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WGISS Infrastructure
Task Team (WITT)Status Report
Stuart Doescher, USGSDave Hartzell, NASA
WGISS-18September 2004
Beijing, China
WITTWITT
• Task Team Name: – WGISS Infrastructure Task Team
• Task Team Lead Name and Contact Information:– Working members ([email protected])
• Stuart Doescher (USGS)• Dave Hartzel (NASA)• Sally Miller (NASA)
– Advisory members• Bernhard,Buckl (DLR)• Lorant Czaran (UN)• John Faundeen (USGS)• Ivan,PETITEVILLE (ESA)• Jolyon Martin (ESA)• Ken McDonald (NASA) • Lola Olsen (NASA) • Osamu,Ochiai (JAXA/EORC )• Wyn,Cudlip (BNSC/QinetiQ)• Yonsook,Enloe - (NASA)
WITTWITT
• Purpose/Rationale:– WGISS Information Infrastructure Task Team was established in September
2002. – Support internal operations that promotes communications within and
exterior to WGISS• List Services• WGISS WEB hosting• Network –
• Implementation Strategy:– Working with Advisory group establish and prioritize activities– Send service request to [email protected]
• High level requirements– Working with content inputs from WGISS members
• Update and establish list service• Update and configure WGISS web• Provide consulting on network related needs
WITTWITT
• Approach / strategy:– Send email to request service to
[email protected]• Expected outcome/impact of the activity:
– Improved internal and external communications
• Expected Duration of Task Team: – ongoing
• Listserv address: – [email protected]
• Project Web Site URL: – http://wgiss.ceos.org
WGISS 18 WGISS 18 WITT AgendaWITT Agenda
• WGISS 18 logistics Guoqing li• WITT services
– Email list services Stuart Doescher– WEB services Stuart Doescher– DNS Status Dave Hartzell
• Network Report– JAXA Network Report Kengo Aizawa
– Status of EOSnet Dave Hartzell– Network Technology Update Dave Hartzell
• Optical Research • IPv6 overview
Apollo Hosting ServicesApollo Hosting Services
• Apollo Hosting is providing mail and web services for WGISS.
• Apollo services that WGISS is using– Mailing-list
• Uses SmartList mailing list manager• To use need an mail package that is x-command enabled• Maintained via web interface (Webmaster)
– Web hosting• Current limited 500M bytes total storage• Currently using 453M bytes• WGISS – 17 Tromso presentations will be removed to make
room for WGISS - 18
Mailing ListsMailing Lists
• Type of Lists– “Subscriber Only”
• Only people who deliberately subscribe to the mailing list can send mail to or receive mail from the list.
• Implies must have accurate email address!!
– “Open”Anyone can send mail to list.
Active “Subscriber Only” ListsActive “Subscriber Only” Liststo use [email protected] use [email protected]
Task Team NameShort Name (xxx) List Owner
To all members all John Faundeen
Chair, Vice Chairs, Subgroup and Vice Chairs exec John Faundeen
Projects and Applications Task Team Leads project Osamu Ochiai
WGISS Infrastrucure WITT Stuart Doescher
Interoperable Catalog System ics Joylon Martin
Data Services DSTT Bernhard Buckl
Archive archive Stuart Doescher
GRID grid Yonsook Enloe
GRID-tech grid-tech Yonsook Enloe
WTF CEOP wtf-ceop Osamu Ochiai
EOGEO TT EOGEO Allan Doyle
WTF Core Test Sites core John Faundeen
Active “Open” ListsActive “Open” Liststo use [email protected] use [email protected]
Task Team NameShort Name (xxx) List Owner
Chair chair John Faundeen
Webmaster webmaster Stuart Doescher
NON Active listsNON Active lists
• Several list have been discussed but are NOT active– Technology and Services Task Team Leads– International Directory Network– Networks– Global Datasets– Oil Spill Drift Prediction– CEOS EO Data Portal
• Need the short name and the initial list of email addresses from the list owner
Mail Instructions Mail Instructions
• To subscribe to the mail list– send a message to the “[email protected]” – With “subscribe” in subject line.– Example:
To: [email protected]: subscribe
• To unsubscribe to the mail list– send a message to the “[email protected]” – With “unsubscribe” in subject line.– Example:
To: [email protected]: unsubscribe
The list owner will get notified of new subscribers. If need help send mail to [email protected]
Request Request
• To ensure accuracy in the email lists• PLEASE
– Review the list of the members of the mail lists at wgiss.ceos.org/Current subscribers.pdf
or– Mark up paper list that is being passed
around.
• If you see problems, send email to [email protected]
WITT Web Service WITT Web Service
• Web Site Administrator– Post contents (provided by WGISS members)– Send content updates to
[email protected]– Disaster recovery – periodic backup– Last two WGISS meeting proceedings will be
posted (pending space constraints) – Need long term proceeding???
WGISS Content ResponsibilitiesWGISS Content Responsibilities• WGISS Secretariat:
– Content at the higher level pages (non-SG, non-TT pages)
• Meeting content • WGISS documents (WGISS reports to Plenary)• All links to ceos.org, EOGEO, IGOS, etc.
• Subgroup Chairs:– Subgroup pages
• SG descriptions definitions• Task Team list(s)
• Task Team Leads:– Administers TT pages
• TT descriptions and other contents or• Pointers to TT pages if not stored on the WGISS site
Process for Page UpdatesProcess for Page Updates• Retrieve recent copy of web page• Make changes and edits
– Examine locally via browser
• Send updated pages to [email protected]
• When webmaster notifies you that changes have been made, verify via web site
• Notify appropriate chair of changes• Chair should examine and validate changes
DNS SupportDNS Support
• Top-level DNS (SOA) is done by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) for coes.org:– ceos.org
• web requests go to host at JAXA
– ceos.org mail exchanges (MX) • go to host at Goddard Space Flight Center
(currently)
– wgiss.ceos.org • web requests go to commercial host (Apollo
Hosting)
Domain NamesDomain Names
• www.ceos.org: owned by NASA, DNS controlled by NASA: has been transition to NASA rep (Dave Hartzell)
• www.igospartners.org: (NOT ACTIVE) owned by NASA, DNS controlled through Domain Direct: has been transferred to the USGS rep (Stu Doescher)
• www.igbp.net: (NOT ACTIVE) owned by NASA, DNS controlled through Domain Direct: has been transferred to the USGS rep (Stu Doescher)
CEOS.org Sub-domainsCEOS.org Sub-domains• The following sub-domains have been registered
– wgiss.ceos.org - hosted though Apollo Hosting.
– wgcv.ceos.org - managed by WGCV members
– grid-tech.ceos.org – POC Allan Doyle
• The following sub-domains have not been registered.– unep.ceos.org - POC: Lorant Czaran
– jaxa.ceos.org - POC: Osamu Ochiai
– edc.usgs.ceos.org - POC: John Faundeen
– idn.ceos.org - POC: Lola Olsen
– webtech.ceos.org - site is currently down
– disaster.ceos.org - POC: Levin Lauritson
– access.ceos.org - POC: Ken McDonald
– data.ceos.org - POC: Wyn Cudlip
– network.ceos.org - obsolete
• If need any are needed contact [email protected]