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DMAC Report to the GCOOS B.O.D. GCOOS Board of Directors Meeting Corpus Christi, TX 19 August 2008 GCOOS Board of Directors Meeting Corpus Christi, TX.

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1 DMAC Report to the GCOOS B.O.D. GCOOS Board of Directors Meeting Corpus Christi, TX 19 August 2008 GCOOS Board of Directors Meeting Corpus Christi, TX 19 August 2008

2 GCOOS DMAC Membership 2008 Steve Anderson - Horizon Marine Brenda Babin - LUMCON Julie Bosch - NOAA Bill Burnett - NDBC Jennifer Colee - USACE James Davis - TAMUCC Matt Howard - TAMU (Lei Hu - DISL, nominated) Ed Kearns (Chair) - SoFl NRC James Koziana - SAIC Jay Ratcliff - USACE Robert Raye - Shell Vembu Subramanian - USF

3 I. Protocol adoptions for interoperability II. Survey of potential federal data providers and a GCOOS data nodes self- assessment. III. Promoting Regional IT communications DMAC Action Plan 2008 Developed during Committees Meeting in New Orleans November 2007 Contains three focus areas -

4 I. Protocols for Interoperable Systems 1. Adopt Common Dictionary for Region 2. Adopt Data Access and Transport Method(s) 3. Select Metadata Content Standards 4. Adopt QA/QC methodologies 5. Establish/promote data discovery (catalogs)

5 II.Entrain new Providers & Self-Assessment Incorporate Federal Providers into Portal Many providers identified (NOAA, USACE, NWS, NPS...) Task 6. Surveys (by DMAC members September 2008) Self-assessment of Regional Provider’s data system architectures and IT skill sets. Used for the Portal design Used for the RA DMAC Plan --> RA Business Plan Used to identify programmers for help with implementation Task 7. Gather information (Bosch, Howard, Kearns start Jan 2008)

6 III. Promote Communications & IT Exchanges Monitor Relevant Data Mgmt. Activities IOOS FY2007 Grantees workshop, NOAA CIR/DTL, OGC Ocean Interoperability Experiment. OOSTethys, Marine Metadata Interoperability, NOAA Data Integration Framework (DIF) QARTOD to OCG, and international efforts such as SeaDataNet, JCOMM Establish wiki, forum, or CMS for communications Task 8a. Report to DMAC on Grantees workshop (Howard Feb 2008) Task 8b. Establish communications venue (Howard Feb 2008) Task 8c. Establish DMAC “geek squad” (Kearns May/June 2008)

7 Progress Adopted the SEACOORA Dictionary Participation in Relevant Activities GGOOS Forums Established for DMAC

8 GCOOS Forums Main Page

9 Recomendations We need an active Chair We need better participation by all


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