Overview
Heliophysics is a new research field that explores the Sun-Solar System Connection;
it requires the joint exploitation of solar, heliospheric, magnetospheric and ionospheric observations.
The Heliophysics Integrated Observatory, HELIO, will deploy a distributed network
of services that will address the needs of a broad community of researchers in heliophysics.
HELIO will provide the most comprehensive integrated information system in this domain;
it will coordinate access to the resources needed by the community, and will provide access
to services to mine and analyze the data.
HELIO is designed around a Service-oriented Architecture. The initial infrastructure will include
services based on metadata and data servers deployed by the
European Grid of Solar Observations
(EGSO). We will extend these to address observations from all the disciplines of
heliophysics; differences in the way the domains describe and handle the data will be resolved using
semantic-mapping techniques based on an ontology built from data models that exist in the domains.
Processing and storage services will allow the user to explore the data
and create the products that meet stringent standards of interoperability. These capabilities will be
orchestrated with the data and metadata services using the Taverna workflow tool.
HELIO will be a key component of a worldwide effort to integrate heliophysics data and will
coordinate closely with international organizations to exploit synergies with complementary domains.
HELIO is a Research Infrastructures funded under the Capacities Specific Programme
within the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7; Project No. 238969).
The project started on 1 June 2009 and has a duration of 36 months.
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