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- Biological
Resources Division, US Geological Survey
The Biological
Resources Division (BRD) provides
the scientific understanding and technologies
needed to support the sound management
and conservation of U.S. biological
resources. NASA and the BRD are partnering to increase access to ecological
data through shared metadata population
efforts of the GCMD and the National Biological Information Infrastructure.
- Geospatial
One-Stop (GOS)
Metadata records about NASA's Earth
science data are being contributed from
the GCMD to the Geospatial
One-Stop (GOS) portal. GOS is a
U.S. Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) E-Government initiative that allows
for improved access to geospatial information.
Geospatial One Stop's harvesting technology
allows for continuous updates of metadata
holdings in their database.
- National Spatial
Data Infrastructure/Federal Geographic Data
Committee (NSDI/FGDC)
NSDI
is an umbrella of policies, standards
and procedures (coordinated by the Federal
Geographic Data Committee) under which
organizations and technologies interact
to foster more efficient use, management
and production of geospatial data. The
GCMD is an NSDI/FGDC participant and a
node of the FGDC
Clearinghouse. Geospatial data can
be searched across many different spatial
servers by accessing the FGDC
Clearinghouse Gateway.
- Data Management
and Communications (DMAC)
The GCMD has contributed to the U.S.
Integrated Ocean Observing Program (IOOS)
proposed Data
Management and Communications (DMAC)
system. The GCMD will partcipate in
the search and discovery of IOOS data
sets.
- Marine Metadata
Interoperability (MMI)
The GCMD is collaborating with the Marine
Metadata Interoperability (MMI)
project, a community effort aimed at making
marine science data sets easier to find,
access, and use. Scientists and data managers
can find valuable information about data
management and metadata policies on the
MMI website. The GCMD contributes by sharing
its extensive list of keywords and metadata
expertise with the community.
- The International
Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange
(IODE)
GCMD has collaborated with the International
Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange
(IODE) by testing the MEDI metadata
tool. MEDI
is compatible with the Directory Interchange
Format (DIF) and IODE has encouraged
their data centers to create new MEDI
records and send metadata to the GCMD.
- Global Ocean
Ecosystems Dynamics Project (GLOBEC)
The GCMD has continued collaborations
with the Global
Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics Project (GLOBEC)
to make GLOBEC data sets available through
the GCMD and a GLOBEC
portal.
- The Gulf Of
Maine Ocean Data Partnership (GoMODP)
The GCMD is collaborating with the Gulf
of Maine Ocean Data Partnership
(GoMODP) to promote and coordinate
the sharing, linking, and use of data
in
the Gulf of Maine region. Data sets from
the region are made available
through the GoMODP
portal.
- The Ocean Biogeographic
Information System (OBIS)
The Ocean
Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
is the information
component of the Census of Marine Life
(CoML). It is a web-based provider
of global geo-referenced information on
marine species. Marine species data
collections from all of the world's oceans
can be discovered through the
OBIS
portal.
- International Polar Year
(IPY)
With the beginning of the International Polar Year (2007/2008) in March 2007, the GCMD is participating in a worldwide effort in the
data and information management of IPY. The directory's Expression of
Intent (EoI) for an IPY Metadata and Information Portal
Network for the Data and Information Service (DIS) can be accessed online using the following link: http://www.ipy.org/development/eoi/index.htm. The GCMD EoI along with
other related EoIs were brought together under the IPY DIS for Distributed
Data Management full proposal submitted to NSF in April 2006. The JCADM/AMD
and ARCTIC portal contributions are expected to play a key
role in IPY. In April 2006, a prototype IPY portal was established and
can
be viewed at http://gcmd.nasa.gov/portals/ipy/
- Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
The GCMD is collaborating with the Integrated Ocean Observing System
(IOOS) as a member of the expert IOOS metadata team. GCMD actively participates
in
bimonthly telecons to assist with identifying potential metadata
requirements (e.g. Content requirements, vocabularies and ontologies, and discovery mechanisms) for use in the IOOS Data Management and
Communications (DMAC) system.
- Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) is an international
effort to monitor the Earth for societal benefits and sustainable
development. GCMD has developed web portals that will
potentially increase the use of Earth observation data and information. GCMD continues to coordinate with the global community of international (e.g. CEOS International Directory Network), intergovernmental, and regional organizations providing solutions for the 10-year GEOSS Implementation Plan.
- International Heliosphysical Year (IHY)
The Primary Objectives of International Helisphysical Year (IHY) include: Advancing the Understanding of the Heliophysical Processes that Govern the Sun, Earth and Heliosphere Continuing the tradition of international research and advancing the legacy of the International Geophysical Year Demonstrating the Beauty, Relevance and Significance of Space and Earth Science to the World.
- Electronic Geophysical Year (eGY)
The Electronic Geophysical Year (eGY) provides an opportunity for the international geoscientific community to focus effort on a 21st Century e-Science approach to issues of data stewardship: open access to data, data preservation, data discovery, data rescue, capacity building, and outreach. The development of Virtual Observatories and Laboratories is a central feature of eGY.
eGY is an internationally-recognized resolve by the science community to achieve a step increase in making past, present, and future geoscientific data readily, rapidly, conveniently, and openly available. eGY provides the international framework and a target for stimulating and coordinating activities to make this happen. eGY focuses on themes of electronic data location and access, permission and release of data,conversion of data into modern digital form, data preservation, capacity building, particularly in developing countries, and outreach. Promoting the development of a network of virtual observatories is a central feature of eGY.
GCMD
has recognized the importance of customization of the search site
for partner organizations and is generating
subset views of the Directory through
portals. Portals have made it easier for
organizations to maintain and document their
data in one place without duplicating the
effort to create another online directory.
To access portals and to learn more,
visit:
http://gcmd.nasa.gov/Data/portal_index.html
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