Abstract:
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The complexity of installations in the oceans to
carry out observations on specific processes and for detecting
long-term trends have grown significantly in the past years. This
applies also to the type and number of sensors that are in use in
observing systems. In these days, sensors shall be compatible to
different platforms that are in use like floats, gliders or moorings,
and accordingly also different data acquisition systems.
Facilitating the integration process in existing or newly
established observing systems comes with a real benefit for the
operators and is important for the broader application of
different sensors. However, how to achieve the goals is under
debate. The most serious obstacle for all initiatives is the
willingness of stakeholders to adopt a strategy and, even more so,
to adopt a specific architecture to enable interoperability across
platforms and observing systems. Therefore, the situation at this
point in time is characterized by the fact that parallel approaches
have been developed (IEEE 1451, the OGC set of standards, etc.)
that are ready to be evaluated but still lacking the support by the
community. Therefore it seems to be a good time to consider and
to agree on the implementation of interoperability arrangements. |