Networking Activities
The project comprises the following 6 Networking activities:
WP | WP Name | WP Leader |
WP1 | Project Management | BGS |
WP2 | Infrastructure Management and Monitoring | BGS |
WP3 | Capacity building and Training | BGS |
WP4 | Development of content standards, profiles, common transport and services protocols | OGS |
WP5 | Population and maintenance of metadata directories | INETI |
WP6 | Communication - dissemination - promotion - data policy | IO-BAS |
Sub activities are as follows:
- WP1.1: Project coordination - lead by BGS
- WP1.2: Steering Group Meetings - lead by BGS
- WP1.3: Advisory Board Meetings - lead by BGS
- WP1.4: Technical coordination - lead by MARIS
- WP2.1: Full Network Meetings - lead by BGS
- WP2.2: System monitoring - lead by MARIS
- WP3.1: Preparation, coordination and validation of the training and capacity building programme - lead by BGS
- WP3.2: Training course 1 for data managers: common formats and data management procedures - lead by BGS
- WP3.3: Training course 2 for technicians: how to install Geo-Sea system components - lead by IFREMER
- WP3.4: Training course 3 for data managers: data products and added-value services - lead by BGS
- WP4.1: Adapt the SeaDataNet metadata standard (Common Data index - ISO19115 compliant) for indexing geological data - lead by BODC
- WP4.2: Adapt the SeaDataNet Metadata standard (Common Data Index - ISO 199115 compliant) for indexing geophysical data - lead by OGS
- WP4.3: Expand the SeaDataNet Common Vocabularies for marking up geological and geophysical metadata and data - lead by BODC
- WP4.4: Develop / adopt standards for formats for transport of geological data - lead by TNO
- WP4.5: Develop / adopt standards for formats for transport of geophysical data - lead by OGS
- WP4.6: Adapt the SeaDataNet standard for quality flagging of geological and geophysical data - lead by BODC
- WP5.1: Population and maintenance of the Common Data Index (CDI) metadatabase with indexes to available data sets, as managed by all data centres - lead by INETI + MARIS
- WP5.2: Population of other directories, such as EDMO (Organisations). CSR (Cruise Summary Reports), and EDMERP - lead by BSH
- WP5.3: Converting, upgrading and integrating the SEISCANEX metadatabase into the Common Data Index (CDI) metadatabase - lead by NOCS
- WP6.1: Preparation and regular updating of promotion and dissemination plan - lead by IO-BAS
- WP6.2: Dissemination and promotion activities, incl. project website - lead by IO-BAS + MARIS
- WP6.3: Production of Posters and Leaflets - lead by IGME (GR)
- WP6.4: Adapting the SeaDataNet data access policy - lead by MARIS
- WP6.5: Organising Geo-Seas International workshop - lead by IO-BAS
- WP6.6: Establishing an Exploitation Agreement for long-term operation - lead by BGS