22-Oct-2008: IODE at the 5th National Scientific Conference INFOBAZY 2008

Robert Gelfeld from the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center/World Data Center for Oceanography, Silver Spring presented the plenery speech at the 5th National Scientific Conference INFOBAZY 2008: Systems, Applications, and Services in Sopot, Poland from 15-18 October organized by the Institute of Oceanologii of Polish Academy of Science (PAN). The objective of the Conference was to implement the foundations of the “Program Development in Scientific Information Infrastructure for the years 2007-2013” in the area of scientific databases and information services.

His speech noted that a key to utilizing national and international systems, applications, and services for the information community is the ability to provide general access to scientific data and information using current scientific innovations, research, and collaboration between science and society. NODC, the World Data Center system and member states from the IOC international Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange Program provide data and information products and services to scientists, engineers, resource managers, policy makers, and other users around the world to document and describe the ocean’s natural variability.

Topics of interest presented during the conference included OBIS – Ocean Biodiversity Information System, Data standards and formats, Meta-data systems and ontologies, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Risk Management in marine and coastal areas, and Need for Polish National Oceanographic Data Center.

(received from Robert Gelfeld, 21/10/08)

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