HDF and HDF-EOS Workshop XII

Moving Forward with HDF

New Missions. New Opportunities. A New Generation of Users.

October 15 – October 17, 2008

• Doubletree Hotel Denver-Southeast
• 13696 East Iliff Place
• Aurora CO 80014

Agenda

Purpose:

• Continue on-going dialog among users of HDF and EOS (Earth Observing System) and IPO developers.
• Stimulate exchange about practical use of HDF for Earth observation data.
• Collect feedback to help prioritize HDF standards work over the coming year.
• Educate participants in the use of HDF and HDF-related applications.
• Enable group or private technical discussions with program and technical experts.

Topic areas include:

• Program status reports
• Development plans -- new features
• Heritage (HDF) to HDF5 migration; archival issues
• HDF and other standards (e.g., netCDF)
• Tools, utilities (description or demonstration)
• Earth science data applications
• Interaction with metadata and application profiles/conventions
• Lessons learned; lessons learned from other disciplines; missing pieces; end-to-end system considerations

URL References:

• HDF-EOS Tools and Information Center: http://hdfeos.org
• HDF program at The HDF Group: http://hdfgroup.org
• NASA EOS program: http://eos.gsfc.nasa.gov
• NPOESS program: http://npoess.noaa.gov

Sponsor:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's ESDIS Project

Program Committee:

• Dan Marinelli, NASA, ESDIS Project
• Carol Boquist, NASA, ESDIS Project
• Mike Folk, The HDF Group
• Elena Pourmal, The HDF Group
• Kent Yang, The HDF Group
• Abe Taaheri, Raytheon, HDF-EOS Developer