[IGS-DCWG-86] Re: Invitation to participate - IGS metadata exchange via XML

[Nacho Romero]

Hi Fran and Carey,

As the IGS Infrastructure Committee Chair I will participate and work on 
implementation.

For the IGS the XML is a means to an end so that automated systems such 
as the IGS SLM can disseminate its official IGS station metadata to 
other station management systems regularly, have problems identified 
automatically and inconsistencies corrected quickly.

At the last IGS workshop we agreed at the IC splinter to foster the 
sharing of XML data among existing systems such as the IGS SLM, the GFZ 
SEMISYS, the GA DB, the EPN, etc. Therefore this is a great way forward, 
thanks for the effort and the coordination. Please let me know if any of 
the aforementioned systems are not represented in this discussion so 
that I can contact them and we can add them, we do not want to have two 
or three parallel discussions on this subject.

regards,

Nacho

On 10/01/2015 04:00, Fran Boler wrote:
> Author: Fran Boler, Carey Noll
>
>
> Dear Colleagues-
>
> As many of you know, at the IGS workshop in Pasadena this past June 
> there was discussion in the infrastructure and data center breakouts 
> about transmitting IGS site log metadata between data centers using 
> XML, using automated machine-to-machine transfer mechanisms. With the 
> introduction of the IGS Site Log Manager system, we believe the time 
> is right to do this. Advantages could include more rapidupdating of 
> site log information, more consistent information across data centers, 
> and more accurate metadata overall. Several data centers are committed 
> to moving forward on this effort in the next few months. In order to 
> implement such an exchange the first step will be to agree on the XML 
> schema to be used. SOPAC has had a longstanding geodesy XML project 
> (http://sopac.ucsd.edu/xmlGeodesy.shtml), and this is the ideal 
> starting point. We would like to kickoff this effort by requesting 
> feedback on the SOPAC Site Log XML schema.
>
> Those who would like to participate in this effort should respond with 
> an email (to IGS-DCWG at igscb.jpl.nasa.gov) as soon as possible 
> indicating your interest. *Please mention your level of involvement 
> as: “observer” or “planning to participate in the discussions” or 
> “planning to participate in discussions and work on implementation”. 
> *(Note:If you, as an igs-dcwg list member, do not have an interest in 
> this topic, you may wish to change your subscriber option to digest 
> for this list, or otherwise amend your subscription as there will be 
> additional traffic during this effort.)
>
> For those who will be active at this phase, please look at the SOPAC 
> Site Log XML schema and plan to provide comments to this list within 
> one month. Your comments should include any suggested amendments or 
> additions. As a rough timeline we would like to complete discussions 
> of the schema during February and begin discussing implementation 
> specifics no later than March.
>
> We wish to be inclusive and therefore ask you to circulate this 
> invitation to interested colleagues. All interested persons should 
> ensure that they are members of the igs-dcwg maillist by visiting 
> http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/mailman/listinfo/igs-dcwg.
>
> Kind regards,
> Fran Boler, IGS Governing Board Data Center Representative
> Carey Noll, IGS Data Center Working Group Chair
>
>

-- 
Best regards,
Nacho
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Ignacio (Nacho) Romero
Aerospace Engineer, PhD
SAC @ ESA/ESOC/HSO-GN
IGS Infrastructure Committee
www.canaryadvancedsolutions.com
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