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 & Vision
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The IALA Cloud
- connects information sources to agreed information consumers safely and securely
- creates value by providing access to global maritime data and associated value adding services
- includes appropriate information security measures
- operates across political boundaries
- is capable of sharing a wide range of data types
- is a gateway between its members and value added services
- is based on a highly decentralized technical framework
- resides in The Cloud
- is based on Open Source software
- is capable of including thousands of participating nodes
- is glued together by only a handful of centralized components
- will be paid for by the participants
- costs are covered through contributions from all participants
The Community
- IALA national members
- IALA industrial members (providing added value services)