Federated Business Model
This section outlines the commercial aspects of algorithm hosting within APEx and will be further analysed and documented by the APEx project.
Algorithm Hosting Platforms
Table 1 provides an overview of the requirements and guidelines for the algorithm hosting platforms to support commercial algorithm hosting through ESA’s Network of Resources.
| ID | Requirement | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BM-REQ-01 | The algorithm hosting platform shall allow a fixed price per area unit, for example expressed in platform credits per km², hectare or by number of products. | |
| BM-REQ-02 | The operator of the algorithm hosting platform should support registering the algorithm in the ESA network of resources, with a cost per km², hectare or by number of products. | This does not apply if the service can be invoked by the user ‘for free’, so costs are compensated by a different mechanism. |