OER End-to-end Data Management Sharon Mesick, IPT Chair sharon.mesick@noaa.gov June 2011

1. OER End-to-end Data Management Sharon Mesick, IPT Chair sharon.mesick@noaa.gov June 2011

2. OER Data Management - Outline • Introduction to OER • Data Management Approach • Implementation • Challenges • Back up slides and notes

3. The Frontier Report • The President’s Panel Report established the guidance for a National Ocean Exploration Program (2000) • Ocean Exploration defined as • “discovery through disciplined diverse observations and recording of the findings” • Data Management identified as one of five critical program components • NOAA’s Ocean Exploration Program formed • NOAA OE assumes national leadership role (2001) • Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) • created with passage of PL 111-11 (2008) • Unites NOAA’s OE and Undersea Research Programs

4. OE Data Management Drivers • Frontier report recommendations for data management • Design and implement a data management information processing system • Document exploration results, ensuring standardization, interoperability and stewardship • Develop a Geographic Information System (GIS) for exploration data • Facilitate multidisciplinary data management for an Exploration Flagship • Widely disseminate exploration results • Celebrating OE’s 10th anniversary in 2011, all data management recommendations have been addressed • End-to-end system operations • Robust, standards-driven documentation program • Operational, online GIS tools provides access to geospatial database • Multidisciplinary support to NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer • Exploration results disseminated to the public via Digital Atlas

5. Integrated Product Team for Data Management • NOAA’s OE Program formed an interdisciplinary data management team • Define Ocean Exploration programmatic data management requirements • Perform gap analysis between requirements and available tools & standards • Implement data management solutions • Publications • Data Management Strategy for the Ocean Exploration Program (April 30, 2002) • Ocean Exploration Program: Metadata Guidelines (November 25, 2002) • Awards • DOC Bronze medal awarded • “For developing a unique end-to-end data • management system to organize, archive • and disseminate ocean exploration data…”

6. OER IPT Teams / Members / Activities • Data management is a cooperative venture between OER and partners • OER Program Plan applied to individual collection activities • OER offers data management services to partners • Ensures compliance with overarching programmatic goals

7. OER / Extramural Data Management Workflow Funded Proposal 1 2 3 4 On-scene data collection &documentation Post-collection processes & archive prep Central dissemination of distributed information Post-collection processes & archive prep Cruise Plan Post-collection processes & archive prep Post-collection processes & archive prep Post-collection processes & archive prep Data Management Plan

8. OER / Okeanos Data Management Workflow Funded Proposal 1 2 3 4 On-scene data collection &documentation Post-collection processes & archive prep Central dissemination of distributed information Post-collection processes & archive prep Cruise Plan Post-collection processes & archive prep Post-collection processes & archive prep Post-collection processes & archive prep Okeanos Explorer Data Management Plan

9. OER Comparative Data Management Models

10. Data Management Plan Overview

11. USER COMMUNITIES E2E Data Management System 4 1 3 5 • Archives • NGDC • NODC DIGITAL ATLAS • Systems: • CIMS • VIMS • MERMAid • Library • VDMS • NCDDC • GIS DB 2 Okeanos Atlas External Sources

12. OER Digital Atlas explore.noaa.gov/DigitalAtlas Where in the World is Ocean Exploration? • Central Access Point: to distributed exploration data and information • Data Archives- Data Resources- Outreach • Geophysical - GIS DataBase - Education Resources • Oceanographic - GIS Tools - Public websites • Multimedia - Metadata - Publications

13. OER Okeanos Atlas explore.noaa.gov/OkeanosAtlas

14. IPT / OER Data Management Challenges Need for overarching NOAA policy guiding data management for research grants Programmatic policy can be usurped by various mean unless NOAA has an irrefutable, standard approach Need for evolutionary policy toward data documentation standards Programs addressing the NSDI objectives, particularly those with methods and systems in place, need time to evolve Need for NOAA-wide approach to preserving video data collections Must be recognized as essential to preserve due to large investment Various instruments, formats, no standards or guidance What does ‘independently understandable’ mean for video?

15. IPT / OER Data Management Challenges Partners developing interest in managing data UNOLS & NOAA R2R, CRCP, NMSP, other programs, Federal partners Need to develop cooperative methods to leverage common practices Which partner is the authoritative source of information? Each need to show return on investment ISO metadata methods offer potential solution Enables parent child relationships (e.g., cruise, datasets, products) Children ‘point to’ parents Enhanced “Responsible Party” enables detailed description of each partner’s role; also can “tag” record with program names; other options