1. Data Format and Data Centers
Federation of Digital Broad-Band Seismograph Networks
FDSN Working Group II
Data Format and Data Centers
Reinoud Sleeman
IAG-IASPEI Joint Scientific Assembly
Kobe, Japan, 1 August 2017 1 1

2. Federation of Digital Broad-Band Seismograph Networks
StationXML
pending issues, often very limited response; minor revisions vs major revision
OBS White Paper Metadata (Wayne Crawford)
proposal to define standards for OBS (data, metadata, processing) and align these with FDSN
standards
Quality Control
proposal to define standard metrics of basic parameters - status
Future of mini-SEED (Next Generation (NG) format)
Technical Workshop (22-23 March, 2017, Utrecht (Netherlands), ORFEUS funding)
White Paper 2 2

3. Federation of Digital Broad-Band Seismograph Networks
StationXML
Acceptance by WG2 to release a minor version update of StationXML (includes all accepted changes, e.g. DOI).
Acceptance by WG2 to work on a major revision of StationXML related
to future developments of mini-SEED.

4. Federation of Digital Broad-Band Seismograph Networks
OBS
Recommendation by WG2 to involve OBS community in discussions on, and development of StationXML and the future of mini-SEED. 4 4

5. Federation of Digital Broad-Band Seismograph Networks
Quality Control
EIDA document was circulated in the mailing list – feedback from IRIS-DMC.
EIDA and IRIS-DMC are (most likely) consistent in definitions and will deploy further testing 5 5

6. Federation of Digital Broad-Band Seismograph Networks
Future of mini-SEED
Urgent need for a new format for N large experiments
New format will be used for data that requires the new format.
New format will become available via the standard FDSN services.
(implications on the services expected (WG3))
MSEED2 will remain an accepted FDSN standard
WG2 agrees to continue working on the Development Requirements Document/List of the new format 6 6