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First ODINCARSA Planning Workshop for Caribbean Islands: organized with the sponsorship of: Coastal Zone Management Unit of Barbados Christ Church, Barbados 15-18 December, 2003.
No full textThe First ODINCARSA Planning Workshop for the Caribbean Islands was held in Christ
Church, Barbados between 15 and 18 December 2003, co-sponsored by the Coastal Zone Management Unit of Barbados. The workshop was attended by participants from eight countries in the Caribbean. The meeting reviewed the ocean data and information management capacity available in this region, identified needs and capacity building requirements, and prepared a comprehensive work plan and timetable to develop a regional cooperative network for the management of oceanographic data and marine information on the basis of the experience of the ODINCARSA project in South America.Supported by IOC for IODE.Document available in English.Publishe
IODE Steering Group for Ocean Teacher (SG-OT), Second Session, 11-15 April 2011
No full textThe IODE Steering Group for the IODE Ocean Teacher was established during IODE-XVI to support the IODE Resource Kit Project. The IODE OceanTeacher is a follow-up to the
Resource Kit and Ocean-PC and a complement to IODE data and information management capacity building activities. During its Second Session the Steering Group reviewed the current status of OceanTeacher and Ocean Teacher Academy, noting that substantial developments have occurred since the last meeting and making OceanTeacher an important tool for capacity building. A SWOT analysis of the current situation was performed. The possibility of further exploring online tools was discussed with a distance-learning expert. The list of currently available training courses was examined, and how to make it a training resource for other organisations, thus OceanTeacher becoming a service provider in ocean-related capacity building in the future. The Steering Group also discussed future surveys on training needs and gaps and developed a comprehensive list of topics for training. The OceanTeacher website and
Classroom were extensively discussed and a list of improvements was outlined. The Steering Group also drafted a strategic long-term plan for the next 5 years, bearing in mind the changing training needs and funding sources.Supported by IOC for UNESCO.Document available in English.PublishedOcean Teache
SCOR/IODE/MBLWHOI Library Workshop on Data Publication UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France 2 April 2010 UNESCO
No full textA meeting was convened by the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI Library) on 2 April 2010 to advance the two use cases that had been developed over the past two years by the SCOR/IODE activity on data publication. Increased access to data is becoming increasingly important to stimulate data reuse and to get data into the public domain, where it can contribute to discussions of important science issues, including the ocean’s role in climate change and the global carbon cycle, marine biodiversity, fisheries, harmful algal blooms, and others.
The meeting noted progress in the two use cases, on publishing data related to traditional journal articles and data held by data centres, and made plans for future cooperation between data centres and libraries.Supported by IOC for UNESCO.Document available in English.Publishe
IOC strategic plan for oceanographic data and information management (2008-2011). [Superceded]
No full text1. Introduction 2. OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND EXCHANGE
IN THE IOC 3
2.1 THE INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE
PROGRAMME (IODE) 3
2.2 THE IODE REVIEW (2005) 4
2.3 IODE AND CAPACITY BUILDING 5
2.4 DATA MANAGEMENT IN IOC AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES 6
2.5 THE IOC OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA EXCHANGE POLICY 8
3. THE STRATEGIC PLAN 10
3.1 WEAKNESSES IN EXISTING SYSTEMS 10
3.2 THE NEED FOR A STRATEGY 11
3.3 VISION 12
3.4 OBJECTIVES 12
3.5 SCOPE 13
4. IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGY 13
4.1 STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE 13
4.2 DATA CENTRES 16
4.3 OCEAN DATA PORTAL 19
4.4 OCEANDOCS 20
4.5 STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES 21
4.6 CAPACITY BUILDING 23
4.7 COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH 24Supported by IOC for UNESCO.Document available in English.PublishedOceanographic data and informatio
IODE Steering Group for MEDI: Third Session Drexel University Philadelphia, USA 11-13 September 2006.
