Requirements specifications for the observatory operator console. JERICO-NEXT WP5, D5.6, Version 1.0.

Abstract

There is a strong necessity to improve the management process of the metadata of the deployed observatories. As reminded in Description of Work for Task 5.3, this weakness has been highlighted during the SeaDataNet and Copernicus MEMS projects. We propose to give a major role to the observatory operators in managing the metadata. Dedicated interfaces will be implemented in order to allow operators to describe their instruments, to monitor them in real -time, to publish and to advertise the work of data acquisitio n. Providing these metadata publishing tools will also greatly facilitate discovery, visualization and downloading fully INSPIRE compatible services. We will take into account and will be consistent with other experiments for industry sensors such as http://www.sensorcloud.com. The standards (Sensor Web Enablement –SWE) already implemented in other projects (SeaDataNet, ODIP & JERICO) will be used. This document defines the requirements and design of an online console for observation platforms or network operators who will use the application for both: Maintain and document their deployments

Push the resulting datasets for long time preservation and availability for data services, via for example Copernicus MEMS and EMODNET. Focus will be on a few observatory networks on which we propose to implement observatory operator advanced services: fixed moorings and non-permanent operational coastal observation networks, HF radars, flow cytometry and ferry boxes