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Author(s)	Greg Reed, Australian Oceanographic Data Centre
Doc Type	Working Document
Status	Published on 01 Sep 2000
Notes	The Marine Environmental Data Information Referral Catalogue (MEDI) is a directory system for datasets, data catalogues and data inventories within the framework of the IOC's International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) system. The IOC Working Group on International Oceanographic Data Exchange (now IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange - IODE) at its Fifth Session (September 1971) recommended the establishment of a Joint Task Team on Interdisciplinary and Inter-organizational Data and Information Management and Referral (IMAR), with participation by interested international organisations. The team was asked to assess on-going information and data management activities within the respective organisations and to develop a multi disciplinary referral system for providing users with information as to availability and location of environmental data. The Joint Task Team recommended the establishment of a Marine Environmental Data Information Referral System (MEDI) containing technical descriptions of the marine data holdings of the participating organisations in automated-searchable form to enhance the service capabilities of marine data centres. As a first step in this direction the Joint Task Team recommended preparation of a MEDI Pilot Catalogue, using input from volunteer centres, which would serve to demonstrate the full scope of the system.
This document is in the list(s):	IODE Session Working Documents

IOC/IODE-XVI/11

Report on the Medi Pilot Project