[Esip-preserve] Data Committee

Tue Jul 19 14:59:21 EDT 2011

Cool.  Want to make it explicit?  Any need to?

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I made some revisions to the first two bullets Rob wrote and added a third. Please revise away. Regarding Kathy's question about data citation, I think it is embedded in a and b.

Cheers,

-m. 

The ESIP Federation shall include a Standing Committee for Data Science and Stewardship. Its roles are:
  a) To develop and foster practices and standards that ensure continued and reliable information content, quality, access to, and usability of Earth system science data for as long as they are deemed to be of value.
  b) To facilitate the long-term preservation, stewardship, and access of Earth system science data.
 c) To facilitate the development of data science as a professional discipline that adds value and increases the use of Earth system science data.

Recognizing the Federation's goal to increase the use and value of Earth science data and information.
On 15 Jul 2011, at 3:24 PM, Raskin, Rob (388M) wrote:

> Inserted below are 3 items, as discussed at today's Preservation and Stewardship Meeting:
> 1. Proposed mission for a new Data Committee (revised)
> 2. Analogous mission statements for the other Committees
> 3. ESIP Strategic Plan
> 
> The intention is to point to the ESIP Strategic Plan as much as possible in the mission statement of the new Committee. The other Committee mission statements are included for reference purposes.
> 
> -Rob
> 
> 
> ---------- 1. Proposed mission for new Committee (revised) ---------
> The ESIP Federation shall include a Standing Committee for Data Science and Stewardship. Its roles are:
>   a) To ensure continued and reliable access to, information content, quality, and usability of Earth science data for as long as they are deemed to be of value.
>   b) To facilitate the long-term preservation and stewardship of Earth system science data.
> ========================================
> 
> 
> ----- 2. Analogous mission statements for the other Committees: -----
> Section 2 – Standing Committee for Earth Science Products and Services 
> V.2.1 	The ESIP Federation shall include a Standing Committee on Earth Science Products and Services. Its roles are: 
> a. To encourage the development, use and improvement of best science practices to ensure the quality, usability, and breadth of data and resultant information, products, and services; 
> b. To provide a Federation-wide forum for defining, developing and evaluating requirements for Federation Earth science products; and 
> c. To provide a Federation-wide forum for defining, developing and evaluating requirements for product services and user services. 
> 
> Section 3 - Standing Committee for Information Technology and Interoperability 
> V.3.1 	The ESIP Federation shall include a Standing Committee for Information Technology and Interoperability. Its roles are: 
> a. To provide a forum and resource for interoperability and new technology transfer, development, and infusion that will improve Earth science data, information, and knowledge; 
> b. To encourage the use of best information technology practices to ensure the quality, usability, and breadth of Earth science data, information, knowledge, products and services; and 
> c. To ensure that data, information and services can be readily discovered, exchanged and integrated through the use of interoperability standards and protocols. 
> 
> Section 4 – Standing Committee for Community Engagement 
> V.4.1 The ESIP Federation shall include a Standing Committee for Community Engagement. Its roles are: 
> a. To increase the diversity and breadth of the community of users and providers of Earth science data, information, products, and services; 
> b. To expand the scope and range of uses and applications of Earth science data, information, products, and services; 
> c. To communicate the value of the Federation to its stakeholders; and 
> d. To promote the dissemination of Federation data, information, products and services. 
> 
> Section 5: Standing Committee for Commercial Development 
> V.5.1 The ESIP Federation shall include a Standing Committee for Commercial Development. Its purpose is to foster commercial development of Earth science information. Its roles are: 
> a. To explore mutually beneficial activities with commercial providers of Earth science data, products, and services; 
> b. To provide ESIP partners with resources that will facilitate the development of commercially valuable products; 
> c. To develop organizational models and practices that will bridge between individual ESIP partner institutions, in order to facilitate the transfer of technology into the commercial for-profit sector; 
> d. To encourage and stimulate the development of the commercial activities of its partners and to encourage and stimulate the broader environmental informational economy. 
> 
> Section 6: Standing Committee for Education 
> V.6.1 	The ESIP Federation shall include a Standing Committee for Education. Its purpose is to make accessible to educators and learners at all levels in both formal and informal educational contexts the Earth science data, information, tools, and curricula available within the ESIP Federation. Its roles are: 
> a. To promote and facilitate the development and dissemination of Earth science educational products, information, and tools to a broad user community using the wealth of Earth science data and expertise available in the ESIP Federation. 
> b. To promote and facilitate the collaboration of multiple ESIP’s to develop educational applications of Earth science data products, information, and tools 
> c. To provide a central organization for ESIP Federation educational materials to facilitate and standardize dissemination/distribution 
> d. To develop collaborative relationships with other organizations involved in educational activities 
> ==========================
> 
> 
> ---------- 3. ESIP Strategic Plan ---------------
> VISION
> To be a leader in promoting the collection, stewardship and use of Earth science data, information and knowledge that is responsive to societal needs.
> 
> MISSION
> To support the networking and data dissemination needs of our members and the global community by linking the functional sectors of observation, research, application, education and ultimate use of Earth science.
> 
> GOAL 1: Increase the use and value of Earth science data and information.
> 􀂃 Demonstrate use through community-vetted demos, pilots and applications.
> 􀂃 Develop an understanding of communities’ needs through outreach to user communities. (e.g., decision makers, teachers, students)
> 􀂃 Reduce barriers between data providers and data users through IT, training, and standards education. (e.g., technical workshops, outreach)
> 􀂃 Provide mechanisms for community review of data, products, applications and other resources.
> 􀂃 Develop and share alternative approaches to sustaining Earth science data and information networks.
> 􀂃 Support a service-oriented architecture for observation, research and application provision.
> 􀂃 Develop and share the story of how Earth science products make an impact from discovery, through development, to ultimate use. (“impact metrics”)
> Stakeholders supported by Goal 1: the entire community of Earh science data and information users t
> 
> GOAL 2: Act as a facilitating, coordinating and advisory community-led organization to promote the use of Earth science data and information products for our members and the communities they support.
> 􀂃 Foster interactions among communities of Earth science data providers, researchers, technology developers, educators and those who put their products to practical use.
> 􀂃 Innovate.
> 􀂃 Promote use of technical standards and best practices for data management, stewardship and application development.
> 􀂃 Evaluate and evolve the means by which the Federation serves this goal.
> Stakeholders supported by Goal 2: ESIP Federation Partners
> 
> GOAL 3: Continue to evolve the ESIP Federation (e.g., governance, structure, staffing) to strengthen the ties between Observations, Research and Applications.
> 􀂃 Recognize and encourage new leadership.
> 􀂃 Embrace technology to support community interaction.
> 􀂃 Establish metrics on organizational performance and progress that is made toward all goals in this strategic plan.
> Stakeholders supported by Goal 3: ESIP Federation Organization
> 
> GOAL 4: Promote techniques to articulate and measure the socioeconomic value and benefit of Earth science data, information and applications. (e.g., feedback to sponsors – value of their investment)
> 􀂃 Create impact metrics on the value of Earth Science data and information.
> 􀂃 Develop metrics to describe the linkages between Observation, Research and Applications.
> 􀂃 Recognize and promote best practices for providing feedback to sponsors.
> Stakeholders supported by Goal 4: ESIP Federation sponsors
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------
> Rob Raskin
> Group Supervisor, Science Data Engineering and Archiving
> Instrument Software and Science Data Systems Section
> Jet Propulsion Laboratory
> Pasadena, CA 91109
> (818) 354-4228
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