EMODnet Session at European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016

Informatics in Oceanography and Ocean Science (including Ian McHarg Medal Lecture)

Convener: Giuseppe M.R. Manzella

Co-Convener: Dick M. A. Schaap

Session details:

The session presents state of the art information systems in oceanography and issues related to data management (metadata, vocabularies, ISO and OGC applications, data models), interoperability (Interoperability forms, Web services, Quality of Services, Open standards), data circulation and services (quality assurance / quality control, preservation, network services) and Education in ocean science (Education and Research, Internet tools for education).

The session aims to provide new ideas on the interoperability issues deriving from different sources of data. ISO standards introduce the necessary elements in the abstract process aiming to assess ‘how’ and ‘how much’ data meets applicable regulatory requirements and aims to enhance user needs. Data management infrastructures should include an evaluation of data by assuring relevance, reliability and fitness-for-purposes / fitness-for-use, adequacy, comparability and compatibility. Presenters will aim to demonstrate how their efforts will benefit their user communities, facilitate collaborative knowledge building, decision making and knowledge management in general, intended as a range of strategies and practices to identify, create, represent and distribute data, products and information.

EGU2016-12970
A semantically rich and standardised approach enhancing discovery of sensor data and metadata
Alexandra Kokkinaki, Justin Buck, and Louise Darroch