Initiatives References

Titlesort iconDescriptionReference TypeReference Topics
6th Annual National Conference on Digital Government ResearchThe 2005 National Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2005) relates to digital government research. (2005.05.15-18, Atlanta, GA.)
ad hoc Strategic Committee on Information and Data (SCID)
Aquatic CommonsA thematic digital repository covering the natural marine, estuarine /brackish and fresh water environments .
BioGeomancerProvides a list of html links for placename metadata used to map biodiversity data.
Coastal GeoTools 2005A conference to "promote sharing of standards and coastal data through the National Spatial Data Infrastructure", with relevant topics. (2005.03.07-10, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.)
CODATA - Committee for Data on Science and TechnologyInternational organization promoting improved scientific and technical data management and use
COMPASSInvestigating development of semantic tools for research on coastal and marine environments.
Concept Web AllianceA group developing the "concept web," a fabric of concepts in science and their relationships
Content Standards Field Comparison Matrix file (excel) Excel file containing the Content Standards fields comparison matrix.
Cooperative Arctic Data and Information ServiceSupports the Arctic Observing Network, an NSF International Polar Year project.
Data Interoperability -- Challenges and TechnologiesA symposium on the emergence of globally distributed data. (2005.06.20-24, Sardinia, Italy.)
Department of Defense Discovery Metadata Specification Home PageThe Department of Defense Discovery Metadata Specification defines discovery metadata elements for resources posted to community and shared spaces.
DIGARCH Interoperability FrameworkThe DIGARCH interoperability framework is the basis for a federated, multi-institutional data network for scalable digital archiving. It supports a high degree of platform independence and data and metadata interoperability each of which is an essential component of long-term data interoperability.
Digital Curation ExchangeA “town center” for the practitioners, researchers, educators, and students of digital curation.
DMAC Implementation PlanImplementation Plan for the IOOS Data Management and Communications initiative.
Earth System CuratorA system for assembling, running, and archiving information about climate models
EcoMundusAn initiative to provide access to environmental data and information
Electronic Geophysical YearThis organization promotes interoperability throughout the geosciences.
EuroGOOS 2005Scientific conference focusing on the European Operational Oceanography: Present and Future. (2005.06.06-09, Brest, France.)
Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)A consortium that collects, interprets and develops applications for satellite-generated Earth observations.
FGDC Information on ClearinghousesInstructional informaiton on Clearinghouses from FGDC
Functional Genomics Experiment (FuGE)FuGE has been created to facilitate the development of data standards for functional genomics experiments.
GALEONUnidata's Informal Interoperability Experiment: Geo-interface for Atmosphere, Land, Earth, and Ocean netCDF
Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC)The GSC is an international community working to promote the standardization of genomic data.
GEOGroup on Earth Observations
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