OBIS managers committee meeting

16 - 17 November 2009,

UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE
Wandelaarkaai 7 - Pakhuis 61

B-8400 Oostende
Belgium



Agenda



1. OPENING OF THE MEETING
1.1. Opening remarks
1.2. Introduction of participants
1.3. Practical arrangements
2. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS SESSION
2.1. Adoption of the minutes of the previous Session
2.2. Matters arising from the previous Session
3. REPORT ON THE STATUS OF OBIS
3.1. Report on iOBIS activities
3.1.1 CoML Synthesis activities
3.2. Report on the RON activities
3.3. Collaborative Work
3.3.1 Gazetteeer
3.3.2 Taxonomic Lists
3.3.3 Quality Control
3.3.4 Extending the OBIS Schema
3.3.5 Metadata
4. INTRODUCTIONS TO IOC
4.1. Introduction of IOC, IODE and IODE's Capacity Building
4.2. Introduction to the IODE Ocean Data Portal and Ocean Data Standards
4.3. Introduction to IODE/GE-BICH
5. ADOPTION OF OBIS BY IOC/IODE
5.1 Introduction and overview
5.2 Consequences of adoption by IOC/IODE: practical aspects
5.3 Priorities and Work Plan: introduction to the OBIS Strategy Meeting
5.4 Funding mechanisms
6. ADOPTION OF THE REPORT
7. CLOSING OF THE SESSION