%0 Conference Proceedings %T Integration in and Between Earth Observation Research Centers for Achieving Sustainable Development %+ Institute of Mathematics and Informatics [Sofia] (IMI) %A Branzov, Todor %A Ivanova, Krassimira %A Milousheva, Velichka %< avec comité de lecture %( IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology %B 5th International Conference on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction (ITDRR) %C Sofia, Bulgaria %Y Yuko Murayama %Y Dimiter Velev %Y Plamena Zlateva %I Springer International Publishing %3 Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction %V AICT-622 %P 206-215 %8 2020-12-03 %D 2020 %R 10.1007/978-3-030-81469-4_17 %K Earth observation centers %K Information systems architecture %K Microservices %K Service oriented architecture %K IT service management %Z Computer Science [cs]Conference papers %X The digital transformation of society in recent years has led to a qualitatively new leap in the development of natural sciences. Currently, these new technologies allow the collection and processing of a huge amount of information and increase the growth of scientific production, parallel to fusing the boundaries between scientific disciplines. Hence, the created Earth observation centers are a natural prerequisite for facilitating these processes. This article presents our studies on the information system architecture of some of the leading Earth observation research centers, with a focus on capabilities for integration with other scientific infrastructures. We review an original solution based on hybrid service-microservice architecture being implemented in the National Geoinformation Center of Bulgaria, investigating some possible advantages it may provide for integration with other Earth observation centers. %G English %Z TC 5 %Z WG 5.15 %2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-03761635/document %2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-03761635/file/498235_1_En_17_Chapter.pdf %L hal-03761635 %U https://inria.hal.science/hal-03761635 %~ IFIP-LNCS %~ IFIP %~ IFIP-AICT %~ IFIP-TC %~ IFIP-TC5 %~ IFIP-WG %~ IFIP-ITDRR %~ IFIP-AICT-622 %~ IFIP-WG5-15