Organizations

ad hoc Strategic Committee on Information and Data (SCID)

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

Background, from SCID Homepage

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.

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.

INSPIRE Program

graybeal — Thu, 12 May 2005 14:49:00 -0700

(From the INSPIRE web site)

INSPIRE is an EU initiative to establish an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe that will help to make spatial or geographical information more accessible and interoperable for a wide range of purposes supporting sustainable development..

Program Contacts

See their Contacts page.

Relevance

Relevance Estimate: Moderate to High

Not marine-specific, but metadata-specific.

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.

Microarray and Gene Expression Data Society (MGED)

agale — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:35:27 -0700

Description

The Microarray and Gene Expression Data(MGED)Society is an international organization of biologists, computer scientists, and data analysts that aims to facilitate the sharing of data generated using the microarray and other functional genomics technologies for a variety of applications including expression profiling. The scope of MGED includes data generated using any technology when applied to genome-scale studies of gene expression, binding, modification and other related applications.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

kwalz — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:26:00 -0800

U.S. Commerce Department’s NIST mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life. They provide calibrations, standard reference materials, access to NIST standard databases, and weights and measures standards.

Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC)

kwalz — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:54:00 -0800

The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) is a "non-profit, international, voluntary consensus standards organization that is leading the development of standards for geospatial and location based services". There are 350 academic, private, and government agencies participating in the standards body.

QARTOD: Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data

graybeal — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:34:00 -0800

QARTOD is a community-driven group that considers issues related to performing real-time quality assurance and quality control for oceanographic data. They have meetings on specific topics in this context.

UNOLS Data Management Best Practices Committee

graybeal — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:36:00 -0800

The UNOLS (University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System) Data Management Best Practices committee was established by the UNOLS Council to advise the council on best practices for the UNOLS-based data systems.

Stephen Miller of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Robert Arko of Lamont-Dougherty Earth Observatory, are the chairs of the UNOLS Data Management Best Management committee. You may contact them for more information or visit the group's web site.