Organizations

ad hoc Strategic Committee on Information and Data (SCID)

carynn — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:30:34 -0700

Background, from SCID Homepage

CeNCOOS

kwalz — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:48:52 -0700

From CeNCOOS website:

The CeNCOOS is part of an evolving national framework of integrated coastal observing systems covering all US coastal areas. This national framework is called the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS).

OceanObs, inventory of ocean and freshwater observing programs:

http://www.cencoos.org/OceanObs/

CODATA - Committee for Data on Science and Technology

graybeal — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:39:00 -0800

CODATA is an international organization established by the International Council on Science (ICSU) in 1966. It seeks to advance the use, and the promise, of information technology in scientific communities all over the world, including in nations that have seen limited scientific benefit from information technology so far. It also represents the international scientific community in international forums and summits.

Concept Web Alliance

kstocks — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:25:59 -0700

The mission of the Concept Web Alliance is to enable an open collaborative environment to jointly address the challenges associated with high volume scholarly and professional data production, storage, interoperability and analyses for knowledge discovery.

CUAHSI

kwalz — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:36:26 -0700

From CUAHSI website:

CUAHSI, an organization representing more than one-hundred United States universities, receives support from the National Science Foundation to develop infrastructure and services for the advancement of hydrologic science and education in the U.S.

Electronic Geophysical Year

graybeal — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:38:00 -0800

The Electronic Geophysical Year is a voluntary organization and collaboration intended to achieve a major step forward in geoscience capability, knowledge, and usage throughout the world for the benefit of humanity by accelerating the adoption of modern and visionary practices for managing and sharing data and information.

eGY will have many activities in 2007-2008 to promote these activities.

Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)

luisBer — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:51:00 -0800

Project Introduction

Functional Genomics Experiment (FuGE)

agale — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:40:18 -0700

Description

Functional Genomics Experiment (FuGE) - the Functional Genomics Experiment [Object Model / Markup-Language] (FuGE-OM, FuGE-ML) has been created to facilitate the development of data standards for functional genomics experiments. FuGE is a model of the shared components in different functional genomics domains. FuGE facilitates the development of data standards in functional genomics in two ways:

Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC)

agale — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:37:46 -0700

Description

The Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) is an open-membership working body which formed in September 2005. The goal of this international community is to promote mechanisms that standardize the description of genomes and the exchange and integration of genomic data.

URLs:

http://gensc.org/gc_wiki/index.php/Main_Page

GEO

ngalbraith — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:33:56 -0700

The Group on Earth Observations is coordinating efforts to build a Global Earth Observation System of Systems, or GEOSS. GEO was launched in response to calls for action by the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development and by the G8 (Group of Eight) leading industrialized countries. These high-level meetings recognized that international collaboration is essential for exploiting the growing potential of Earth observations to support decision making in an increasingly complex and environmentally stressed world.

GEOSS

ngalbraith — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:14:35 -0700

The Global Earth Observation System of Systems will provide decision-support tools to a wide variety of users. As with the Internet, GEOSS will be a global and flexible network of content providers allowing decision makers to access an extraordinary range of information at their desks.

GO-ESSP

ngalbraith — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:43:00 -0800

The Global Organization for Earth System Science Portal (GO-ESSP) is a collaboration designed to develop a new generation of software infrastructure that will provide distributed access to observed and simulated data from the climate and weather communities.

GSC - Genomic Standards Consortium

kstocks — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:43:29 -0700

The Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) is an open-membership organization with the goal of increasing the standardization of metadata for genomic data. They further this goal through the development and implementation of metadata standards, methods to capture and exchange genomic metadata, and approaches to harmonize metadata collection across the genomics community. It undertakes these activities through meetings and working groups. GSC was founded in 2005.

Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Data Portal

kwalz — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:34:37 -0700

From GCOOS website:

The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) provides timely information about the environment of the United States portion of the Gulf of Mexico and its estuaries for use by decision-makers, including researchers, government managers, industry, the military, educators, emergency responders, and the general public.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)

kwalz — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:43:00 -0800

Integrated Ocean Observing Systems (IOOS)

luisBer — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:27:00 -0800

Description:

The Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) is a system of systems that routinely and continuously provides quality controlled data and information on current and future states of the oceans and Great Lakes from the global scale of ocean basins to local scales of coastal ecosystems. It is composed of a global and coastal components.

International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)

kwalz — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:42:00 -0800

The International Hydrographic Organization is an intergovernmental organization established in 1921 to promote the safety of marine navigation and the protection of the marine environment. Currently IHO has 74 maritime nations participating as members.

Their objectives (listed on the IHO web site) are to bring about:

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

kwalz — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:53:00 -0800

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from 157 national standards organizations from around the world. Founded in 1947, this non-governmental organization publishes world-wide industrial and commercial standards and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Many ISO standards are represented on the MMI site, including:

IOOS DMAC Metadata Expert Team

graybeal — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:32:00 -0800

The IOOS DMAC Steering Committee has formed a number of expert teams to provide feedback and guidance to the Steering Committee.

The Metadata Expert Team consists of roughly 15 people from many organizations and areas of expertise around the country. The team began meeting in telecons at least monthly in 2006, to establish its goals and organize the metadata-related activities needed for IOOS.

IRD

kwalz — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:16:00 -0700

From IRD website:

IRD is a French public research institute working for the development of Southern countries, reporting to the Ministries responsible for research and overseas development.

IRD researchers address major development challenges regarding environment, sustainable development of living resources, social studies and health.