PICES Technical Committee on Data Exchange

WWW TCODE Site

Metadata Federation Project
PICES TCODE GeoNetwork Portal --> Status
GSDI Clearinhouse --> Status

1. Continue to support HAB-S work
   Responsibility - R. Brown

   1. Harmful Algal Blooms Section-evaluate how PICES can contribute to this effort and which national repository claims the ownership.

2. Cooperate with other data management groups outside PICES

   1. Megrey to follow up on the unsuccessful ICES proposal at the next WGDIM meeting in Nante France.
      Responsibility - B. Megrey

   2. ICES WG on Data and Information Management
      Moiseenko to attend the next WGDIM meeting at ICES HQ, May 2010. He will present a report at the 2010 PICES meeting in Portland.
      Responsibility - B. Megrey, G. Moiseenko

   3. IODE-XXI
      PICES will participate in IODE-XXI via their Japanese representative T. Suzuki, who is already an active member connecting IODE to TCODE. Suzuki will attend the IODE-XXI in May 2010 and present a report at the 2010 PICDES meeting in Portland.
      Responsibility - T. Suzuki

   4. IODE GE-BICH (Group of Experts on Biological and Chemical Data Management and Exchange Practices)
      Identify representatives from PICES to participate in a network of experts on biological and chemical data
      IODE GE-BICH
      Responsibility - H. Garcia and T. Suzuki

3. PICES Metadata Federation Project

   1. Renew Remote server contract (B. Megrey and I. Shevchenko to organize with national representatives)

   2. Continue to administer AdHost server
      Responsibility – B. Megrey and I. Shevchenko

   3. Run the AdHost server performance experiment on accessing metadata from different locations and multiple users
      Responsibility - B. Megrey to organize with national representatives

   4. Brown and Holmes will gather some Canadian metadata records to establish a Canadian presence on the PICES Metadata server. Report on progress at next years TCODE meeting.
      Responsibility - R. Brown/J. Holmes

   5. Request SB suggest to GC that next PICES intern (Tatiana Semenova) assist with the transfer of the PICES Digital Library to the rented server. Report on status of PICES Digital Library migration and Ecosystem Status Report web pages
      Responsibility – B. Megrey and I. Shevchenko

   6. Japan, Korea and Canada move their metadata records to the AdHost server
      Responsibility – T. Suzuki, K-K. Jung, R. Brown/J. Holmes, I. Shevchenko)

   7. Remove NPEM and KODC servers from the NSDI clearinghouse site
      Responsibility – B. Megrey

   8. Update AdHost server to monitor MDB use
      Responsibility - Olga Vasik

   9. Promote the GeoNetwork Portal.

i. Prepare short PowerPoint presentation on GeoNetwork portal
Responsibility - Megrey.

ii. Request GeoNetwork resource be advertised at PICES Summer in Seoul (June 2010) and Winter school in Vladivostok (Feb 2010)
Responsibility – B. Megrey and I. Shevchenko)

iii. Request GeoNetwork resource be reported at next years opening session as part of PICES activities
Responsibility – B. Megrey

iv. Plan to have a short presentation on the GeoNetwork resource be given at the MONITOR (and other committee’s?) meetings (request at front of the agenda and delay start of TCODE). Prepare a presentation for SOFE, COVE and AICE. Responsibility – B. Megrey, I. Shevchenko, R. Brown

v. Add the MDB server link on the sidebar of the PICES web page
Responsibility – B. Megrey

10. Explore GeoNetwork Portal backup options
    Responsibility – I. Shevchenko

11. Update the Technical report to reflect GeoNetwork
    Responsibility – I. Shevchenko and B. Megrey

4. Maintain TCODE web pages
   Responsibility – I. Shevchenko

5. Participate in FUTUE and FISP activities. Work to facilitate preparation of the NPESR. Approach McKinnell to see what data was used to support the report, what data are accessible, what data are accompanied by metadata, what are the data characteristics and is the data discoverable and searchable. A simple analysis should be revealing. Focus on about 50-100 records as a place to start. Present report to SB and SOFE.
   Responsibility – R. Brown, B. Megrey

6. Update of WG22 iron database and proposed collaboration with IODE/IOC
   Responsibility - R. Brown

7. Update TCODE Action Plan
   Responsibility - B. Megrey, K.-K. Jung

   1. Use preparation of NPESR to examine participation of metadata reporting. Megrey and Brown will talk to McKinnel to discuss the possibility of carrying out this exercise. Responsibility – B. Megrey and R. Brown

8. Coordination with Carbon and Climate Section
   Responsibility – T. Suzuki and R. Brown

9. Coordination of Activities with MONITOR
   Monitor TC Action Plan 
   Responsibility - Tom Royer

10. 2010 and 2011 Session Proposals
    Responsibility – All

11. Relationships with other international organizations
    TCODE will request the Science Board instruct the PICES Secretariat to invite Edward Vanden Berghe (OBIS, USA) to join TCODE as an ex-officio member.
    Responsibility - B. Megrey

12. PMOA Nomination
    Nominations will be prepared for the A-line (Hernan Garcia) and the time series around South Korea (K.-K. Jung and R. Brown)

13. Prepare proposal to renew rented server for another year
    Responsibility – B. Megrey

14. Develop strategy to award and encourage metadata submission
    Responsibility - All

15. Add TCODE web site to collect and distribute TCODE documents
    Responsibility – H. Garcia