Third Meeting of the Joint Steering Group for the IODE Ocean Data Portal and the WIGOS Pilot Project for JCOMM

01 - 03 November 2010,

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

B-8400 Oostende
Belgium

Annotated Agenda

1. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
1.1. Opening of the meeting
1.2. Adoption of the Agenda
1.3. Working arrangements
2. STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
3. STATUS OF WIGOS
3.1. WIGOS Development and Implementation Strategy (WDIS)
3.2. WIGOS Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
3.3. WIGOS 'test of Concept' development and Implementation Plan (WDIP)
3.4. Demonstration Projects
4. IODE OCEAN DATA PORTAL AND ITS INTEROPERABILITY WITH THE WIS
4.1. Progress report on the IODE ODP work plan, including light data provider and version 2 development
4.2 Interoperability between IODE ODP and other data portal projects - Report progress on discussions with SeaDataNET
4.3. Interoperability of ocean data systems with the IODE ODP and/or the WIS - Report on progress
4.4. Review of potential data sets, and potential for establishing more data provider nodes interoperable with the IODE ODP and/or WIS
4.5. BUFR templates for ocean data
4.6. Instrument Platform metadata
4.7. Integration between in situ and satellite ocean data
5. INSTRUMENT BEST PRACTICES
5.1. Regional Marine Instrument Centres (RMIC)
5.2. Outcome of the JCOMM marine instrument workshop for Regional Association IV, Bay St Louis, USA, 13-15 April 2010
5.3. Relationship with the manufacturers
5.4. Documenting instrument best practices
6. QUALITY MANAGEMENT
6.1. Status of the JCOMM Catalogue of Best Practices and Standards
6.2. Report on the JCOMM/IODE Ocean Data Standards Pilot Project (ODS)
6.3. Publishing of Best Practices and Standards by WMO and IOC
7. CAPACITY BUILDING
7.1. IODE ODP Capacity building activities
7.2. Possibilities for capacity building related to the JCOMM Pilot Project for WIGOS
7.3. Cooperation with the IODE OceanTeacher Project
8. REPORTING TO THE WMO AND IOC EXECUTIVE BODIES, AND PROJECT REPORT
8.1. Project report and legacy recommendations
8.2. Reporting to the WMO Executive Council Working Group on WIGOS and WIS through its Sub-Group on WIGOS
8.3 Addressing the priorities proposed by JCOMM-III, and reporting to JCOMM
8.4. Reporting to the IOC Committee on IODE
9. COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES ON THE IODE ODP AND JCOMM PILOT PROJECT FOR WIGOS
9.1. Web site(s)
9.2. Brochures and other promotional materials
10. CLOSURE OF THE SESSION
10.1. Updating the Implementation Plan
10.2. Review of Action Items arising from the meeting
10.3. Closure