1. Data and information—the legacy of the IPY Mark A. Parsons parsonsm@nsidc.org

2. MAP 2006.04.05 2 Two IPY Data Meetings in Cambridge 2 March: Inaugural meeting of the IPY Data Policy and Management Subcommittee 3-4 March: An IPY data management planning workshop

3. MAP 2006.04.05 3 IPY Organization ICSU/WMO Joint Committee Data Policy & Management Subcommittee Observations Subcommittee Education, Outreach & Communication Subcommittee Programme Office

4. MAP 2006.04.05 4 Data Subcommittee Mark Parsons, USA; co-chair Taco de Bruin, Netherlands; co- chair Nathan Bindoff, Australia (represented by Kim Finney) Joan Eamer, Norway/UNEP Hannes Grobe, Germany Ray Harris, UK/GEOSS Ellsworth LeDrew, Canada Xin Li, China (absent) Håkan Olsson, Sweden Alexander Sterin, Russia/WMO (Evgeny Vyazilov) Vladimir Papitashvilli, USA/eGY Birger Poppel, Greenland Eberhard Fahrbach – liaison to JC Dave Carlson – Director IPY- IPO Addressing issues of IPY data definition Data policy Relations to observational systems

5. MAP 2006.04.05 5 Overarching Purpose Our primary purpose should be to serve the objectives of IPY, esp: International exchange (>60 countries) Interdisciplinary science (>50,000 participants representing physical, life, and social scientists) Building a legacy

6. MAP 2006.04.05 6 What are IPY Data? Working with Observations Committee to address preservation and access to ongoing operational data

7. MAP 2006.04.05 7 An IPY Data Management Workshop Over 40 participants from 13 countries Major goal: determine functions, form, and implementation for an IPY Data and Information Service Results at http://nsidc.org/events/ipydis

8. MAP 2006.04.05 8 Organization of IPY Data Management IPY Joint Committee Data Policy & Management Subcommittee Programme Office Data & Information Service eGY Projects Data Centers, Virtual Observatories, etc. Users

9. MAP 2006.04.05 9 Alternate Views of the DIS DIS?

10. MAP 2006.04.05 10 Format of the meeting Presentations on back ground and some existing approaches Breakout groups to identify issues and recommendations Standards Managed data access Identifying archives Data discovery Data submission/publication Semantics

11. MAP 2006.04.05 11 Reference Documents www.icsu.org/1_icsuinscience/DATA_Paa_1.html or google “icsu paa” earthobservations.org/ ISO 14721:2003 public.ccsds.org/publications/archive/650x0b1.pdf or google “oais”

12. MAP 2006.04.05 12 Overarching themes Outreach to the scientific community Data discovery and access Interoperability A data coordination office A phased approach Funding

13. MAP 2006.04.05 13 Vision: a cultural shift in science “Preserve or Perish” You are not finished until you have done the research, published the results, and published the data, receiving formal credit for everything.

14. MAP 2006.04.05 14 catalog 3 (Mirror) catalog 2 catalog 1 catalog 9 catalog 4 catalog 8 catalog 7 catalog 6 (Mirror) catalog 5 Data Discovery & Access—the “Union”Catalog

15. MAP 2006.04.05 15 Data Discovery & Access Revised data policy on free and open access coming soon Working with the ICSU CODATA Global Information Commons for Science Initiative

16. MAP 2006.04.05 16 Interoperability “What few things must be the same so everything else can be different.” A few good standards: ISO19115 metadata Open Geospatial Consortium Explore advanced semantic approaches

17. MAP 2006.04.05 17 The Data Coordination Office DIS DISCO

18. MAP 2006.04.05 18 A Phased Approach Think BIG but start small IPY provides a unique opportunity to revolutionize data management, but… IPY is only 329 days away

19. MAP 2006.04.05 19 Funding Letter from the JC to national committees requesting that solicitations explicitly include funds for data management as part of each project Developing a prospectus to shop around to funding agencies, foundations, and corporations.

20. MAP 2006.04.05 20 Draft Timeline of a Phased Approach Before IPY Seek funding Web site Promote the plan—ask about at CODATA06! Survey projects and collect basic catalog metadata ID data managers, archives, and gaps Educate and assist community ID or create essential reference data. Develop data release plans to support field programs Plan the overall organizational data flow.

21. MAP 2006.04.05 21 Draft Timeline March 2007- March 2008—first field phase Track and catalog data in progress Develop and link portals through a union catalog of data Collect metrics on archiving and use data Link (improve interoperability of) key data systems Develop derived data/information resources for education and public outreach March 2008- March 2009—second field phase Promote interdisciplinary data exchange through standard-based services Implement prototype data integration systems.

22. MAP 2006.04.05 22 Draft Timeline After IPY Implement comprehensive, interdisciplinary Polar Data and Information System Ongoing long-term stewardship, including negotiating long-term-support commitments and assessing the risk of data loss.

23. MAP 2006.04.05 23 Outstanding issues Ensuring coordination of elements Linkages to operational community Ensuring data quality Funding!

24. MAP 2006.04.05 24 Discussion Final Report to be available soon at http://nsidc.org/events/ipydis http://nsidc.org/events/ipydis Subscribe to the ipydis mailing list by mailing me at parsonsm@nsidc.orgparsonsm@nsidc.org Other ways to get involved IPY Knowledge Organization Group contact Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa (sjsk@nsidc.org)sjsk@nsidc.org Ad hoc outreach task group, contact Taco de Bruin (bruin@nioz.nl)