No full textThe Marine Environmental Data Information Referral Catalogue (MEDI) is a directory system for datasets, data catalogues and data inventories developed by IODE. The IODE Steering Group for MEDI was established to support the MEDI system. During its Third Session the Steering Group discussed the implementation of a marine community profile of the ISO 19115 metadata standard. The marine community profile developed by the Australian Ocean Data Centre Joint Facility will be disseminated for comment through a new IODE metadata discussion list. The Steering Group will review comments received and recommend a marine profile for MEDI. The Steering Group agreed that governance of vocabularies used by MEDI should be responsibility of the MarineXML group.
The Steering Group also discussed cooperation with the JCOMM Water Temperature
Metadata (META-T) Pilot Project and agreed that SG-MEDI can assist the META-T Pilot Project by providing discovery metadata tools and format and also with the technical governance of controlled vocabularies.Supported by IOC for UNESCO.Document available in English.Publishe
Status report of IOC Regional Activities
No full textThe IOC’s Regional Subsidiary Bodies play an important role in the implementation of the Commission’s programmes in the regions. These efforts are complemented by other IOC decentralized offices, and regional networks established by the IOC’s global programmes.
The report provides an overview of the status of IOC Regional Activities.Supported by IOC for UnescoDocument available in EnglishPublishe
An overview of IOC current activities in ocean sciences, observations and services
No full textThe Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO was founded in 1960 to promote international cooperation and to coordinate programmes in research, services and capacity-building, in order to learn more about the nature and resources of the ocean and coastal areas and to apply that knowledge for the improvement of management, sustainable development, the protection of the marine environment, and the decision-making processes of its Member States.
IOC plays a key role as a global broker involving the promotion of science
innovation, nurturing programmes, transferring, disseminating and sharing
information, data and knowledge, best practices, assessment and scientific
services related to Oceanography. This process is done in an inclusive and
participatory way, including views of the scientific community, academia,
Member States, etc., and including cultural diversity principles. Therefore,
the Commission collaborates with international organizations in the field of
ocean and coastal area scientific research, observation and related
services, and especially with those organizations of the United Nations
system which are willing and prepared to contribute to the purpose and
functions of the Commission.Supported by IOC for UNESCODocument available in EnglishPublishedocean scienc
Recommendation to adopt ISO 3166-1 and 3166-3 country codes as the standard for identifying countries in oceanographic data exchange.
No full textUse of country codes for data exchange - ISO 3166.Supported by IOC for UNESCO.Document available in English.Publishe
Ocean Data Standards, Vol.2: Recommendation to adopt ISO 8601:2004 as the standard for the representation of dates and times in oceanographic data exchange.
No full textDATE AND TIME FOR DATA EXCHANGE
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 8601:2004
DATE AND TIME REPRESENTATIONSupported by IOC for UNESCO.Document available in English.PublishedOceanographic data standard
Black Sea data management guide
No full textThe material on the "Black Sea Data Management Guide" are prepared in accordance with the working plans of the IOC Committee on International Data and Information Exchange (IODE) and its regional component in the Black Sea region to assist specialists of the Black Sea countries in the field of Data Management. The Guide includes the following items: • national oceanographic data centres, designated national agencies, other marine centres and institutions of the Black Sea region countries dealing with problems of oceanographic data;
• current international and national projects and programs of the Black Sea region countries;
• preliminary catalogue marine observation in the Black Sea;
• bibliography of publications of the marine centres and institute of the Black Sea region on problems of the Black Sea data and information published mainly during the past 5 years;
• other information related to oceanographic data and information on the Black Sea.
The compiler of the Guide is Alexander M. Suvorov, Deputy Director of the Marine Hydrophisical Institute of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, national and regional (the Black Sea region) co-ordinator of the IOC IODE Committee, the editor-in-chief is Valery N. Eremeev, Director General of the Oceanological Centre of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, the Chairman of the IOC UNESCO Black Sea Regional Committee, the Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Black Sea Global Observing Oceanographic System (BSGOOS).Supported by IOC for UNESCO.Document available in English.Publishe
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