First Session of the IODE/JCOMM Forum on Oceanographic Data Management and Exchange Standards

21 - 25 January 2008,

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

B-8400 Oostende
Belgium

Annotated Agenda

1 OPENING OF THE SESSION
1.1 Welcome, introductions
1.2 Adoption of the agenda and working documents
1.3 Meeting arrangements
2 OVERVIEW OF SESSION OBJECTIVES
3 STANDARDS PROCESS
3.1 Overview of ongoing standards activities
3.2 ISO
4 TOPIC DISCUSSIONS
4.1 Metadata
4.2 Ontology Resources
4.3 Date and Time
4.4 Lat, long and altitude
4.5 Countries
4.6 Platforms
4.7 Platform types
4.8 Quality Control: Temperature and Salinity Profiles
4.9 Quality Control: Surface T&S
4.10 Quality Control: Sea level
4.11 Quality Control: Currents
4.12 Quality Control: Surface waves
4.13 Quality flags
4.14 Projects
4.15 Institutions
4.16 Units
4.17 Instruments
4.18 Science words
4.19 Taxa
4.20 Parameters
5 REVIEW OF RESULTS
6 WORK PLAN FOR FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES
7 CLOSURE