Data and information—the legacy of the IPY Mark A. Parsons

MAP Two IPY Data Meetings in Cambridge 2 March: Inaugural meeting of the IPY Data Policy and Management Subcommittee 3-4 March: An IPY data management planning workshop

MAP IPY Organization ICSU/WMO Joint Committee Data Policy & Management Subcommittee Observations Subcommittee Education, Outreach & Communication Subcommittee Programme Office

MAP Data Subcommittee Mark Parsons, USA; co-chair Taco de Bruin, Netherlands; co- chair Nathan Bindoff, Australia (represented by Kim Finney) Joan Eamer, Norway/UNEP Hannes Grobe, Germany Ray Harris, UK/GEOSS Ellsworth LeDrew, Canada Xin Li, China (absent) Håkan Olsson, Sweden Alexander Sterin, Russia/WMO (Evgeny Vyazilov) Vladimir Papitashvilli, USA/eGY Birger Poppel, Greenland Eberhard Fahrbach – liaison to JC Dave Carlson – Director IPY- IPO Addressing issues of IPY data definition Data policy Relations to observational systems

MAP Overarching Purpose Our primary purpose should be to serve the objectives of IPY, esp: International exchange (>60 countries) Interdisciplinary science (>50,000 participants representing physical, life, and social scientists) Building a legacy

MAP What are IPY Data? Working with Observations Committee to address preservation and access to ongoing operational data

MAP An IPY Data Management Workshop Over 40 participants from 13 countries Major goal: determine functions, form, and implementation for an IPY Data and Information Service Results at

MAP Organization of IPY Data Management IPY Joint Committee Data Policy & Management Subcommittee Programme Office Data & Information Service eGY Projects Data Centers, Virtual Observatories, etc. Users

MAP Alternate Views of the DIS DIS?

MAP Format of the meeting Presentations on back ground and some existing approaches Breakout groups to identify issues and recommendations Standards Managed data access Identifying archives Data discovery Data submission/publication Semantics

MAP Reference Documents or google “icsu paa” earthobservations.org/ ISO 14721:2003 public.ccsds.org/publications/archive/650x0b1.pdf or google “oais”

MAP Overarching themes Outreach to the scientific community Data discovery and access Interoperability A data coordination office A phased approach Funding

MAP Vision: a cultural shift in science “Preserve or Perish” You are not finished until you have done the research, published the results, and published the data, receiving formal credit for everything.

MAP catalog 3 (Mirror) catalog 2 catalog 1 catalog 9 catalog 4 catalog 8 catalog 7 catalog 6 (Mirror) catalog 5 Data Discovery & Access—the “Union”Catalog

MAP Data Discovery & Access Revised data policy on free and open access coming soon Working with the ICSU CODATA Global Information Commons for Science Initiative

MAP Interoperability “What few things must be the same so everything else can be different.” A few good standards: ISO19115 metadata Open Geospatial Consortium Explore advanced semantic approaches

MAP The Data Coordination Office DIS DISCO

MAP A Phased Approach Think BIG but start small IPY provides a unique opportunity to revolutionize data management, but… IPY is only 329 days away

MAP Funding Letter from the JC to national committees requesting that solicitations explicitly include funds for data management as part of each project Developing a prospectus to shop around to funding agencies, foundations, and corporations.

MAP Draft Timeline of a Phased Approach Before IPY Seek funding Web site Promote the plan—ask about at CODATA06! Survey projects and collect basic catalog metadata ID data managers, archives, and gaps Educate and assist community ID or create essential reference data. Develop data release plans to support field programs Plan the overall organizational data flow.

MAP Draft Timeline March March 2008—first field phase Track and catalog data in progress Develop and link portals through a union catalog of data Collect metrics on archiving and use data Link (improve interoperability of) key data systems Develop derived data/information resources for education and public outreach March March 2009—second field phase Promote interdisciplinary data exchange through standard-based services Implement prototype data integration systems.

MAP Draft Timeline After IPY Implement comprehensive, interdisciplinary Polar Data and Information System Ongoing long-term stewardship, including negotiating long-term-support commitments and assessing the risk of data loss.

MAP Outstanding issues Ensuring coordination of elements Linkages to operational community Ensuring data quality Funding!

MAP Discussion Final Report to be available soon at Subscribe to the ipydis mailing list by mailing me at Other ways to get involved IPY Knowledge Organization Group contact Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa Ad hoc outreach task group, contact Taco de Bruin