TCODE Meeting Agenda

Wed. Oct. 18, 2006 16:00-19:30

1. Welcome and introduction of members
2. Adoption of agenda (opportunity to add agenda items under "New business")
3. Review progress on items in the 2005/2006 Workplan
   1. Continue to support HAB-S work with HAEDAT database and required metadata
      Responsibility - Robin Brown
      • Harmful Algal Blooms Section
   2. Arrange joint MONITOR/TCODE Workshop at PICES XVI on dense/real time data systems
      Responsibility - Tom Rayer
      • W6: MONITOR/TCODE Workshop (Oct. 15, 1 day)
   3. Update NPEM and TCODE Inventory
      Responsibility - Igor Shevchenko & All
      • TCODE Metadata Inventory
      • North Pacific ecosystem metadatabase
   4. Establish dialogue with ICES working groups involved into Data Management issues
      Responsibility - Igor Shevchenko & All
      • Potential collaboration with ICES on proposed ICES Working Group on Data and Information Management (Bern Megrey)
        Background
      • ICES Working Group on Marine Data Management
   5. Prepare and post report on PICES Federated Searching program: Phase I
      Responsibility - Bern Megrey
      • Report on status of NPEM-KODC Project (Bern Megrey)
      • Korea and U.S. federate marine metadata collections in PICES Press: Volume 14 Number 1
   6. Continue with PICES Federated Searching program: Phase II
      Responsibility - Bern Megrey
      • Report on status of NPEM-MIRC Project (Allen Macklin)
      • PICES Sci. Report on the federation project (Bern Megrey)
      • A new change in international metadata standards from FGDC to ISO 19115 and its biological extensions; plans for adoption within the US (Bern Megrey)
        http://grdc.bafg.de/servlet/is/2376/
      • Unanticipated change in PICES Metadata Clearinghouse interface standards and required changes for existing and future Clearinghouse servers (Bern Megrey)
        Legacy interface
        GeoNetwork Opensource interface (demo site)
      • NSDI-CAP funding possibilities for future participation of PICES member countries into PICES Metadata Federation (need programs for Canada, China)
      • Should PICES Federate their metadata internally with available opensource software and move away from international Clearinghouse nodes? Costs; consequences; benefits; recommendations (Bern Megrey)
      • Phase II description
      • Phase III description
   7. Update TCODE Action Plan
      Responsibility - Robin Brown & Igor Shevchenko
      • TCODE Action Plan (March 2006)
   8. Coordinate activities with Monitor Technical Committee
      Responsibility - Tom Royer
      • Monitor TC Action Plan
4. Annual reports - TCODE members for Canada, Japan, People's Republic of China, Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America
5. Updates on data management activities in PICES member countries and international organizations - TCODE members
6. Discussion of the FUTURE (PICES Future Integrative Scientific Program)
   • FUTURE Forecasting and Understanding Trends, Uncertainty and Responses of the North Pacific Ecosystem, FISP Draft following Interim Science Board Meeting held in April 2006
   • Study Group on Future Integrative Scientific Program
   • Process of identifying the major program
   • A Somewhat New CCCC Program
   • A FISP Proposal
   • Climate Change and Carrying Capacity Programe
7. Topic session proposals for PICES XVI
   • Theme for PICES XVI
8. PICES XVII theme
   • Historical list of themes for PICES meetings
9. Relations with other international programs/organizations
10. Chairmanship of TCODE
11. Summary of items with financial implications:
    • Proposed inter-sessional meetings for 2006 and beyond
    • Proposed publications for 2006 and beyond
    • Travel support requests
    • Other items
12. New business (additional items added at the meeting)
13. Discussion and adoption of the TCODE Workplan for 07