Outputs Brokering Governance WG Stefano Nativi, Jay Pearlman, Max Craglia 19/11/2018 rd-alliance.org

Challenge Credit: Data Fabric IG Envri+ use Case

Broker Service Pattern Traditional SOA (C-S) Advanced B-SOA (C-B-S) (NxM connections) (N+M connections)

Brokering (service) Governance WG https://rd-alliance.org/groups/brokering-governance.html

Scope Brokering (framework) Sustainability Assessment Different Business Models for targeting diverse User types Software Maintenance and Sustainment Agreements definition between brokering organization and data/service providers Preserving autonomy required by the Broker pattern Different agreement template for the diverse business models/User types Community adoption and support of the Broker pattern Use cases, training, pilots, … Assessing the recognized business models and brokering agreements

Brokering Governance WG Community requirements WP1. Business Models GEO GEOSS, ICSU WDS, NSF Earth Cube and IODE Brokering (Middleware) Governance WP3. Use Case Assessments WP2. Suppliance Agreements New WG proposal

Report on: Sustainable Business Models for Brokering Middleware to support Research Interoperability Available on the Brokering IG web area: Outputs & Recommendations section DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.20854.40003

Authors Sue Fyfe, Co-Chair, Geosciences Australia Senay Habtezion, Global Change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training (START) - International Secretariat -USA Clifford Jacobs, Clifford Jacobs Consulting, LLC -USA William Michener, University of New Mexico -USA Stefano Nativi, Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research of the National Research Council of Italy Jay Pearlman, J&F Enterprise and University of Colorado -USA Lindsay Powers, Co-Chair, The HDF Group -USA Andrew Turner, Esri -USA

Business Model Attributes Secure Financial Support Engage user communities Marketing Human Resources Software Engineering Product management Legal Considerations (place-specific)

Alternative business models Information and Ad sales Corporate Support and Product/Service Sales Software as a Service (SAS) Government Funding through Federal Data Facility Guardianship Government Funding Through Assistance Awards and Contracts Consortium Model

Outcomes: The Hybrid Model No single model by itself is likely to provide the desired sustainment A hybridized model incorporating aspects of three different business models over the lifespan of the brokering middleware A set of Recommendations for the sustainability of a broker middleware/service for research

Sustainability Process phases Mid-phase Maturity phase Government guardianship Consortium Government awards SaaS Early phase

To be published on: Outputs & Recommendations section Report on Brokering Agreements, Including Use Case Assessments (SAEON and GEOSS) To be published on: Outputs & Recommendations section

Authors Karl Benedict, University of New Mexico (USA) Paola De Salvo, GEO (Switzerland) Gregory Giuliani -Chair University of Geneva (Switzerland) Senay Habtezion, Global Change SysTem for Analysis, Research & Training (USA) Wim Hugo, South African Environmental Observation Network (South Africa) Stefano Nativi, CNR-IIA (Italy) Jay Pearlman, IEEE (USA) Mattia Santoro, CNR-IIA (Italy) Paul Uhlir, National Academy of Sciences (USA)

Challenge Technological Brokering Admin Registration

Recommendations: Proposed process + Template Brokering Agreement Template

Procedure and Template Validation Use case #1 South African Environmental Observation Network Use case #2 Global Earth Observation System of Systems SAEON GEOSS

Impact Facilitate the development and use of SaaS, relying on an heterogeneous data supply-chain Facilitate the full adoption of Web 2.0 pattern –and the use of Web as a platform. Facilitate the data supply chain virtualization Facilitate the multi- and cross-disciplinarity Enable the development of System of Systems (SoS) 19/11/2018 rd-alliance.org

Adoption & Implementation Multi-organizational and Multi-disciplinary System of Systems programmes and initiatives Examples: GEOSS, ICSU WDS, SAEON, NSF Earth Cube, NSF Data One, GEO BON –and the H2020 EU-BON FP7 Afro Maison –and more generally AfriGEO … .. Reports and Templates are (and will be) available on the web as “RDA Brokering IG Outcomes & Recommendations” 19/11/2018 rd-alliance.org

Future Plans & Contact More Use cases are planned A new WG proposal spawned from this activities Brokering Framework Working Group Possible collaborations with the Groups: Data Fabric; Metadata; Legal Interoperability GEO BOF For more information, contacts are: Stefano Nativi (stefano.nativi@cnr.it) Jay Pearlman (jay.pearlman@ieee.org) Max Craglia (massimo.craglia@jrc.ec.europa.eu) 19/11/2018 rd-alliance.org

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