Earth and Environment Science Information Partners: ESIP & E2SIP
parallel pathways on opposite sides of the globe
Abstract
Addressing research problems in Earth and environmental science usually
requires combining data from multiple sources. This is facilitated by
the use of common practices, vocabularies, interfaces and standards and
recently it has been accelerated through connected communities of
practice. This abstract will focus on the Earth Science Information
Partners (ESIP) and the Australian Earth and Environment Science
Information Partners (E2SIP) Over the last 20 years ESIP has built a
community of practice in USA, supported by NASA, NOAA & USGS, through
regular meetings and online forums to examine and develop emerging
technologies. ESIP has become a braintrust and professional home for the
Earth science data and informatics community where both peer-led
education & training and the codevelopment of conventions, practices
and guidelines have helped make Earth science data more interoperable.
Through connections in the ESIP network and these boundary objects, ESIP
has influenced the international community. The Australian Earth and
Environment Science Information Partners (E2SIP) was recently
established through liaison with ESIP to support similar functions in
Australia. E2SIP is working with the National Earth and Environmental
Sciences Facilities Forum which provides a common voice to government on
behalf of long term science infrastructure. In addition, E2SIP,
supported by programs from the National Research Infrastructure Strategy
(NCRIS) such as the newly formed Australian Research Data Commons
(ARDC), will convene workshops, courses, hackathons, and develop
guidance and best practices tailored for the Australian community. This
talk will explore how ESIP and E2SIP will work together, utilizing the
collective impact framework orienting around a common shared agenda and
leveraging a shared backbone structure in the U.S. and Australia. We
will highlight our current understanding through a few case studies.