Robust Workflow Systems + Flexible Geoprocessing Services = Geo-enabled Model Web?

REAL WORLD (Natural systems) ABSTRACT WORLD (Modelling systems) Encoding (modelling) Decoding (simulation)

time quantity Raw data Processed data Overproduction of (raw) data versus underconsumption of (processed) data

time quantity Raw data Processed data Overproduction of (raw) data versus underconsumption of (processed) data

time quantity Raw data Processed data Overproduction of (raw) data versus underconsumption of (processed) data Data analysis gap

Robust Workflow Systems + Flexible Geoprocessing Services = Geo-enabled Workflow

Geoprocessing services & BPEL WSDL-based or WPS-based services wrapped as WSDL-based services

Geoprocessing services & Scientific Workflows Kepler-based solution VisTrails-based solution Taverna-based solution

But (Hence the ? in the title)

geo-enabled workflows == geo-enabled model web ?

#1 Variability of models

#2 Increasing complexity of chained models

#1 Variability of models #2 Increasing complexity of chained models #3 Existence of multiple interfaces to expose models

#1 Variability of models #2 Increasing complexity of chained models #3 Existence of multiple interfaces to expose models #4 Wide range of infrastructures and implementations

#1 Variability of models #2 Increasing complexity of chained models #3 Existence of multiple interfaces to expose models #4 Wide range of infrastructures and implementations #5 Reproducible resources

C. Granell. Robust Workflow Systems + Flexible Geoprocessing Services = Geo-enabled Model Web? In: Geographical Information Systems: Trends and Technologies. Boca Raton: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), 2014, pp C. Granell, S. Schade, N. Ostländer. Seeing the forest through the trees: A review of integrated environmental modelling tools. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 41: , 2013 Carlos Granell