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ESIP IT&I Committee

The Information Technology and Interoperability (IT&I) Committee is a standing committee of the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP). It was established to:

  • ensure that data, information and services can be readily exchanged and integrated to improve Earth science data, information, products and services;
  • encourage the use of standards and protocols relevant to interoperability;
  • encourage the use of best information technology practices to ensure the quality, usability and breadth of those standards and protocols.

From about 2016 through 2025, the IT&I Committee hosted monthly webinars on a current topic in IT interoperability. Starting in 2026, the committee's meetings will aim to be more interactive and focused on surfacing and advancing topics with community-wide relevance. These meetings will aim to maintain momentum on cross-cutting topics between the ESIP July and January meetings.

In addition to monthly meetings, the committee will seek to establish interactive exercises, experiments, workshops, or similar activities, conducted as part of ESIP meetings, that increase the depth and reach of the committee's areas of focus.

Get involved

Have a question about an IT Interoperability topic? Reach out on Slack (how to join the ESIP Slack) or by opening a discussion on our GitHub.

Have an idea for an IT&I meeting topic? Record it as an issue on GitHub, where we track topics the committee hopes to cover.

Wiki Archive

Twenty years of the committee's pages from the ESIP MediaWiki are kept in the Wiki Archive. They include governance, the Tech Dive and Rants & Raves webinar series, telecon and meeting notes, technical workshops, and demonstrations.