1. SeaDataNet A Pan-European Infrastructure for Ocean and Marine Data Management www.seadatanet.org First Training Session – Ostende February Catherine Maillard Introduction to the Training Session

2. 2 A data management system for the present and future ocean observing and forecasting programmes ANALYSIS & MODELLING SYSTEMS OBSERVING SYSTEMS User’s Web browser Analysis program Product generation Quality control Data discovery Safeguarding Data sets aggregation Catalogues

3. 3 Meta-Data management ANALYSIS & MODELLING SYSTEMS OBSERVING SYSTEMS User’s Web browser Analysis program Product generation Quality control Data discovery Safeguarding Data sets aggregation Catalogues Meta-Data Compilation Meta-Data Formatting Meta-Data indexing In the common catalogues

4. 4 Data Discovery  Catalogues -Inventories OBSERVING SYSTEMS

5. 5 Common vocabularies Ships and platforms Parameters and disciplines Sensors Countries Geographical region (IHB) … 23 tables http://seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_bodc_vocab/welco me.asphttp://seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_bodc_vocab/welco me.asp (= page « standards « of the web site)

6. 6 Data management ANALYSIS & MODELLING SYSTEMS OBSERVING SYSTEMS User’s Web browser Analysis program Product generation Quality control Data discovery Safeguarding Data sets aggregation Catalogues Data Compilation Data Formatting Data indexing in local archiving system and CDI