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Subject: Re: [emergency] RE: New book on sensors, architectures, standards,and interoperability - from SANY project in Europe.
Thanks Carl, Sounds like our European counterparts are making some headway. Cheers, Rex Carl Reed wrote: > Dear TC - > > For those interested in sensors, sensor systems, sensor based > applications, and sensor architectures, there is a new book (free in > digital form) about to be announced. The book is the final report from > a major multi-year project in Europe and is titled: "SANY: an open > service architecture for sensor networks". From the introduction: > > "And should this introduction sound familiar, than you might very well > be correct: this book summarises the approaches and results of the > SANY project by following the example of the ORCHESTRA project, whose > work on an open architecture for risk management has provided the > foundation for SANY. The acronym SANY stands for Sensors Anywhere and > embraces trends and approaches identified by ORCHESTRA, many of which > have by now developed into reality. As a major Integrated Project in > the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission, SANY extends > the work of ORCHESTRA into the domain of sensor networks and standards > based sensor web enablement." > > ORCHESTRA is another major European initiative that defined a > reference architecture for improved interoperability among risk > management authorities in Europe, which will enable the handling of > more effective disaster risk reduction strategies and emergency > management operations. The ORCHESTRA architecture is being implemented. > > Anyway, the book is excellent and even has an extensive section for > Dave E on authentication, access control etc for sensor systems :-) > > I will provide the link when the book is publicly available. > > Regards > > Carl Reed, PhD > CTO and Executive Director Specification Program > OGC > > The OGC: Helping the World to Communicate Geographically > > --------------------- > > This communication, including attachments, is for the exclusive use of > addressee and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged > information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, > disclosure, dissemination or distribution is strictly prohibited. If > you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender > immediately by return email and delete this communication and destroy > all copies. > > "The important thing is not to stop questioning." -- Albert Einstein > "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature. Life > is either a daring adventure or nothing." -- Helen Keller -- Rex Brooks President, CEO Starbourne Communications Design GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison Berkeley, CA 94702 Tel: 510-898-0670
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