1. Outputs Brokering Governance WG
Stefano Nativi, Jay Pearlman, Max Craglia
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2. Challenge
Credit: Data Fabric IG
Envri+ use Case

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

4. Brokering (service) Governance WG

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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

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

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. 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

14. 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)

15. Challenge
Technological Brokering
Admin Registration

16. Recommendations: Proposed process + Template
Brokering Agreement Template

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

18. 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)
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19. 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”
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20. 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
Jay Pearlman
Max Craglia
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21. Thank you for your Attention !
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