JCOMM Data Management Coordination Group, third session

26 - 28 March 2008,

UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE
Wandelaarkaai 7 - Pakhuis 61

B-8400 Oostende
Belgium

Annotated Agenda

1 Welcome
1.1 Introductions
1.2 Local arrangements
1.3 Approval of the agenda
2 Preparation for JCOMM-III
2.1 Review of work assigned by JCOMM-II
2.2 Review of actions from DMCG-II
2.3 Reporting to JCOMM-III
2.3.1 Chairpersons (DMPA, ETMC, ETDMP, Task Teams)
2.3.2 Possible restructuring/redefining roles
2.3.3 Other resolutions
3 DMPA Chairperson's report
3.1 Standards and best practices
3.2 Table driven codes
3.3 DMPA web site and documentation
3.4 WMO Integrated Global Observing Systems (WIGOS)
3.5 Computer models
4 Rapporteur reports
4.1 Report by the DMPA Satellite expert
4.2 Report by the DMPA Capacity Building rapporteur
5 ETMC activities
5.1 Chairperson's report
5.2 TT-DMVOS (GCCs, IMMT, IMMA) and TT-MOCS (membership)
5.3 Marine QC scoping document
5.4 Ship masking and BUFR/TDCs (incl. immediate impacts on ICOADS)
5.5 Water Temperature instrumental metadata Pilot Project (META-T) and Ocean Data Acquisition Systems (ODAS)
5.6 Third Workshop on Advances in Marine Climatology (CLIMAR-III)
6 ETDMP
6.1 Chairperson's report
6.2 JCOMM Pilot Project for WIGOS, IODE Ocean Data Portal (ODP), and other Pilot Projects
6.3 ETDMP membership renewal and future plan
7 Formats
7.1 netCDF and CF use
7.2 XML activities
8 Collaborations
8.1 Other JCOMM Programme Areas
8.2 WMO (WIS, QMF, CIMO, etc.)
8.3 IODE (metadata, etc.)
8.4 GEOSS
9 Implementation plan
9.1 Review of content and actions