Strategy Group

In the "IOC Strategic Plan for oceanographic data and information management (2008-2011)" it is stated that, "in order to provide a coherent yet open ended governance system for the IOC’s data and information management system, it is proposed to establish an 'IOC Data and Information Management Advisory Group'. This body will bring together the various programme elements of IOC (GOOS, IODE, tsunami, HAB, Ocean Carbon, ICAM, Capacity Development, GOOS GRAs, IODE ODINs,…) as well as of bodies and organizations collaborating closely with IOC (JCOMM, WMO, ICES, ICSU WDCs Oceanography,…). Its main objective and
responsibility will be to oversee the implementation of this Strategy".

The Group serves two purposes: (i) to guide IODE towards the development of integrated data management and multi-disciplinary data bases, and (ii) to provide a link between IODE and other organizations, including science groups.

The Strategic Plan was adopted by the 24th Session of the IOC Assembly (2007) through Resolution XXIV-9 (see below).

The Group was established in June 2008. It is composed of representatives from the following programmes and bodies:

• Co-Chairs of IODE
• Chair GE-MIM
  
• JCOMM Data Management Programme Area Coordinator
• IOC/GOOS: GSSC, I-GOOS, GOOS-Africa, IOCARIBE-GOOS, IOGOOS, SEAGOOS, PIGOOS, WAGOOS
  
• IOC/HAB
• IOC/ICAM
• IOC Ocean Carbon Programme
• Tsunami: WOWS WG, ICG/CARIBE-EWS, ICG/NEAMTWS, ICG/IOTWS
• IOC/IODE ODINs: ODINAFRICA, ODINCARSA, ODINECET, ODIN-BlackSea, ODINWESTPAC, ODIN-PIMRIS
• ICSU WDC
• IOC Project Office for IODE
• IOC/IODE Project Office for ODINAFRICA
• IOC Perth Regional Programme Office
• IOCARIBE Secretariat
• IOC/UNESCO Regional secretariat for WESTPAC
• IOC Rio de Janeiro Regional Office
  
• JCOMMOPS
• GOSIC
• WMO
  

The detailed membership of the Group can be consulted HERE

During its 41st Session the IOC Executive Council further requested the Executive Secretary in future, in the preparation of the operational plan, for every project that IOC undertakes, and that has impact on data and information, the budgetary implications be identified together with a clear description of the expected outcomes from IODE.

Task 1: Relationship with OBIS

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The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission,

Recalling:

(i) Resolution XX-4 requesting IODE to work in concert with JCOMM and GOOS to develop a comprehensive ocean data management system and Resolution EC-XXV.2 which established a Task Team on the development of a unified, omprehensive IOC Strategic Plan for Oceanographic Data and Information
Management

(ii) Resolution XXII-6 which adopted the IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy

(iii) Resolution XXIII-4 which revised the objectives of the IODE, including “to support international scientific and operational marine programmes of IOC and WMO and their sponsor organizations with advice and data management services” and

(iv) Resolution 4 of JCOMM-II which, inter alia, invited IODE to participate in the work of the JCOMM Data Management Programme Area,

Recognizing that:

(i) the IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy is compatible with other international relevant data-exchange policies that promote free and open access to data, such as WMO Resolution 40

(ii) IODE has developed a global network of National Oceanographic Data Centres, information centres and related networks, representing a considerable pool of expertise in data and information management and sharing

(iii) many IOC Member States have developed national distributed networks of data management facilities involving IODE, as well as other centres, to deal with a wide variety of ocean observations

(iv) IOC and WMO have established close, efficient and effective collaboration in ocean data management

(v) the IOC Committee for IODE and JCOMM have established a number of joint mechanisms to advance ocean data management,

Considering that the IOC Strategic Plan for Oceanographic Data and Information Management 2008–2011 contains the following main elements:

(i) a vision for “a comprehensive and integrated ocean data and information system, serving the broad and diverse needs of IOC Member States, for both routine and scientific use”

(ii) an objective to develop a system that can receive data and information collected by all IOC programmes and projects and deliver them to users

(iii) adherence to the IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy

(iv) acceptance and implementation of agreed interoperability arrangements, including technical standards and specifications for processing, quality control, storing and disseminating shared data and information

(v) a global network of data centres and related national distributed networks, and permanent long-term data-archiving centre(s) for all data, which operate to agreed standards, providing seamless access to data and information

(vi) capacity-building through continued development of Ocean Data and Information Networks (ODINs), whilst extending the OceanTeacher capacity-building tool through cooperation through JCOMM, and more widely with WMO and others as appropriate

(vii) an advisory group that brings together the various programme elements of IOC as well as of bodies and organizations collaborating closely with IOC,

Endorses the IOC Strategic Plan for Oceanographic Data and Information Management 2008–2011 as given in document IOC-XXIV/2 Annex 7;

Agrees that the Plan should be:

(i) Published and distributed widely and used as a basic data strategy throughout the Programmes and Projects of the IOC; and

(ii) Regularly reviewed and revised by the IODE Committee, in close consultation with the IOC Data and Information Management Advisory Group

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