1. SEARCH Data Working Group SEARCH Data Working Group

2. Data Working Group Members David McGuire (Acting Chair – SEARCH SSC) Florence Fetterer (NSIDC – IPMC Representative) Larry Hamilton (SEARCH Responding Panel) Jim Moore (JOSS-UCAR – Data Policy/Management Plan/Project Support) Mark Parsons (NSIDC – IPY/Social Data/Arctic Data Issues) Mark Serreze (SEARCH Understanding Panel) Craig Lee (SEARCH Observing Panel) Steve Worley (UCAR – Technology)

3. Data Working Group Draft Terms of Reference Advises and aids the IPMC and the SSC in SEARCH Data Management to provide free and open access to data in support of SEARCH science, broad community and lay users, education, and outreach through the following activities: Development of SEARCH Data Policy (done) Development of comprehensive SEARCH Data Management Plan (outline developed – further development by CADIS?) Establishment of SEARCH data management requirements for investigators Provide a conduit for establishing broad community and lay user requirements and meeting their needs for data Provide guidance and advice to the central SEARCH Data and Information Coordination Service Work with IPMC and SSC to foster data management cooperation with international projects and organizations, especially in preparation for IPY

4. SEARCH Data Management Plan Draft Outline Version 1.1 Introduction SEARCH Project Background and Perspective for Data Management Approach SEARCH Data Management Policy SEARCH Data Management Strategy Discussion of Human Subjects Data Long Term Archival and Access Coordination with Other Data Centers (not holding SEARCH data) Purpose and content of SEARCH Data Questionnaire (to be discussed) Appendices

5. SEARCH Data Management Plan Draft Outline Version 1.1 (cont.) SEARCH Data Management Strategy Types of data: network, process study, integration/synthesis, human Investigator requirements: Expectations, anticipated data sets, justification of data formats chosen SEARCH data format guidelines: SEARCH metadata format guidelines Data Documentation Guidelines Data and Metadata Submission Instructions

6. Issues to resolve for advancing SEARCH Data Management How should the data working group move forward with respect to implementing the SEARCH Data Coordination and Information Service? The role of the SEARCH Data Working Group is to define the implementation and other needs of SEARCH Data Management (which include the needs of all three SEARCH activities: observed, understand, and responding to change). It is up to the SEARCH SSC and the agencies to implement the needs that the data working group has identified. The SEARCH data working group has defined a need for the implementation of a central SEARCH Data Coordination and Information Service.