The Crown Estate and MEDIN Chelsea Bradbury– Marine Data Co-ordinator MEDIN Data Guidelines Workshop 25 March 2014

 Introduction to The Crown Estate  Data – why, what, where  Where do we fit with MEDIN?  How MEDIN has helped

Data Clause (2002) Reduce risk Share information Retention of information Benefit the industry Reduce duplication Transparency Improve understanding of the marine environment Facilitate Research Encourage innovation

Analysed Data Supporting data QC and Calibration Data Products MEDIN metadata Raw Data Final reports Survey Data

What do we do with the data?

Where does MEDIN fit in?  Standardised approach  Consistent requirements for all developers and sites  MEDIN Discovery Standard Metadata  MEDIN Data Guidelines

Where does MEDIN fit in?  Sponsors  Active members; Standards Working Group and Resources and Applications Working Group  Contributors Provide public metadata to MEDIN Manage data on a development basis for commercial reasons Commercial sensitivity  Users

How MEDIN has helped  Standard archive format ~ 76TB of data described by MEDIN metadata  Improved quality of data MEDIN Data Guidelines are used for QA MEDIN Data Guidelines are being used by developers when commissioning surveys  Improved data sharing

Summary Offshore survey data Data Clause Marine Data Exchange How MEDIN fits in

Thank you.