Task ID_01 “Advancing GEOSS Data Sharing Principles”

The Group on Earth Observations Data Sharing Activities for 2013

Reported byLerato Senoko29th EXCOM: 31 October 2013

Objective

The Executive Committee is requested to: • Note the progress made by the Data Sharing

Working Group to date; • Encourage all GEO members and

participating organisations to continue to work with and participate in the Data Sharing Working Group.

Action Plan

• DSWG has about 20 members with representation from Europe, USA and Africa

• To achieve the implementation of the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles, activities are realised through the four DSWG subgroups;-GEOSS Data Core and GCI Legal interoperabilityData Documentation and QualityCapacity BuildingPost 2015 working group contribution

During 2013 work on developing, populating and implementing the GEOSS DataCORE has continued and now more than 1,2 million GEOSS DataCORE resources can be discovered through the GCI (only a few thousands one year ago!)

The sub-group has started to liaise with the GEO Secretariat in contacting the GEO Members and a new reminder was sent in August (only with three responses so far!)

Survey in Spring 2013 carried out by JRC shows that much more work is still needed to raise the awareness of the GEOSS DataCORE within the GEO Community (see presentation in item 3.4)

GCI and GEOSS Data Core sub-group

GCI and GEOSS Data Core continued As a result of AIP-6 activities, in two weeks we will be

ready to begin testing whether the GCI can successfully find the current licensing metadata and make it available to GEOSS users. A call for data providers to assist us in this effort has already been issued.

Also within AIP-6 we are starting to review the list of use metrics information to be collected agreed by the DSWG last year. In this context, it would be very valuable to understand how many users can access GEOSS DataCORE data as well as tracking the reuse of GEOSS data.

Legal Interoperability sub-group

Revising the background white paper Compiling list of recommended open access licence

and waivers White paper to be presented to Plenary Finalising review paper on existing approaches for

the interpretations of “full and open access” Produce educational material on open licenses and

waivers for data providers and users

Data quality guidelines completed Guidelines to be exposed to data providers Engaging with CEOS improved work and gained

membership Further work to be done on

the GEO labelAmplification of documentation procedureSupport to standards useful for data set

documentation

Documentation and Data Quality sub-group

Support member states that need to; establish national coordinating mechanismsDevelop flexible policy frameworkPromote the benefits of full and open access to

data. Identify lessons learnt or best practices from other

member states Developing a questionnaire that investigates the

barriers that hinders data sharing

Capacity Building sub-group

Possible restatement of data sharing principles; Strengthening the evaluation of the progress of GEO

data sharing; Emphasizing reference data sets and interoperability; Consideration of new data sharing issues arising

from new emergent observation systems; Developing a Strategy of Education and

Communication of Earth Observations in the World (SECEOW).

Post 2015 working group contributions

Conclusion

Overall implementation of GEOSS Data Sharing Action Plan is making progress

DSGW extended its activities to address all its objectives

Additional resources needed from developing countries

Planning a side even during the upcoming Plenary and Ministerial week

Appreciate the involvement of the secretariat in its work