Hi Harsha, Thanks for reaching out!
Comments below: -----Original Message----- From: Harsha Kumara <hars...@gmail.com> Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 6:43 AM To: jpluser <chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> Cc: "d...@airavata.apache.org" <d...@airavata.apache.org>, Shahani Markus Weerawarana <shahan...@gmail.com>, Nipuni Perera <nipuni880...@gmail.com>, "dev@oodt.apache.org" <dev@oodt.apache.org>, "d...@sis.apache.org" <d...@sis.apache.org> Subject: Re: Research project on integrating geoservices with Apache Airavata >Hi Chris, >(This is the same mail that we sent as a private mail.Since this >discussions are important for others as well,we moved it to here) > > >Thanks a lot for the resources and the support given so far. > > >Those resources are really helpful for us to get a good background about >science workflows and gateways.Now we focus more on to geoscience >related aspects. >As you suggested we are looking into Apache SIS to some extent. But we >need to know whether that integration will completely expose OGC and how >far convenient it will be for scientists. I think that the focus of SIS at the moment is as a small library, getting bigger. Depends on what you mean specifically by OGC? Here are the OGC that SIS has focused on to date, and where it's going: ISO 19103 Conceptual schema language ISO 19115 Metadata ISO 19111 Spatial referencing by coordinates (see slide 11 in http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/sis/presentations/NOAA-Meetup-Feb21-2013/Ap acheSIS-NOAAMeetup-Final.fodp) The metadata module is now becoming very fully featured, and ready for benchmarking and testing. > > > >We also look at some domain related products such as Grass, GeoSever, >MapServer, GeoNode, qgis, PyWPS,ZOO Project and etc..It would be nicer >for us to sense some experience from the point of view of a > geoscientist and OGC Standard user. We appreciate any helpful resources >and guidance. Great! Watch for LGPL and GPL dependencies on these services. Service dependencies (whether static or dynamic) that provide great functionality and will be such that users want to leverage it for using GIS and Airavata violate the "no surprises" mantra if they ref LGPL and GPL components. I'm a big fan of GeoServer -- however it's not Category-A or ALv2 compatible at the moment. That was one of the big reasons for starting SIS -- but it's taken a big undertaking to even get to the point that we are at. HTH! Cheers, Chris ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
