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| Titel |
FixO3 : Early progress towards Open Ocean observatory Data Management Harmonisation |
| VerfasserIn |
Maureen Pagnani, Robert Huber, Richard Lampitt |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2014
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
| Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 16 (2014) |
| Datensatznummer |
250091154
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2014-5429.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Since 2002 there has been a sustained effort, supported as European framework projects, to
harmonise both the technology and the data management of Open Ocean fixed observatories
run by European nations.
FixO3 started in September 2013, and for 4 years will coordinate the convergence of data
management best practice across a constellation of moorings in the Atlantic, in both
hemispheres, and in the Mediterranean. To ensure the continued existence of these unique
sources of oceanographic data as sustained observatories it is vital to improve access to the
data collected, both in terms of methods of presentation, real-time availability, long-term
archiving and quality assurance.
The data management component of FixO3 will improve access to marine observatory
data by harmonizing data management standards and workflows covering the complete life
cycle of data from real time data acquisition to long-term archiving. Legal and data policy
aspects will be examined to identify transnational barriers to open-access to marine
observatory data. A harmonised FixO3 data policy is being synthesised from the partner’s
existing policies, which will overcome the identified barriers, and provide a formal basis
for data exchange between FixO3 infrastructures. Presently, the interpretation and
implementation of accepted standards has considerable incompatibilities within the
observatory community, and these different approaches will be unified into the FixO3
approach. Further, FixO3 aims to harmonise data management and standardisation efforts
with other European and international marine data and observatory infrastructures. The
FixO3 synthesis will build on the standards established in other European infrastructures such
as EDMONET, SEADATANET, PANGAEA, EuroSITES (European contribution to
JCOMMP OceanSITES programme), and MyOcean (the Marine Core Service for GMES)
infrastructures as well as relevant international infrastructures and data centres such as the
ICOS Ocean Thematic Centre.
The data management efforts are central to FixO3. Combined with the procedural and
technological harmonisation, tackled in separate work packages, the FixO3 network of
observatories will efficiently and cost effectively provide a consistent resource of quality
controlled accessible oceanographic data
The project website www.fixo3.eu is being developed as both a data showcase and single
distribution point, and with database driven tools will enable the sharing of information
between the observatories in the most smart and cost effective way. The network of
knowledge built throughout the project will become a legacy resource that will ensure
access to the unique ensemble data sets only achievable at these key observatories. |
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