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6 Copyright © 2007 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved. o The OGC 06-141 Ordering Services for Earth Observation Products o The OGC 07-018 OpenGIS Sensor Planning Service Application Profile for Earth Observation Sensors o The OGC 07-063 Web Map Service – Application Profile for Earth Observation products o The OGC 07-118r1 User Management Interfaces for Earth Observation Services The model presented in this document is based on the Reference Model of Open Distributed Processing ISOIEC 10746-1:1998 which is an international standard for architecting open, distributed processing systems. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. The Open Geospatial Consortium Inc. shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Recipients of this document are requested to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent claims or other intellectual property rights of which they may be aware that might be infringed by any implementation of the specification set forth in this document, and to provide supporting documentation. 5 Geospatial Architecture Implementation Pilot and FedEO The OGC GEOSS AIP initiative was created in order to reach consensus on architectural elements that initiatives supporting geospatial information systems can carry forward into operations, thereby increasing the overall level of interoperability. It‘s objectives was to identify components with services e.g. portals, catalogues…, to participate in conforming the interoperability of those identified services using standards and interoperability arrangements as identified in the architecture of the call for participants, and, participate in the collaborative development of societal benefit scenarios to guide testing and demonstrations of the identified interoperable services. The OGC GEOSS AIP initiative was initiated to solicit response to the GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot, which aims to incorporate contributed components consistent with the GEOSS Architecture - using a GEOSS Web Portal and a GEOSS Clearinghouse search facility –to access services through GEOSS Interoperability Arrangements in support of the GEOSS Societal Benefit Areas. The GEO Task AR-07- 02 will conduct this pilot consistent with the request of the GEO Plenary. FedEO Pilot and the Tri-Lateral Interoperability PilotTwo have offered their collaboration with GEOSS by providing a broad assessment of capabilities and opportunities to address interoperability on a broad scale