In the realms of understanding the Oceans, William Shakepeare's phrase "All the world's a stage" from As You Like It seems somewhat fitting. To 'break a leg' for the 'oceans' play, the cast must represent the entire globe and the players take the stage to share expertise and dialogue at every opportunity.
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'Oceans': Act IMDIS, Scene MMXIII
The International Marine Data and Information Systems (IMDIS) conference was held in Lucca, Italy from 23 – 25 September 2013.
The conference promoted the meeting of different international communities working in informatics, data management, research and environmental protection. Its focus was online access to data, metadata (information about data) and products and the communication of standards and technology to ensure interoperability.
The four streams of the conference highlighted
- Marine information and data management
- Marine environmental databases: infrastructures and data access systems
- Data services in ocean sciences
- Services for users and education
Contributions from British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) delegates provided significant, well-received input across all streams, in both oral and poster sessions, on topics ranging from future technical directions for marine data systems to the creation of Educational Resources as part of a data rescue project.
Members of BODC staff were also involved in a wide range of side discussions at the meeting, covering topics such as integrating biological data within the European SeaDataNet system and making data citable in the scientific literature and Linked Data for oceanography. It is also very encouraging that BODC systems, particularly the NERC Vocabulary Server, were referenced in many other presentations - indicating true interoperability.
BODC references
MyOcean In-Situ Thematic Center: A service for operational Oceanography
S. Pouliquen, T. Carval, D. Guillotin, C. Coatanoan, T. Loubrieu, A. Grouazel, K. Von Schuckmann, H. Wedhe, L. Sjur Ringheim, T. Hammarklint, A. Hartman, K.Soetje, T. Gies, M. De Alfonso, L. Perivoliotis, D. Kassis, A. Chalkiopoulos, V. Marinova, P. Jaccard, A.B. Ledang, K. Sorensen, G. Notarstefano, J. Tintore, Seppo.Kaitala, P. Roiha, L. Rickards and G. Manzella
S. Pouliquen, T. Carval, D. Guillotin, C. Coatanoan, T. Loubrieu, A. Grouazel, K. Von Schuckmann, H. Wedhe, L. Sjur Ringheim, T. Hammarklint, A. Hartman, K.Soetje, T. Gies, M. De Alfonso, L. Perivoliotis, D. Kassis, A. Chalkiopoulos, V. Marinova, P. Jaccard, A.B. Ledang, K. Sorensen, G. Notarstefano, J. Tintore, Seppo.Kaitala, P. Roiha, L. Rickards and G. Manzella
Semantically-enhanced Aggregation of SeaDataNet Data
R. Lowry, A. Leadbetter and M. Vinci
R. Lowry, A. Leadbetter and M. Vinci
FixO3: The next phase of Open Ocean observatory Data Management Harmonisation
M. Pagnani, R. Huber and R. Lampitt
M. Pagnani, R. Huber and R. Lampitt
MEDIN - A UK Partnership for Managing Marine Data and Information
D. Cotton, T. Allen and L. Rickards
D. Cotton, T. Allen and L. Rickards
Progress in developing the ICSU World Data System
L. Rickards, J-B. Minster and M. Mokrane
L. Rickards, J-B. Minster and M. Mokrane
EMODNet Physical Parameters
A. Novellino, G. Manzella, D. Schaap, P.Gorringe, L. Rickards and S. Pouliquen
A. Novellino, G. Manzella, D. Schaap, P.Gorringe, L. Rickards and S. Pouliquen
IODE Data Quality Flag Scheme
C. Chandler, S. Konovalov, H. Garcia, R. Schlitzer, L. Devine, G. Moncoiffé, T. Suzuki, A. Kozyr and G. Reed
C. Chandler, S. Konovalov, H. Garcia, R. Schlitzer, L. Devine, G. Moncoiffé, T. Suzuki, A. Kozyr and G. Reed
Publishing and Citing Ocean Data
L. Raymond, C. Chandler, A. Leadbetter, E. Urban, P. Pissierssens and L. Pikula
L. Raymond, C. Chandler, A. Leadbetter, E. Urban, P. Pissierssens and L. Pikula
General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) - Global Bathymetric Data Sets
P. Weatherall and R. Lowry
P. Weatherall and R. Lowry
The ICES Data Type Guidelines and their place and role in the profusion of guidelines, manuals, standards, cookbooks and best practice
L. Rickards, T. De Bruin, N. Holdsworth, H. Parner, S. Ringheim Lid and G. Dawson
L. Rickards, T. De Bruin, N. Holdsworth, H. Parner, S. Ringheim Lid and G. Dawson
Rescue of historical UK sea level charts and ledgers - creation of Open Educational Resources (OERs)
L. Rickards, E. Bradshaw and J. Andrew
L. Rickards, E. Bradshaw and J. Andrew
All presented at IMDIS 2013 Lucca, Italy
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