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Earth Science Information Partners Program Project Description
The NASA Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) program is a prototype implementation of the National Research Council recommendation that, in the new Earth Science Information System (ESIS), "the responsibility for product generation and publication and for user services should be transferred to a federation of partners selected through a competitive process open to all." NASA established this site to further the objectives of the Earth Science Information System. We intend to employ communication and collaboration technologies to: a) Facilitate collaboration among ESIPs by fostering communication among the ESIPs and between ESIP teams, NASA as well as investigators involved in related work within and outside NASA, and b) Promote federation interaction with organizations developing interoperability specifications, such as the Open GIS Consortium, and W3C; with digital library technology R&D efforts, such as the NSF/ARPA/NASA joint initiative, standards bodies such as FGDC, etc. In addition, we will support the federation governance structure as it evolves. For more information, see: http://www.esipfed.org/ |
