GDWG Meeting Summary 2016
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Work Plan 2016 / 2017
Peter Miu EUMETSAT
Masaya Takahasi
CMA, CNES, EUMETSAT, ISRO, IMD, JMA, KMA, NASA,
NIST, NOAA, ROSHYDROMET, USGS, WMO
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Overview and Purpose
 Overview
 Summary of the GDWG breakout meeting.
 Work plan 2016 / 2017
Purpose
 For information to WGs & EP
 To identify if something is missing
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GDWG Meeting Statistics
 Number of Contributing Members represented: 8 / 14 (57%)
 CMA, CNES, EUM, JAXA, JMA, KMA, NOAA, USGS
 Number of Agenda Items Discussed: 19
 Number of Actions : 29
 Number of Actions with Leads: 29
 Number of Actions without Leads: 0
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Actions Summary
 GSICS Website Updates
 GSICS Data Management Conventions Updates
 Roll out of the GSICS Wiki on a New Server
 Data Preservation Investigations
 GSICS Collaboration Server Updates; reorganisation
 Process for bringing the GIRO Deliverables to their Users
 Realising Collaboration Software Development.
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Actions Summary
 Action Tracking Process Specification
 Action Tracking Automation Studies
 GCC Initiatives; Product Types Specification, Versioning,
MW Standards
 Finalising the Instrument information for the OSCAR Database
 Specification and documentation (Wiki) of GEOLEOVISNIR
 Enhancement Data Model Study
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Highlights, Decisions & Recommendations
 ISRO has provided a draft GSICS website for review.
This has been reviewed and updates have been provided.
 New Meta-data, Conventions and template for existing and new
GSICS Products
 Many decisions made to guide GSICS Data Management Activities
e.g. Use of GitHub for collaboration developments. The GDWG chairs
will inform the EP and seek endorsement if needed. Agreed decisions
are documented in the Wiki to guide these activities.
Recommendation: GSICS decisions should be presented to EP for
information or endorsement if needed – AND DOCUMENTED and
accessible from the Wiki for reference.
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Highlights, Decisions & Recommendations
A couple of approaches have been discussed to
realise the Data Preservation requirement of the
GSICS Collaboration Servers, these will be
investigated.
GSICS Product Generator is in development 2016
New Wiki Server Q2 / 2016 (May - excellent work
by NOAA)
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Action Tracking Process
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Automation of the Action Tracking Process
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Resource Needs
 GSICS coordination identified for:
 Glob & Rolo; operations support.
 Data Management support is needed from contribution
members:
 Time to get involved as we have operational products.
 No involvement means GDWG will make decisions
without you on your behalf.
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For Information
Unit Testing Suite for GSICS SNO
(contact Manik - GCC)
DOI Usage for GSICS
(contact Pete - EUM)
Web Meetings - 2016
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BIG THANKS TO JAXA
Excellent Hosts
Excellent Food
Excellent Location
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End of Presentation: Thank you for your attention
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