We are a community of software developers and marine scientists who develop open source tools to integrate ocean observing systems. Our goal is to dramatically reduce the time it takes to install, adopt and update standards-compliant Web services. [GET INVOLVED]

OpenIOOS Interoperability Test Bed, with more than 1000 platforms.

We test and develop our software with an open-access interoperability test bed. Our end-to-end "system of systems" includes over 1000 platforms with real-time data, and its growing fast. If you install one of our reference implementations, or if you have your own Sensor Observation Service, we encourage you to register it in the system.

We believe that standards enable innovation, so we work directly with standards organizations. At the Open Geospatial Consortium, we initiated an Oceans Interoperability Experiment so we could advance the OGC Sensor Web Enablement initiative. We just finished Phase I and we are in process of starting Phase II, so stayed tuned. [GET REPORT PHASE I]

The originators and primary contributors are the SURA Coastal Ocean Observing Prediction (SCOOP ) program and the Marine Metadata Interoperability (MMI) project. Our partners are helping understand how to mitigate coastal hazards and predict climate change by promoting the exchange, integration and use of marine data. [LEARN MORE ABOUT US]

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Announcements

Ocean Observing Systems Semantic Interoperability Workshop

The semantic web technology behind OOSTethys is going to be discussed at a coming workshop hosted by the Marine Metadata Interoperability project. Projects, tools and services are going to be showcased. The workshop will held November 17-20, 2008 in Boulder, Colorado.

You can get more information on the workshop at the Marine Metadata Interoperability project web site.

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