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Context

• Worldwide impacts on lives & businesses from extreme weather events and climate change are increasing

• … yet weather & climate information is [becoming] commoditised

• Governments mandate that publically funded data must be made easily accessibly

• UK Government vision includes ‘cloud’ based approaches to sharing public data

• Regulation and policy compound the drive to share information & increase transparency


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Something to start with …Something to start with …

SellersSellers

I’ve got something

to sell

I want to buy

something

ConsumersConsumers

ebay is the on-line auction website that connects sellers and consumers

ebay’s success derives from being a trusted intermediary, providing a new

distribution channel for sellers to reach an untapped market of hungry consumerseach transaction brokered earns ebay a

proportion of the sale price … resulting in a net income of $2.4 billion (2009)

ebay is the on-line auction website that connects sellers and consumers

ebay’s success derives from being a trusted intermediary, providing a new

distribution channel for sellers to reach an untapped market of hungry consumerseach transaction brokered earns ebay a

proportion of the sale price … resulting in a net income of $2.4 billion (2009)

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a marketplace for buying and selling standards compliant data,

applications and value-added services, each ranked according to provenance and scientifically

credible quality indicators

a discovery portal allowing consumers to find and

subsequently process, visualize or download trusted content tailored

to their needs

an open, collaborative forum that brokers the controlled

transfer of digital intellectual property between globally

distributed communities interested in understanding the past, present

and future impacts of the environment on humanity

a management portal enabling data, application and service

providers to administer free and premium content that is available

through the open platform cloud-based compute services enabling execution of scientific

applications and processing algorithms co-located with the

data

cloud-based storage that provides facilities to host content published to the open platform


Open Platformbroad appeal?


Casual user – participants expected to undertake zero- or low-value transactions; general public, schools and students, enthusiasts etc.

Actuary – business professionals who deal with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty

Risk manager – the global Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) community seeking to manage and mitigate risk to life and critical infrastructure

Professional researcher / analyst – seeks to commercialise or freely publish intellectual property from data collection, analysis, research or modelling activities

Value-added services provider – enhances the value-offering of the open platform by providing complimentary services

Re-seller – packages offerings from the platform to meet the needs of specific (niche) markets or industry sectors


DifferentiationHow is Open Platform different?

• search, science & sentiment; combine scientific accreditation, community rating and clear provenance to rank content by merit that is trusted by suppliers and consumers alike

• the Virtual Workshop; ‘mash-up’ BIG data & algorithms for scientific exploration to socio-economic benefit in a cost-effective, collaborative, cloud-based environment that respects digital intellectual property rights


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Technology Strategy Board themes

People• To establish trusted relationships between consumers and providers of digital content

the Open Platform will rank the content listed in search results according to the compound influence of peer feedback and transparent assessment against quality criteria. This allows high quality content to differentiate, and ensure relevance of the content to users.

Content & Services • The Open Platform creates a sustainable marketplace for exchange and licensed usage

of digital intellectual property from industry, government, academia and individuals, including weather and climate forecasts, environmental observations, exposure data, risk models and more. Users [will be] engaged through the provision of open-source, mainstream programming tools and highly accessible visual mashups.

Networks• The marketplace supported by the Open Platform will require very large-scale storage

and powerful scientific compute infrastructure delivered through the cloud with a high-level of service quality required to support business operations. As the market evolves, the demand for business-focused cloud-offerings will drive commercially viable investment in networks and infrastructure as part of the open platform's overall value chain.


ACRE

• The 130+ year, 56 Ensemble member 20th Century Reanalysis is expected to



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