[Medin_dacwg] MEDIN DAC WG meeting 26th April - actions and attendance

Wed Apr 11 16:17:45 BST 2018

Dear DAC Working Group,

The next DAC WG meeting is on 26th April. I will circulate an agenda in the next week or so.

In preparation for the meeting, please can you:

1)      Provide an update on any actions that are relevant to you (see list below)

2)      Reply to say whether you will be attending the DAC meeting on 26th April

Many thanks,
Robin

Action

Progress

7.1

Clare Postlethwaite to issue another call for small scale projects to be completed by end of this FY.

Call issued. Projects in progress (completed?)

7.2

DACs to check their status for INSPIRE compliance is portrayed correctly in the INSPIRE table. Respond to Lesley Rickards before 22nd December 2017.

7.3

All DACs to feedback to Lesley Rickards by 22nd December 2017 whether they can provide a breakdown each year of who is using their data.

7.4

Lesley Rickards/Robin McCandliss to send ADS the DAC reaccreditation form.

Done. ADS have returned it,  review in progress.

7.5

Charlotte Miskin-Hymas to include recent DAC reaccreditations in MDN.

Delayed to future edition of MDN in 2018

7.6

Jens Rasmussen to form a small, technical focus group to explore increasing volumes and complexity, support for machine-to-machine access, unstructured data, semantic linking and feedback to DAC WG.

Done. Group fed report back to Clare and was presented at Exec and Sponsors meetings in March 2018.

7.7

DACs to provide comment and feedback on proposed changes to MEDIN web pages.

7.8

Peter Thijsse to provide a validation tool log in for each organisation

Done

7.9

Louisa Matthews to discuss OASIS metadata validation issue with Gaynor Evans and Peter Thijsse

7.10

Robin McCandliss to arrange a DAC WG teleconference in early 2018 for DACs to report progress in fixing metadata validation issues.

Postponed due to portal bug needing resolution in early 2018. Progress to be reported at DAC WG 17th April

7.11

Jens Rasmussen to validate metadata records using both Metadata Maestro and MARIS tool and report back to DAC WG at teleconference in early 2018.

7.12

DACs to provide Clare Postlethwaite (by 29 Nov) with statement for Sponsors and Executive Boards on usefulness of metadata checks, and outline changes made and not made.

7.13

Robin McCandliss and Charlotte Miskin-Hymas to identify where to include a statement on licenses on the MEDIN website.

In progress

Actions outstanding from earlier DAC WG meetings

6.1

Clare Postlethwaite to ensure UKDMOS/MEDIN document is made available on MEDIN website once finalised.

6.6

Mary Mowat 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.

Ongoing - update?

6.13

Mary Mowat and Chelsea Bradbury to liaise to identify data sets that are present via TCE and BGS and ensure that it does not appear in MEDIN catalogue twice.

Ongoing - update?

5.1

Clare Postlethwaite to push Defra about archiving datasets for MSFD

Ongoing - update?

5.2

DACs to report whether they could archive snapshots of the MSFD data sets with DOIs

On hold. Need clarity from Data Task Group about exactly what is required.

5.3

Add re-accreditation timetable to web-site; Lesley to pass to Charlotte

Done. Accreditation timetable sent to Charlotte

4.1

Clare Postlethwaite to make the Archive data URL field mandatory in UKDMOS.
As of 11/10/16 14/276 have real time URL, 76 have archive URLs. This will be checked again following content update.

In progress

3.1

Following Clare/Lesley review, 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.

Ongoing. Needs LR to check list.

3.8

DACs provide input to Hannah Williams to indicating which INSPIRE themes are applicable to their data to include on MEDIN website.

Ongoing. HES, UKHO, Met office and BODC have provided info.

2.13

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.

Ongoing - Charlotte is looking at the refresh of the website.

2.15

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.

Done

2.18

Clare to speak to JNCC about possibility of them becoming a Bird DAC.
No further progress. Concentrating on litter and noise in 2016/17.

On hold.

Dr. Robin McCandliss
British Oceanographic Data Centre
National Oceanography Centre
Joseph Proudman Building
6 Brownlow Street
Liverpool L3 5DA

Tel: 0151 795 4887

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