Keywords

Object Modeling System (OMS), model services, deployment and support

Start Date

27-6-2018 9:00 AM

End Date

27-6-2018 10:20 AM

Abstract

During the past two decades, the Object Modeling System (OMS) framework evolved from a tool for building, testing, and validating environmental models in a consistent, non-invasive manner as an assembly of science components to include the Cloud Services Integration Platform (CSIP) for their deployment and integration as web services with business systems of public and private organizations, as well as university research programs. Currently OMS/CSIP repositories contain 292 web services organized in 31 service layers for (1) hydrology and water resources management, (2) erosion and sediment transport, (3) conservation resource management, (4) data access, retrieval, and management, (5) geospatial and statistical analysis, and (6) research support. These services and supporting data stores have been deployed and integrated with research, pilot, and production systems and applications of several organizations. We currently provide tier 1, 2, or 3 support to about 2 million service requests annually through the OMS/CSIP lifecycle: development, testing, validation, release, deployment, and production. Working with many organizations having unique requirements presents several challenges to meeting desired levels of customer satisfaction, forcing an emphasis on process improvement and operational efficiency. Using our experience supporting Field to Market – The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, the USDA Conservation Delivery Streamlining Initiative (CDSI), and other user communities, we analyze and describe steps taken to meet customer expectations, including release management, continuous integration, capacity management and hosting, access control, privacy protection, system/business activity monitoring, archiving, data stewardship, and documentation.

Stream and Session

A5: Leveraging Cloud Computing, Containerization, and Microservices for Environmental Modelling Software Deployment

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Progress and Challenges Supporting Environmental Models and Data Deployed as Integrated Services for Small to Large User Communities

During the past two decades, the Object Modeling System (OMS) framework evolved from a tool for building, testing, and validating environmental models in a consistent, non-invasive manner as an assembly of science components to include the Cloud Services Integration Platform (CSIP) for their deployment and integration as web services with business systems of public and private organizations, as well as university research programs. Currently OMS/CSIP repositories contain 292 web services organized in 31 service layers for (1) hydrology and water resources management, (2) erosion and sediment transport, (3) conservation resource management, (4) data access, retrieval, and management, (5) geospatial and statistical analysis, and (6) research support. These services and supporting data stores have been deployed and integrated with research, pilot, and production systems and applications of several organizations. We currently provide tier 1, 2, or 3 support to about 2 million service requests annually through the OMS/CSIP lifecycle: development, testing, validation, release, deployment, and production. Working with many organizations having unique requirements presents several challenges to meeting desired levels of customer satisfaction, forcing an emphasis on process improvement and operational efficiency. Using our experience supporting Field to Market – The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, the USDA Conservation Delivery Streamlining Initiative (CDSI), and other user communities, we analyze and describe steps taken to meet customer expectations, including release management, continuous integration, capacity management and hosting, access control, privacy protection, system/business activity monitoring, archiving, data stewardship, and documentation.