Data and information—the legacy of the IPY

1. Data and information—the legacy of the IPY Mark A. Parsonsparsonsm@nsidc.org

2. Two IPY Data Meetings in Cambridge • 2 March: Inaugural meeting of the IPY Data Policy and Management Subcommittee • 3-4 March: An IPY data management planning workshop

3. IPY Organization Programme Office ICSU/WMO Joint Committee Education, Outreach & Communication Subcommittee Observations Subcommittee Data Policy & Management Subcommittee

4. Mark Parsons, USA; co-chair Taco de Bruin, Netherlands; co-chair Nathan Bindoff, Australia (represented by Kim Finney) Joan Eamer, Norway/UNEP Hannes Grobe, Germany Ray Harris, UK/GEOSS Ellsworth LeDrew, Canada Xin Li, China (absent) Håkan Olsson, Sweden Alexander Sterin, Russia/WMO (Evgeny Vyazilov) Vladimir Papitashvilli, USA/eGY Birger Poppel, Greenland Data Subcommittee Eberhard Fahrbach – liaison to JC Dave Carlson – Director IPY- IPO Addressing issues of • IPY data definition • Data policy • Relations to observational systems

5. Overarching Purpose • Our primary purpose should be to serve the objectives of IPY, esp: • International exchange (>60 countries) • Interdisciplinary science (>50,000 participants representing physical, life, and social scientists) • Building a legacy

6. What are IPY Data? Working with Observations Committee to address preservation and access to ongoing operational data

7. An IPY Data Management Workshop • Over 40 participants from 13 countries • Major goal: determine functions, form, and implementation for an IPY Data and Information Service • Results at http://nsidc.org/events/ipydis

8. Organization of IPY Data Management Data Policy & Management Subcommittee IPY Joint Committee eGY Programme Office Data & Information Service Users Projects Data Centers, Virtual Observatories, etc.

9. DIS? Alternate Views of the DIS DIS?

10. Format of the meeting • Presentations on back ground and some existing approaches • Breakout groups to identify issues and recommendations • Standards • Managed data access • Identifying archives • Data discovery • Data submission/publication • Semantics

11. ISO 14721:2003 public.ccsds.org/publications/archive/650x0b1.pdfor google “oais” Reference Documents www.icsu.org/1_icsuinscience/DATA_Paa_1.htmlor google “icsu paa” earthobservations.org/

12. Overarching themes • Outreach to the scientific community • Data discovery and access • Interoperability • A data coordination office • A phased approach • Funding

13. Vision: a cultural shift in science You are not finished until you have done the research, published the results, and published the data, receiving formal credit for everything. “Preserve or Perish”

14. Data Discovery & Access—the “Union”Catalog catalog 1 catalog 2 catalog 5 catalog 3 (Mirror) catalog 6 (Mirror) catalog 4 catalog 7 catalog 8 catalog 9

15. Data Discovery & Access • Revised data policy on free and open access coming soon • Working with the ICSU CODATA Global Information Commons for Science Initiative

16. Interoperability “What few things must be the same so everything else can be different.” • A few good standards: • ISO19115 metadata • Open Geospatial Consortium • Explore advanced semantic approaches

17. DIS The Data Coordination Office DIS DISCO

18. A Phased Approach Think BIG but start small IPY provides a unique opportunity to revolutionize data management, but… IPY is only 329 days away

19. Funding • Letter from the JC to national committees requesting that solicitations explicitly include funds for data management as part of each project • Developing a prospectus toshop around to funding agencies, foundations, and corporations.

20. Draft Timeline of a Phased Approach Before IPY • Seek funding • Web site • Promote the plan—ask about at CODATA06! • Survey projects and collect basic catalog metadata • ID data managers, archives, and gaps • Educate and assist community • ID or create essential reference data. • Develop data release plans to support field programs • Plan the overall organizational data flow.

21. Draft Timeline March 2007- March 2008—first field phase • Track and catalog data in progress • Develop and link portals through a union catalog of data • Collect metrics on archiving and use data • Link (improve interoperability of) key data systems • Develop derived data/information resources for education and public outreach • March 2008- March 2009—second field phase • Promote interdisciplinary data exchange through standard-based services • Implement prototype data integration systems.

22. Draft Timeline After IPY • Implement comprehensive, interdisciplinary Polar Data and Information System • Ongoing long-term stewardship, including negotiating long-term-support commitments and assessing the risk of data loss.

23. Outstanding issues • Ensuring coordination of elements • Linkages to operational community • Ensuring data quality • Funding!

24. Discussion • Final Report to be available soon athttp://nsidc.org/events/ipydis • Subscribe to the ipydis mailing list by mailing me at parsonsm@nsidc.org • Other ways to get involved • IPY Knowledge Organization Groupcontact Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa (sjsk@nsidc.org) • Ad hoc outreach task group, contact Taco de Bruin (bruin@nioz.nl)