The IALA Cloud Concept

The IALA Cloud Concept being developed. No part of the content of this page has been endorsed by IALA, and it should therefore only be interpreted as fantasies of the imagination of the author(s).

IALA Cloud Mission

To enable safe and secure global sharing of maritime information
while creating value for participants.

IALA Cloud Vision

To connect all relevant maritime information sources 
with their relevant information consumers 
and added value service providers

IALA Cloud does

1. connect information sources to agreed information consumers
2. create value by providing access to global maritime data and associated value adding services
3. include appropriate information security measures
4. operate across political boundaries

IALA Cloud is

1. capable of sharing a wide range of data types
2. a gateway to value added services based on your data
3. a highly decentralized technical framework
4. residing in the Cloud
5. capable of including thousands of participating nodes
6. glued together by only a handful of centralized components
7. paid for by the participants
8. based on Open Source software

IALA Cloud is not

1. a soap factory

The Cost is

1. covered through contributions from all participants
2. kept as low as possible

The Community

1. IALA national members
2. IALA industrial members (providing added value services)