1. Session 2: Current GEOSS Architectures
What exists and what is hindering progress

2. Session Overview Four presentations
GEOSS Common Infrastructure – Doug Nebert
GEO Global Agriculture Monitoring (GEO-GLAM) – Kathy Fontaine for Chris Justice
GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO-BON) – Gary Geller
GEOSS Disaster Management Sensor Web Architecture – CEOS – John Evans

3. Quick Summary GCI GEO-GLAM, GEO-BON, Disaster Management Sensor Web
Description of infrastructure components
Usability issues and challenges
Operational GCI is in place
GEO-GLAM, GEO-BON, Disaster Management Sensor Web
Each building a Community of Practice within science/application area
All looking for variety of data sources/types
Common needs for data discovery, search, access services
Each appear to be users and providers of data services
Expressed interest in sensor webs / model webs
Multiple references to GEO and GEOSS and all are potential GCI users but extent of current use is unclear

4. Discussion Session
With regard to openness, who supports it? What is the business model?
Organizations (such as OGC) that include govt. and industry partners promote openness
Incentives come from top down – leaders of int’l organizations
Commercial involvement in GEOSS – as providers and users of products?
Agriculture given as potential area for data exchange
Efforts to take in socioeconomic data?
AIP tasks mentioned as mechanism to identify needs for these data
Classification of disasters by socioeconomic characteristics
With focus on SBAs, risk of creating new stovepipes?
SBAs have particular interest but GEOSS architecture intended to provide common capabilities

5. Discussion (cont.) Best practices related to data sharing?
Best practices wiki may have some information
More emphasis on service agreements for data sharing
Session 2 Discussion Topics
What is the status of current GEOSS?
Where should GEOSS develop?
System of systems approach