Welcome to the GEO Standards and Interoperability Forum (SIF)

The SIF was formed to facilitate the interchange of information and the development of recommendations for standards and interoperability in GEOSS. The SIF also oversees a key component of the GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI), the Standards and Interoperability Registry (SIR). The purpose of the SIF is to provide advice, expertise and impartial guidance on issues relating to standards and interoperability for GEOSS. Our primary goal is to enable ever greater degrees of interoperability among GEOSS-contributed resources through facilitation, technical analysis, advocacy and education. The SIF is composed of experts nominated by GEO Members and Participating Organizations, and supported by subject matter experts from around the globe.

More information on the GEOSS registries can be found at the GEOSS Resources Registry System. The SIF also manages the development and publication of a series of GEOSS Tutorials. These tutorials are meant to assist GEOSS users and GEOSS providers in understanding how to publish, register, discover, access, and use GEOSS resources. The tutorials are published at the GEOSS Best Practices Wiki. More information on the SIF can be found at the Standards and Interoperability Registry home.

SIF Co-Chairs

• Steven F. Browdy (steven DOT browdy AT ieee DOT org): IEEE OES GEOSS Technical Committee
• We are looking for another Co-Chair to work withthe SIF

Meetings

One hour meetings are held every other Friday at 9:30am US Eastern Time (14:30 UTC for EST, 13:30 UTC for EDT). Check with co-chairs for next meeting time, as the schedule can change due to conferences and other events. Webcast/telecons are our main method of communication. Any direct questions about the SIF and its operation can be asked during a telecon, or by emailing a co-chair listed above. Meeting announcements are sent out the day before the telecon.

SIF meeting agendas and reports

SIF webex/telecon logistics and email list info

• The SIF email list is for general announcements and communication among members. To subscribe please contact the GEO Secretariat at geosec.org.

Activities

• GEOSS Implementation Plan Working Group
• GEOSS Resource Registration Issues and Alternatives
  • GEOSS Components and Services Registry system feedback
• GEO label metadata annotation discussion
• MIME types in SIR
• GEOSS Tutorials
• Linked Data implications for GEOSS
• Unique Identifiers

• GEOSS Interoperability Workshops
• GEOSS Interoperability Assessment Report
• GEOSS Providers and Users FAQ (TBD)

GEO/GEOSS Meetings

2014 GEO Work Plan Symposium

Resources

• 2016 SIF Work Plan
• Standards and Interoperability Registry (SIR)
• GEOSS Best Practices Wiki
• SIF FTP archives
• SIF_TermsOfReference_2007.pdf
• SIF_Operating_Procedures_2007.pdf

• GEOSS Resources Registry System
• GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot (AIP) on OGCNetwork
• GEOSS AIP telecons
• GEO Secretariat Home
• GEO Meetings and Events

GEO_SIF Web Utilities

- advanced search

• WebTopicList - all topics in alphabetical order
• WebChanges - recent topic changes in this web
• WebNotify - subscribe to an e-mail alert sent when topics change
• WebRss, WebAtom - RSS and ATOM news feeds of topic changes
• WebStatistics - listing popular topics and top contributors
• WebPreferences - preferences of this web

This public website provides a way to work together in SIF and coordinate activities involving several partners. Edit is restricted to GeoSifGroup only.