving, etc.)
Knowledge Management Within the Federation
Resources ESIP Federation: ESIP Federation: SWEET ontology: SWEET ontology: Rob Raskin