David Rogers Health and Climate Foundation

Understanding the provenance of data is essential – Catalog information is essential Source Validity, verification, etc.

Currently too many data services are being delivered through open source that are not traceable Example

Improve user access to data We know that in many countries access to data is

restricted What can be done to change this? Could WIS help streamline data licensing?

Would this make data more accessible? Access via mobile internet, especially important for

developing countries and mobile users (e.g. farmers, health workers)

Consistency across delivery platforms, incl. SMS

Improve access to information about the dataExample

Gateway to providing interactive services Two-way communication; and Data exchange – uploading information from the

community

The need to combine information and data from different sources is increasing Health , weather, climate demographics Agriculture, climate, economic, social

Important to have key disciplinary partners in development

For example: Regional and sub-regional structure to climate services in Africa Need for consistency at all levels … Discovery… Facilitate payment services…

A subset of metadata needs to be developed for users – the farmer, for example.

She needs to be able to know about the reliability of the information she is buying…

Metadata is a means of communicating to non specialists information about the data – especially its limitations

Common understanding of information and data needs across multiple services and platforms Need to understand how people interact now to

provide these services Examples of services platforms; e.g., Shanghai Met

Bureau, UKMO, …

Know where the data comes fromData licensing is likely to become a reality –

WIS could play an important role in making this work fairly

Nearly common interface for all data from all sources – should matter who is using the information it should be in the format that they want

ConsistencyKnowing the reliability of information is

critical