Yesterday's Collaborative Expedition Workshop #62

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

Hi Folks,

I've been attending and presenting at these 
collaboration workshops for five years now. The 
first presentation I gave was at #36. It seems 
unreal that this was #62.

Here's the url for the workshop yesterday:
http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ExpeditionWorkshop/AdvancingVirtualOrganization_2007_06_20

All of the presentations are downloadable.

Ian Ļoster's presentation on Service Oriented 
Science is really important for connecting the 
dots of how all this health-related activity can 
be pulled together and work together, enabling 
the kind of multiplier effect we are all hoping 
will lift Healthcare IT from the depths of 
paper-anchored catacombs.

Christopher Mackie's presentation on 
Cyberinfratstucture supports Ian's presentation 
on Service Oriented Science is particularly 
cogent in the context of not letting go of the 
tiger's tail. It's a very pragmatic approach to 
how to ensure that cyberinfrastructure, 
especially in academia remains strong after 
initial funding dwindles. It includes references 
to actual software development projects.

The Trans-Enterprise Service Grid presentation 
was given by David Ellis from Sandia Labs, with 
whom I work on a regular basis in the OASIS 
Emergency Management TC, and it highlights both 
the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) as a message 
payload, and the Emergency Data Exchange Language 
Distribution Element (EDXL-DE) for message 
routing. Since messaging is what makes web 
services work, whether using SOAP or REST, the 
concept of the Service Grid is what makes the 
Service Oriented (Architecture) Science and 
Health Grid mentioned in the other presentations 
work.

Michelle Warner's presentation on the Health Grid 
from the perspective of the National Governors 
Association is another dose of pragmatism. It is 
a wise inclusion, since the level of state 
cooperation basically dictates the actual 
viability of all national health initiatives.

Saul Rosenberg, whose presentation highlighted 
the concept of the Health Grid, is HQd across the 
SF Bay from me, and I think I will be working 
with him in an associated-follow-up project to 
support his registry-based PTSD/Head/Brain injury 
early diagnosis service. I met him through Marc 
Wine in the GSA Office of Intergovernmental 
Solutions.

This wiki page is a rich set of resources, 
especially down in the Resources Section toward 
the bottom of the page.

Cheers,
Rex



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