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<div>Dear MEDIN DAC Working Group,</div>
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<div>Please see below for a reminder of the actions from the last Working Group meeting.</div>
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<div>Please let me know if there are any updates on these actions. </div>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Action</b></span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Progress</b></span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.1</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Clare Postlethwaite</b> to ensure UKDMOS/MEDIN document is made available on MEDIN website once finalised.
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.2</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Robin McCandliss, Jens Rasmussen and Mary Brown</b> to liaise regarding FishDAC reaccreditation, to allow for a joint submission in 2017/18.
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.3</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Lesley Rickards</b> to initiate an email discussion to redefine/clarify the metrics we report for the DACs, to ask for what web tools different DACs are using to pull
out their stats (e.g. Google analytics etc.), and to report back at next DAC WG meeting.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.4</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Fraser Cunningham</b> (Met Office) and <b>Louisa Matthews</b> (ADS) to check whether any their data comes under INSPIRE.</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Done?</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.5</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Lesley Rickards</b> to add a column for clarifications and ask all DACs to update the table along with explanations in the clarifications column.</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Done.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.6</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Mary Mowat</b> to consult with UKHO about where resource locators in the MEDIN catalogue should point to for data that are held both at BGS and UKHO.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.7</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Clare Postlethwaite</b> to include adoption of wider accreditation scheme for DACs in next MEDIN Business Plan.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.8</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Jon Parr</b> to look at DAC Work Plan 2017/18 and update with terms that give it more zing.</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Done.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.9</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Robin McCandliss</b> to add business plan development into next DAC agenda</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.10</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Clare Postlethwaite</b> to put out call for small projects by 23<font size="1"><span style="font-size:6pt;"><sup>rd</sup></span></font> June.</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Done.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.11</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>DACs</b> to feed ideas for improving the MEDIN DAC web pages to CP/LR/RM.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.12</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Clare Postlethwaite</b> to add this international use of MEDIN data guidelines by EMODnet to annual report.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.13</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Mary Mowat </b>and<b> Chelsea Bradbury</b> to liaise to identify data sets that are present via TCE and BGS and ensure that it does not appear in MEDIN catalogue twice.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.14</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Chelsea Bradbury</b> to update on progress with generating list of small consents works for MEDIN at next DAC WG meeting.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.15</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Louisa Matthews</b> to collate information on what licences the DACs use for industry data.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">6.16</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Clare Postlethwaite</b> to arrange dates for MEDIN mega meeting in Q3.</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">In progress</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Actions outstanding from earlier DAC WG meetings</b></span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">5.1</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Clare Postlethwaite</b> to push Defra about archiving datasets for MSFD</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Ongoing. Data Task Group have met.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">5.2</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>DACs</b> to report whether they could archive snapshots of the MSFD data sets with DOIs</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">On hold. Need clarity from Data Task Group about exactly what is required.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">5.3</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Add re-accreditation timetable to web-site; <b>Lesley</b> to pass to <b>Hannah</b></span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Ongoing. Info is ready. Hannah will upload when she is back from career break.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">5.4</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Add accreditation information to web site (i.e. dates of accreditation). <b>Lesley</b> to pass details to <b>Hannah</b> </span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Ongoing. LR is finalising INSPIRE table.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">4.1</span></font></td>
<td><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><b>Clare Postlethwaite</b> to make the Archive data URL field mandatory in UKDMOS.
<div align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><i>As of 11/10/16 14/276 have real time URL, 76 have archive URLs. This will be checked again following content update.</i></span></font></div>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">In progress</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">3.1</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Following Clare/Lesley review,<b> </b>send a template to DACs that lists UKDMOS monitoring programmes; DACs to check list and identify the programmes where DACs should
be/are publishing and where other services are publishing.</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Ongoing. Needs LR to check list.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">3.8</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">DACs provide input to Hannah Williams to indicating which INSPIRE themes are applicable to their data to include on MEDIN website.</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Ongoing. HES, UKHO, Met office and BODC have provided info.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">2.13</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Hannah to request 4 images from each DAC and give information on the format required. Then to mock up some pages and circulate them before the next meeting.</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Ongoing – Hannah will request images when she confirms the dimensions required.</span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">2.15</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Clare to arrange an autumn workshop in Scotland with MPA organisations to ensure suitable data management plans are in place. Should involve BGS, DASSH, JNCC, SNH, Marine
Scotland, Natural England and any other DACs that are interested.</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">In progress – a meeting date is being arranged. </span></font></td>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">2.18</span></font></td>
<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Clare to speak to JNCC about possibility of them becoming a Bird DAC.
<div align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><i>No further progress. Concentrating on litter and noise in 2016/17.</i></span></font></div>
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<td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;">On hold. </span></font></td>
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<div>Many thanks,</div>
<div>Robin</div>
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<div>Dr. Robin McCandliss</div>
<div>British Oceanographic Data Centre</div>
<div>National Oceanography Centre</div>
<div>Joseph Proudman Building</div>
<div>6 Brownlow Street</div>
<div>Liverpool L3 5DA</div>
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