IPY Data and Information ServiceMoving Forward

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IPY Data and Information ServiceMoving Forward
Mark A. Parsons Co-Chair IPY Data Policy and
Management Subcommittee
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Approach

• Identify what data are to be collected as part of
  IPY
• Determine how and where those data will be
  available
• Ensure the long-term preservation of IPY data

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Basic assessment of data management plans
(short-term and long-term)
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What is IPYDIS?

• An international federation of data centers,
  archives, and networks working to ensure proper
  stewardship of IPY and related data.
• Promotes the infrastructure, practices, and
  international relationships necessary to ensure
  the capture, accessibility, sharing, and
  long-term preservation of data produced by IPY
  projects.

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Whats Been Done

• Data Committee has defined a data policy.
• Workshop on data management (see report
  athttp//ipydis.org).
• Data Committee developed an IPY Metadata Profile.
• Data coordinators in Norway, the US, and Canada.
• Survey of IPY projects data plans ongoing.
• Proposals submitted (some funded) to manage and
  ensure fair access to IPY data.
• Release of important data from ESA and ECMWF.
• IPY Layer in Google Earth available at ipy.org.

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The Union Catalog
courtesy P. Pulsifer
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IPY Metadata Profile

• Purpose
• Identify IPY data
• Basic discovery
• Track metadata heritage
• Based on
• DIF Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
  Directory Interchange Format
• FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
  Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  (CSDGM) (FGDC-STD-001-1998) and with Remote
  Sensing Extensions (RSE) (FGDC-STD-012-2002)

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IPY metadata profile elements

• Entry ID (controlled)
• Data set title
• Data set progress
• Data set summary
• Data set citation information including Online
  Resource
• Parameters
• Locations
• ISO topic categories
• Temporal coverage
• Spatial coverage

• Data center contact information
• Access restrictions
• Use constraints
• Data Set Language
• Metadata contact information
• Metadata authority
• Metadata version
• Last revision
• IPY flag
• IPY Project ID

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Communication

• ipydis_at_nsidc.org -- historical mail list
• ipydis_at_ipydis.org -- help desk
• Discussion forum
• Wiki
• Web site -- ipydis.org
• Workshops, training
• Other methods for community engagement

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Data Coordinators

• Assist on compliance with standards,
  identification of archives, development of the
  union catalogue, and other data management
  requirements for IPY.
• Visibly track the data flow for IPY.
• In collaboration with the IPO, develop a data
  registry that will continue throughout the IPY.
• Survey the planned projects and the data they
  intend to collect and identify existing archives,
  portals, experts, and significant gaps in the IPY
  data infrastructure.

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An IPY Data Management Workshop

• More than 40 participants from 13 countries
• Major goal determine functions, form, and
  implementation for an IPY Data and Information
  Service
• Full report at http//ipydis.org

Photo courtesy SJS Khalsa
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Overarching Themes

• Outreach to the scientific community A change
  in the culture of science
• Data discovery and access
• Interoperability
• A data coordination office
• A phased approach
• Funding

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http//gcmd.nasa.gov/portals/ipy
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Some specific data projects

• IPY (and Canadian) data portal
• Working prototype metadata exchange and search
  system
• Data management for AON and DAMOCLES
• Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge in
  the Arctic
• IPY Ice Logistics Portal http//www.ipy-ice-porta
  l.org/
• SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network
• EUMetSat Product Navigator http//www.eumetsat.int
  /products/
• More international partners emerging.

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http//arcticportal.org
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Assessment

• Identify the data--in progress but slow
• Serve the data--extremely variable. Thats why we
  need a workshop
• Preserve the data--the elephant in the room.

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