JCOMM/IODE Expert Team on Data Management Practices

 Establishment

The JCOMM Expert Team on Data Management Practices (JCOMM/IODE ETDMP) was established through Resolution 4 at JCOMM-I (2000) as a JCOMM subsidiary body.

(Find out more about JCOMM and its cooperation with IODE here )

In 2003 (through Recommendation IODE-XVII.3) the IODE Committee recommended that the body should be merged with the IODE's GE-TADE (IODE Group of Experts on Technical Aspects of Data Exchange) and become the JCOMM/IODE Expert Team on Data Management Practices (ETDMP). This is an extract from that Recommendation:

IODE-XVII,

• Noting the similarity of the terms of reference for the IODE Group of Experts on the Technical Aspects of Data Exchange (GETADE) and the JCOMM Expert Team on Data Management Practices (ETDMP),
• Recommends that the IODE Group of Experts on the Technical Aspects of Data Exchange be merged with the JCOMM Expert Team on Data Management Practices,
• Further recommends that the funds allocated to the IODE programme for the organization of GETADE sessions be assigned to the organization of ETDMP sessions, thereby assuring annual sessions of the Group,
• Requests that the JCOMM Management Committee consider renaming the Group to the JCOMM/IODE Expert Team on Data Management Practices to reflect the joint contribution of both bodies,
• Further requests that the JCOMM Management Committee consider filling the vacant position on ETDMP with a representative from the IODE community.

Terms of reference (revised by IODE-XXV, 2019)

The JCOMM/IODE Expert Team on Data Management Practices, in close collaboration with JCOMM Programme Areas, Commission for Basic Systems subsidiary bodies, IODE Management Group and related experts, shall:

(a)Manage the process of adopting and documenting standards and best practices to be used in IODE-JCOMM data management by complementing the Ocean Data Standards and Best Practices (ODSBP) Process with the Ocean Best Practices System (OBPS);

(b)Assist in the further integration of the IODE Ocean Data Portal with other IODE projects (OBIS, GODAR/WDC, GTSPP, GOSUD, OBP-S), with IODE GDACs, NODCs, ADUs and with other ocean data systems (e.g. SeaDataNet, IMOS, EOOS, EMODnet), their interoperability with the IOC Ocean Data and Information System (ODIS) with JCOMM OCG associated data activities and the WMO Information System (WIS), and their capacity development activities to ensure full participation of Members/Member States;

(c)) In close cooperation with the Expert Team on Marine Climatology (ETMC), assist with the development, review and update of the Marine Climate Data System (MCDS) strategy, implementation plan and performance indicators, in the next two years, for achieving the Vision for a new MCDS

(d)In concurrence with the co-presidents of JCOMM, the chairperson of the JCOMM Data Management Coordination Group (DMCG) and IODE Management Group, establish task teams and pilot projects, as necessary, to undertake the work of the Expert Team on Data Management Practices;

(e) Direct and coordinate the activities of the task teams and pilot projects referred to under (d) above;

(f) Provide advice to the IODE and the Data Management Coordination Group (DMCG) and other groups of JCOMM, as required;

(g)Liaise and collaborate with other groups as needed, to ensure access to required expertise, appropriate coordination and to avoid duplication.

Membership

The membership is selected to ensure an appropriate range of expertise and to maintain an appropriate geographical representation, and includes:

1. Up to nine experts, including the chairperson, selected from Members/Member States, representative of the range of responsibilities of the Expert Team, in consultation with IODE, as appropriate;
2. Representatives of JCOMM Programme Areas and of other expert bodies may be invited, as appropriate, with the concurrence of the co-presidents of JCOMM and with no resources implications to the Commission.

Click here to view the current membership of the JCOMM/IODE ETDMP

Sessions

• 6th Session, Oostende, Belgium, 17-19 September 2018 [webpage]
• 5th Session, Oostende, Belgium, 22-24 June 2016 [webpage]
• 4th Session, Oostende, Belgium, 23-26 June 2014 [webpage, REPORT]
• 3rd Session, Oostende, Belgium, 16-19 October 2012 [webpage, REPORT]
• 2nd Session, Oostende, Belgium, 6-7 April 2010 [webpage , REPORT ]
  
   
• Ad hoc Session, Oostende, Belgium, 8 May 2004 [REPORT]
• 1st Session: Oostende, Belgium, 15-18 September 2003 [REPORT]
• Informal Session, Brussels, Belgium, 29 November 2002 [REPORT]

HISTORY

Original Terms of Reference (IODE-XVII)

The Expert Team on Data Management Practices, in close collaboration with IODE and CBS subsidiary bodies and related experts, shall:

1. Develop, recommend and implement principles and practices for an end-to-end data management system for JCOMM;
2. Recommend best data management practices for adoption by JCOMM and other related/dependent activities, in particular for:
   • Standards of metadata and formats;
   • Quality control and data assembly;
   • Data and product flow;
3. Review and assess the effectiveness of data management practices, including integration and consideration of new techniques and approaches;
4. Provide advice to the Data Management Coordination Group and other groups of JCOMM, as required, on data management practices;
5. In concurrence with the co-presidents of the Commission, propose the establishment of projects and task teams, as required and, if established, oversee them, including the GTSPP, in order to develop effective data management practices;
6. Develop documentation and guidance material and promote the adoption of JCOMM data management practices;
7. Liaise and collaborate with other groups, as needed, to ensure access to required expertise and appropriate coordination, and to avoid duplication.

Details

Created on: Friday, 16 February 2007 14:19

Last Updated on: Monday, 04 March 2019 14:37