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2006-2010 LIFE Environment Programme 2006 Summary The goal of OpenMI-LIFE is to support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and, more particularly, make integrated water management feasible. This requires an ability to predict not only how individual catchment processes will respond to 'programmes of measures' but also to foresee how those processes will interact with each other. Prediction is achieved through the use of models but until the development of the OpenMI, no generic open practical mechanism existed that could link together models of different processes from different suppliers running on different machines. HarmonIT, funded by FP5, has developed and proved the highly innovative concept of the Open Modelling Interface, which solves this complex problem. OpenMI-LIFE will demonstrate how it can be deployed, used, supported and funded at the operational level on real world scale problems. This demonstration will be conducted in co-operation with Competent Authorities in two Pilot River Basins, the Scheldt and the Pinios. It will also show how requests by users for changes to the interface will be handled and implemented. It is the intention that the procedures and systems demonstrated and refined in this project will continue after the project. The long term aim is that the OpenMI should become the European and global standard for model linking in the environmental domain. Objectives The project's rationale lies in the support of the Water Framework Directive implementation, which demands an integrated approach to water management. This requires an ability to predict how catchment processes will interact. The purpose of this proposal is to support the transition of the OpenMI from research output to operational product. It will build the capacity to use the OpenMI and will demonstrate it in real-life situations. It will also demonstrate the technical support and co-ordination. Finally, information about the OpenMI will be disseminated to users. Partners
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