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A Brave NEtWork World
Rob Willis, Ross & AssociatesNode Mentoring Workshop
New Orleans, LAFebruary 28, 2005
Who is in the room
• In 2004, 32 State/Federal Partners • Today, 47 Local/State/Federal/Tribal
/Non-governmental organization Partners.– More programmatic participants
• Why people said they came:– Access to Expertise– Learn from others– Show others
Session Objective
• Establish a common vocabulary through an illustrative description of the Network.– By the end of the session you should be
able to:• Identify the components of the Network. • Understand the basic concepts and terms
associated with each of the components• Be able to understand the relationship of
Web Services to the Network.
Partner Specificity
Business Logic
Information
Infrastructure and Transport
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Specificity
Network Components
• Common exchange and access tools• Shared services and infrastructure• Data standards and shared formats; • Common business practices,
procedures and software for electronic reporting and data collection;
• Shared strategy for environmental Web services;
• Trading Partner Agreements
Common exchange and access tools
Definition: Nodes, Clients, and their associated software that Partners employ to use the Network.
• Guidance documents built around open standards
• High-level of specificity• Internet-based
Business Logic
Information
Infrastructure and Transport
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Words you need to know
• XML, WSDL, SOAP • Network Exchange Protocol (Protocol)• Network Node Functional Specification
(Specification)• Node• Client• Demonstrated Node Configuration
(DNC)
NetworkWSDL
NetworkWeb
Methods
Protocol/Specification
v 1.1
Node or Client
NodeSOAPXML
Shared services and infrastructure
Definition: The common technical services and infrastructure that support or enhance the basic operation of a Flow. These services do not, by themselves flow information, but they materially support (sometimes in an essential technical way) Partner Flows.
Business Logic
Information
Infrastructure and Transport
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istration
Words you need to know
• Shared Service• Registry• Repository• Network Authentication and Authorization
Server (NAAS)– Authentication and Authorization
• Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI)
NetworkWSDL
NetworkWeb
Methods
Protocol/Specification
v 1.1
Node orClient
Node
Security/e.g., NAAS
SOAPXML
Registry/Repository or
Shared Service
Data standards and shared formats
Definition: Documented agreements among Partners on the names, definitions, and formats for data. Partners commonly use shared formats, specifically XML schema.
Business Logic
Information
Infrastructure and Transport
Ad
min
istration
Words you need to know
• XML Schema• Data Exchange Template (DET)• Flow Configuration Document (FCD)
NetworkWSDL
NetworkWeb
Methods
Protocol/Specification
v 1.1
Node or Client
Node
Security/e.g., NAAS
SOAPXML
Registry/Repository or
Shared Service
DataStandard
Schema
Schema Design
Guidelines
CoreReference
Model
Common business practices, procedures and software for electronic reporting and data
collection
Definition: The set of related shared practices, procedures and software used for electronic collection of data from data-generating sources, such as regulated entities, laboratories, and field personnel and stations.
Business Logic
Information
Infrastructure and Transport
Ad
min
istration
NetworkWSDL
NetworkWeb
Methods
Protocol/Specification
v 1.1
Node or Client
Node
Security/e.g., NAAS
SOAPXML
Registry/Repository or
Shared Service
DataStandard
Schema
Schema Design
Guidelines
CoreReference
Model
Business Logic
Information
Infrastructure and Transport
Ad
min
istration
Network Flows and Web Services
• Web Services are automated resources accessed via the Internet. – Standardized way of integrating Web-based
applications using the XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI open standards.
• A Network Flow a documented grouping of related data, their defined format, and the requests and responses, as defined by the Network Exchange Protocol and Network Node Functional Specification.– Documented in the Trading Partner Agreements,
Flow Configuration Documents, Data Exchange Templates, Schema, Data Standards.
Shared Strategy for Environmental Web Services
What a shared strategy means:– Jointly developing and mounting shared
Web services that provide common, compatible information among Partners and allow its easy integration, aggregation and access.
– Use Query or Solicit Web services as the preferred approach when data publication is (or could be) the right model for Partner interactions; and
– Description of this components begins the process of developing the strategy itself
Words you need to know
• Traditional Flow• Regulatory Flow• Non-regulatory Flow• Data Publishing• FCD (mentioned above)• Web Services• Trading Partner Agreements
Challenge for the Network and its Partners/Users
The key challenge facing the Network is supporting Partners in designing and managing the Flows that will leverage the value of the Network, and, in doing so, expand it.
Leveraging Communities of Interest
• Emerging strategy to address the challenge.– Network Data Area Strategies.
• Premise behind the afternoon sessions.
Contact Information
Rob Willis
Ross & Associates
206.447.1805
Exchange Network Website: http://www.exchangenetwork.net