1. What: System wide demonstration of the DMAC capabilities we’ve been working on for ca.10 years. Why: Proof of concept that DMAC can be unifying element of IOOS; Essential component of system development. Who: Project team in place, additional involvement by RAs, DMAC ST, other NOS programs Outcome: Reports, communications material, software, repeatable procedures MoS: Clear notion of the things that work and don’t work in DMAC. Tests like this inform our future development. 1 System Integration Test DMAC Steering Team Nov 2013

2. IOOS, and others, have been at this for some time. 2002: Sys Dev Plan emphasizes data management as the unifying element of disparate systems 2005: First DMAC Plan Published 2007: IOOS PO begins funding Data Integration Framework pilot 2010: DMAC Implementation plan and funding DMAC Steering Team Nov 2013

3. Project Team 11/19/20133 Software Development: SOS servers, THREDDS, WMS consulting, workflow/scenario scripting, IOOS Catalog, Clients (Python, Java, Matlab) Metadata consulting, IOOS Registry System Engineering, Project Management, Documentation DMAC Steering Team Nov 2013

4. High Level Schedule Project Planning 1 Oct – 15 Jan Scenario Identification 1 Dec – 15 Jan Scenario and Test Preparation 16 Jan – 28 Feb Testing 1 Mar – 31 May Analysis and Reporting 1 Jun – 31 Jul