Establishment
The IODE Steering Group for the IODE Ocean Data Portal was established, together with the ODP project, through Recommendation IODE-XIX.4 (2007) - (see below).
The IODE Committtee, at its 22nd Session, revised the Terms of Reference of the Steering Group through Recmmendation IODE-XXII.7
Recommendation IODE-XXII.7
REVISED TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE IODE STEERING GROUP FOR THE IODE OCEAN DATA PORTAL (SG-ODP)
The IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange,
Recognizing the importance of integration of marine data and information from a network of distributed IODE data centres,
Recalling the establishment of the IODE Ocean Data Portal project through Recommendation IODE-XIX.4 in March 2007,
Recommends the revision of the Terms of Reference of the IODE Steering Group for the IODE Ocean Data Portal as follows:
- (i) To develop and prioritize plans for ODP related activities;
- (ii) To provide guidance on delivery of the ODP work plan and to review the results of project activities under the leadership of JCOMM/IODE ETDMP and IODE Committees;
- (iii) To develop and maintain the terms of reference for the structural elements of the IODE Ocean Data Portal.
Recommends further that the membership of the Steering Group shall be as follows: Ariel Troisi (Chair of the Steering Group), Sergey Belov (Co-Chair), ODP Project Manager (tbd), Representative(s) of the Partnership Centre for the IODE Ocean Data Portal, Representatives of the Data Providers, Partner programme representatives, IODE Secretariat.
Invites Member States to actively support the work of the Group by supporting members’ participation in the activities and meetings of the Group.
Membership
The membership is available here: SG ODP membership
Meetings
Other meetings:
Recommendation IODE-XIX.4
THE IODE OCEAN DATA PORTAL PROJECT
The IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange,
Noting with satisfaction the submission of the IODE Ocean Data Portal Concept Paper that
is aimed to provide the integration of marine data and information from a network of
distributed IODE data centres as well as the resources from other participating systems and
that will be based upon modern web technologies,
Taking into account that a number of similar initiatives are planned or have started such as
IODE/JCOMM E2EDM Pilot Project, SeaDataNet, DMAC, WIS and others,
Recommends the establishment of the IODE Ocean Data Portal Project with the Terms of
Reference as attached in the Annex of this recommendation;
Invites the IOC Executive Secretary, in consultation with the Co-Chairs of IODE and the
Chair of the JCOMM-DMCG, to establish a Steering Group (SG-ODP) to implement and
monitor the progress of the Project;
Invites IODE Member States and other interested countries and organizations, to participate
in, and support the activities of the Project
Annex to Recommendation IODE-XIX.4: Terms of Reference of the IODE Ocean Data Portal Project
Objectives of the Project:
(i) facilitate and promote the exchange and dissemination of marine data and
services hosted by NODCs;
(ii) provide seamless access to marine data to NODCs across the IODE network
through the discovery, evaluation and access to data via web services;
(iii) identify and recommend standards to provide interoperability with IODE data
centres to allow shared use of metadata, data and products.
The Participants in the Pilot Project:
The Project will be carried out by a Steering Group composed of, inter alia,
representatives of IODE/JCOMM ETDMP, SG-MEDI, SG-MarineXML, WMO ICG-WIS,
and other appropriate experts as required for each work package.
Work Plan and Timing:
The Project Steering group will implement 3 work packages (Project coordination
and management; Standards and development package; Portal implementation package)
during the inter-sessional period (2007-2009) and submit a detailed report on the work
achieved at the Twentieth Session of IODE (2009).
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