DMAC Report to the GCOOS B.O.D.

DMAC Report to the GCOOS B.O.D.

GCOOS Board of Directors MeetingCorpus Christi, TX 19 August 2008GCOOS Board of Directors MeetingCorpus Christi, TX 19 August 2008

GCOOS DMAC Membership 2008

I. Protocol adoptions for interoperability

II.Survey of potential federal data providers and a GCOOS data nodes self-assessment.

III. Promoting Regional IT communications

DMAC Action Plan 2008Developed during Committees Meeting in New Orleans November 2007

Contains three focus areas -

I. Protocols for Interoperable Systems

1.Adopt Common Dictionary for Region

2.Adopt Data Access and Transport Method(s)

3.Select Metadata Content Standards

4.Adopt QA/QC methodologies

5.Establish/promote data discovery (catalogs)

II.Entrain new Providers & Self-Assessment

• Incorporate Federal Providers into Portal

• Many providers identified (NOAA, USACE, NWS, NPS ...)

• Task 6. Surveys (by DMAC members September 2008)

• Self-assessment of Regional Provider’s data system architectures and IT skill sets.

• Used for the Portal design

• Used for the RA DMAC Plan --> RA Business Plan

• Used to identify programmers for help with implementation

• Task 7. Gather information (Bosch, Howard, Kearns start Jan 2008)

III. Promote Communications & IT Exchanges

• Monitor Relevant Data Mgmt. Activities• IOOS FY2007 Grantees workshop, NOAA CIR/DTL, OGC Ocean Interoperability Experiment.

• OOSTethys, Marine Metadata Interoperability, NOAA Data Integration Framework (DIF)

• QARTOD to OCG, and international efforts such as SeaDataNet, JCOMM

• Establish wiki, forum, or CMS for communications

• Task 8a. Report to DMAC on Grantees workshop (Howard Feb 2008)

• Task 8b. Establish communications venue (Howard Feb 2008)

• Task 8c. Establish DMAC “geek squad” (Kearns May/June 2008)

Progress

• Adopted the SEACOORA Dictionary

• Participation in Relevant Activities

• GGOOS Forums Established for DMAC

GCOOS Forums Main Page

Recomendations

• We need an active Chair

• We need better participation by all