1. GDWG Meeting Summary 2016 and Work Plan 2016 / 2017
Peter Miu EUMETSAT
Masaya Takahasi
CMA, CNES, EUMETSAT, ISRO, IMD, JMA, KMA, NASA, NIST, NOAA, ROSHYDROMET, USGS, WMO

2. Overview and Purpose Summary of the GDWG breakout meeting.
Work plan 2016 / 2017
Purpose
For information to WGs & EP
To identify if something is missing

3. GDWG Meeting Statistics
Number of Contributing Members represented: 8 / 14 (57%)
CMA, CNES, EUM, JAXA, JMA, KMA, NOAA, USGS
Number of Agenda Items Discussed: 19
Number of Actions : 29
Number of Actions with Leads: 29
Number of Actions without Leads: 0

4. Actions Summary GSICS Website Updates
GSICS Data Management Conventions Updates
Roll out of the GSICS Wiki on a New Server
Data Preservation Investigations
GSICS Collaboration Server Updates; reorganisation
Process for bringing the GIRO Deliverables to their Users
Realising Collaboration Software Development.

5. Actions Summary Action Tracking Process Specification
Action Tracking Automation Studies
GCC Initiatives; Product Types Specification, Versioning,
MW Standards
Finalising the Instrument information for the OSCAR Database
Specification and documentation (Wiki) of GEOLEOVISNIR
Enhancement Data Model Study

6. Highlights, Decisions & Recommendations
ISRO has provided a draft GSICS website for review.
This has been reviewed and updates have been provided.
New Meta-data, Conventions and template for existing and new GSICS Products
Many decisions made to guide GSICS Data Management Activities e.g. Use of GitHub for collaboration developments. The GDWG chairs will inform the EP and seek endorsement if needed. Agreed decisions are documented in the Wiki to guide these activities.
Recommendation: GSICS decisions should be presented to EP for information or endorsement if needed – AND DOCUMENTED and accessible from the Wiki for reference.
New Wiki Server with relaxed security to replace existing NOAA Wiki Server

7. Highlights, Decisions & Recommendations
A couple of approaches have been discussed to realise the Data Preservation requirement of the GSICS Collaboration Servers, these will be investigated.
GSICS Product Generator is in development
New Wiki Server Q2 / 2016 (May - excellent work by NOAA)
New Wiki Server with relaxed security to replace existing NOAA Wiki Server

8. Action Tracking Process

9. Automation of the Action Tracking Process

10. Resource Needs GSICS coordination identified for:
Glob & Rolo; operations support.
Data Management support is needed from contribution members:
Time to get involved as we have operational products.
No involvement means GDWG will make decisions without you on your behalf.

11. Unit Testing Suite for GSICS SNO (contact Manik - GCC)
For Information
Unit Testing Suite for GSICS SNO
(contact Manik - GCC)
DOI Usage for GSICS
(contact Pete - EUM)
Web Meetings

12. BIG THANKS TO JAXA
Excellent Hosts
Excellent Food
Excellent Location

13. End of Presentation: Thank you for your attention