The Open Geospatial Consortium has posted videos of demonstrations of Phase 2 of the GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot on the OGC website.
The AIP-2 pilot activity, which began in September 2008, is a project of the GEO AR-09-01b Task Team. AIP-1 demonstrated GEO Portal and Clearinghouse solutions. AIP-2 established "operational, research and technical exemplars", services that support several of the GEOSS Societal Benefit Areas: Disaster Management, Biodiversity and Climate Change, Air Quality and Health, and Renewable Energy. AIP-2 Engineering Reports will be made available to the GEOSS Best Practice Registry for use by organizations in and outside of GEOSS.
GEO Members and Participating Organizations provided components and services relevant to SBAs. They participated in interoperability testing of the services to validate the architecture, and in the collaborative refinement of societal benefit scenarios to guide testing, demonstrations and operations of interoperable services.
AIP-2 developed a reusable process for Societal Benefit Areas to utilize the GCI. This process supports efficient communication and also implementation of SBA requirements and work processes into the informatics technology of the GCI. GCI is built upon GEOSS Interoperability Arrangements, including several OGC standards.
For more information please visit www.ogcnetwork.net/pub/ogcnetwork/GEOSS/AIP2/index.html or www.ogcnetwork.net/AIpilot