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Execution Language for Web Services - BPEL standard. The workflow engine is implemented with the Oracle BPEL Process Manager.
Figure 4 : Service orchestration for distributed catalogue access.
The Service orchestration supports both synchronous and asynchronous services. An interesting example of a synchronous service is the product cross-catalogue search
service. It allows simultaneous access to various federated catalogue services via a single virtual catalogue service.
The BPEL process implementing the GetRecords operation of the service accesses multiple catalogues in parallel and returns the combined search results to the Portal. The
distributed catalogue search approach is to start a search from the Clearinghouse and to search federated catalogues with the same set of attributes. Federated catalogues are
selected based on collection ID or ParentIdentifier.
Other applications of service orchestration implement access via composite services to ordering and programming services of multiple satellite ground segments.
10 Engineering Viewpoint :
This viewpoint specifies the mapping of the service specifications and information models to the chosen service and information infrastructure. The FedEO server at ESA is
based on the Service Support Environment SSE ones which provide a reusable service oriented architecture for the integration of services in the Earth Observation EO and
geospatial
domains. More
details are
available at
http:services.eoportal.orgportalsystemHelpUI.jsp
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27 The FedEO Pilot augments and enhances the Engineering Viewpoint of the GEOSS AI
Pilot. The figure below defines component types. The components implement the information and services described in the previous viewpoints.
Figure 5 : Engineering Viewpoint.
The FedEO Pilot was the main provider of components to the AI Pilot for the component types of Workflow Management and Processing Services.
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