Ocean

Data Sharing

Foo Data Sharing Working Group

This group is no longer meeting.

To get involved or for more information, please email Richard Saunders (Integrated Marine Observing System) at [email protected].

The Data Sharing Working Group provided input to the FOO Steering Committee on issues relating to:

  • enhancing the opportunities for data sharing between the FOO pillars; and,
  •  encouraging best practice in marine data management.

Scope

For this Priority, ‘data’ is defined as:

  • in-situ or remotely sensed observations or products,
  • or model output, of physics, biogeochemistry or biology.

Data also includes the metadata to describe these data.

Surface Waves

Activities

The Data Sharing Working Group will provide advice and guidance relating to best-practice in marine data management, information infrastructure, data licensing agreements and data sharing approaches.

The Data Sharing Working Group is comprised of members from all pillars of FOO.

Membership is open to:

  • any person affiliated with a FOO pillar;
  • interested in data management and data sharing;
  • and willing to contribute an appropriate level of effort towards FOO activities.

Prospective members can nominate themselves for membership by contacting the current Group Chair. Appointment of members is made at discretion of the current Chair.