Brokering Middleware Sustainability Solutions
Explore the challenges and sustainability models for brokering middleware in research and education services. Learn about governance, sustainability attributes, business models, and recommendations from industry experts. Discover how to engage user communities and secure financial support for sustainable software solutions.
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Broker Governance Working Group RDA Plenary 7, Tokyo, Japan, March 2 2016 Jay Pearlman, Stefano Nativi, Max Craglia Co-Chairs
Broker 2 A third-party software component (middleware) connecting users to data providers, to facilitate information sharing.
The Problem 3 How to sustain brokering middleware for research and education service? Challenges: Nearly invisible to users Serves many communities Developed in one environment used in others Must maintain the goal of cross-disciplinary research data interoperability
4 Broker Governance WG Stages Examine and recommend alternative Business Models Address and and formulate recommendations for agreements with users Test and refine the agreements with use cases with data facilities and information providers
5 Evaluating Sustainability Models for Brokering Software Lindsay Powers, The HDF Group Karl Benedict, University of New Mexico Mairi Best, Consultant to EMSO and OOESS Sue Fyfe, Geosciences Australia Senay Habtezion, START Clifford Jacobs, Clifford Jacobs Consulting, LLC William Michener, University of New Mexico Stefano Nativi, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IIA) Jay Pearlman, J&F Enterprise and University of Colorado Andrew Turner, Esri
Sustainability Attributes 6 Engage User Communities Secure Financial Support Product Management Brokering Software Sustainability Software Engineering Legal Human Resources Marketing
Business Models 7 Government funding through Assistance Awards and Contracts Government funding through Data Facility Guardianship Software as a Service (SaaS) Information and Ad Sales Corporate Support and Product/Service Sales Consortium
Recommendation 8 The broker must live within a larger enterprise and not stand alone. Government guardianship provides good opportunity to establish strong user community with stable support. Should be supplemented with external support (financial and/or in-kind), potentially through consortium. The mature phase of sustainment for the broker may be provided by a continuation of the Consortium or by offering the broker as Software as a Service.
Contact Information 9 Lindsay Powers The HDF Group lpowers@hdfgroup.org Jay Pearlman jay.pearlman@andfent.com J&F Enterprise Sue Fyfe Dept of the Environment, Australia sue.fyfe@environment.gov.au
Next Steps 10 Address and and formulate recommendations for agreements with users Test and refine the agreements with use cases with data facilities and information providers Final Report to Plenary planned for September 2016
