Implementing and adapting the WRON-RM Use Case categories for eReefs: aiming for Interoperable Systems' requirements analysis best practice
Piantadosi, J., Anderssen, R.S. and Boland J. (eds) MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation · 2013
Multiple models, data services, sensor networks and other information tools are being embedded within complex and sometimes distributed architectures known as information platforms.These information platforms are increasingly being used to model multi-faceted environmental phenomena with one example being the eReefs project which will generate a near real-time view of lagoon water quality for the Great Barrier Reef.Not only may they involve many subsystems which must interoperate but they need to be able to evolve over time as new computational elements, sensor resources, models and datasets become available or cease to exist -for example a satellite's life ending.To cater for both interoperability and evolution, system design must enable Use Cases -certain system behaviour -beyond those typically expected by end users such as data discovery and use.Use Cases for system maintenance, new subsystem addition, subsystem deprecation and overall information platform augmentation must be envisaged, articulated and catered for.For institutionally distributed information platforms such as eReefs, overall management and governance Use Cases are also of particular importance.The Water Resources Observation Network's Reference Model (WRON-RM) provides the primary design framework for eReefs and it specifies six categories of Use Cases relevant to information platforms such as eReefs which were