Inter-sessional working group to revise the IOC strategic plan for oceanographic data and information exchange

This working group was established by IODE-XXVI (Decision IODE-XXVI.6.3)

Objectives

This working group will review and update the IOC Strategic Plan for Oceanographic Data and Information Management (2017-2021). The first draft will be available to the IODE MG meeting (January 2022) with the revised version of the Strategic Plan (2023-2027) to be presented to IODE-XXVII (February/March 2023) for endorsement and the IODE Co-chairs will formally submit the 2023-2027 Strategic Plan, on behalf of the IODE Committee, to the 32nd Session of the IOC Assembly (2023). The working group will carry out its work remotely, over the internet.

In revising the Strategic Plan, the following should be taken into consideration:

Changes/updates to the IOC Vision, High-Level Objectives and Medium-Term Strategy and the IOC Capacity Development Strategy
Recent WMO developments, in particular the dissolution of JCOMM and the establishment of the Joint WMO-IOC Collaborative Board
Ensure alignment with, and contribution to, the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030)
Results of the Inter-sessional working group to propose a strategy on ocean data and information stewardship for the UN Decade (IWG-SODIS), particularly, Document IOC/IODE-MG-2021/5.1 (Proposed Data and Information Strategy for the Ocean Decade)
Support of community data principles such as FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable), CARE (Collective benefit, Authority to control, Responsibility, Ethics), and TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User Focus, Sustainability, Technology)
A stronger focus on how sustainable interfaces between the various global, national and regional efforts will be built and maintained
How we can move to a more compatible machine-2-machine architecture
Acknowledge that the strategy can pertain to a changing set of partners and participants - we should consider how to add robustness and resilience into each component
Acknowledge the involvement of developing communities which may not have large amounts of data (yet), but can share digitised knowledge to ensure their interests are visible to the systems emerging
Inclusion and coordination of regional-scale data, information, and digital knowledge activities in a global partnership to support this IOC Strategic Plan
Acknowledge the progress made and build on experiences from bi- and multilateral marine data exchange collaborations between major marine data initiatives and organisations across global regions
The trends and best practices in data science that are of relevance for diplomacy and international affairs and ocean governance.
The evolving landscape of data ethics
Developments in Ocean Literacy (i.e. understanding the ocean’s influence on you and your influence on the ocean) at global and regional levels
Developments within OBPS, noting that currently we may not have methods and best practices relevant to IODE/IOC's digital strategy; a call for such practices will be needed
Developments within ODIS and ODIScat as an interoperability framework to interlink regional and national digital resources

Membership

The initial membership will include:

GOOS OCG (Kevin O’Brien)
Expert- Pier Luigi Buttigieg
OBPS - Pauline Simpson
Mexico - Leon Alvarez
Canada ADU (OBIS) – Ms Lenore Bajona
United Kingdom - NODC– Ms Lesley Rickards

members added after IODE-XXVI:

China - Ms WAN Fangfang

Meetings of, and progress reporting by the Group

not yet

Decision that established the group

Decision IODE-XXVI.6.3

ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTER-SESSIONAL WORKING GROUP TO REVISE THE IOC STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

The IODE Committee,

Recalling that the “IOC Strategic Plan for Oceanographic Data and Information Management (2017-2021)” was adopted by the IOC Assembly at its 29th Session (2017) through Decision IOC-XXIX/Dec. 6.2.2,

Noting that the systems following the IOC Data and Information Management strategic plan will deliver:

interoperable, quality-controlled data on a diverse range of variables, 1) generated according to scientifically and operationally sound methods and 2) persistently archived in well-documented, globally applicable standards and formats,

timely dissemination of data on a diverse range of variables (generated from observations and model outputs) both in real-time and delayed modes depending on the needs of user groups and their technical capabilities (“on demand” as well as automatically scheduled), and

easy discovery and access to data and information about a diverse range of variables and derived products (including forecasts, alerts and warnings) by users who have a broad range of capabilities.

Decides to establish an inter-sessional working group to revise the IOC Strategic Plan for Oceanographic Data and Information Management (2017-2021), with the Terms of Reference as attached in Annex A to this Decision.

Annex A to Decision IODE-XXVI.6.3

Terms of Reference of the Inter-sessional working group
to revise the IOC strategic plan for oceanographic data and information exchange

Objectives:

In revising the Strategic Plan, the following should be taken into consideration:

Changes/updates to the IOC Vision, High-Level Objectives and Medium-Term Strategy and the IOC Capacity Development Strategy
Recent WMO developments, in particular the dissolution of JCOMM and the establishment of the Joint WMO-IOC Collaborative Board
Ensure alignment with, and contribution to, the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030)
Results of the Inter-sessional working group to propose a strategy on ocean data and information stewardship for the UN Decade (IWG-SODIS), particularly, Document IOC/IODE-MG-2021/5.1 (Proposed Data and Information Strategy for the Ocean Decade)
Support of community data principles such as FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable), CARE (Collective benefit, Authority to control, Responsibility, Ethics), and TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User Focus, Sustainability, Technology)
A stronger focus on how sustainable interfaces between the various global, national and regional efforts will be built and maintained
How we can move to a more compatible machine-2-machine architecture
Acknowledge that the strategy can pertain to a changing set of partners and participants - we should consider how to add robustness and resilience into each component
Acknowledge the involvement of developing communities which may not have large amounts of data (yet), but can share digitised knowledge to ensure their interests are visible to the systems emerging
Inclusion and coordination of regional-scale data, information, and digital knowledge activities in a global partnership to support this IOC Strategic Plan
Acknowledge the progress made and build on experiences from bi- and multilateral marine data exchange collaborations between major marine data initiatives and organisations across global regions
The trends and best practices in data science that are of relevance for diplomacy and international affairs and ocean governance.
The evolving landscape of data ethics
Developments in Ocean Literacy (i.e. understanding the ocean’s influence on you and your influence on the ocean) at global and regional levels
Developments within OBPS, noting that currently we may not have methods and best practices relevant to IODE/IOC's digital strategy; a call for such practices will be needed
Developments within ODIS and ODIScat as an interoperability framework to interlink regional and national digital resources

Membership: The initial membership will include:

GOOS OCG (Kevin O’Brien)
Expert- Pier Luigi Buttigieg
OBPS - Pauline Simpson
Mexico - Leon Alvarez
Canada ADU (OBIS) – Ms Lenore Bajona
United Kingdom - NODC– Ms Lesley Rickards

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