IOC Strategic Plan for Oceanographic Data and Information Management (2013-2016). [SUPERSEDED by http://hdl.handle.net/11329/345]

Abstract

The IOC Data and Information Management Strategy is for all data collected in IOC programmes. The vision is for “A comprehensive and integrated ocean data and information system, serving the broad and diverse needs of IOC Member States, for both routine and scientific use.” The concept of delivering a data and information service for the “global ocean commons” (i.e. global public good) is central to this vision. The objectives of the Strategy are to: • Facilitate and promote the exchange of oceanographic data and information in compliance with the IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy; • Deliver a comprehensive distributed data system that can receive data collected by all IOC programmes and projects, as well as other marine science programmes, and deliver them in a uniform and transparent way to all users; and • Deliver a system that can collect bibliographic and factual information from all IOC programmes, as well as other marine science programmes, and projects and deliver them in a uniform and transparent way to all users.