OceanExpert | Document

Author(s)	IOC
Summary	The 2nd Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Biological and Chemical Data Management and Exchange Practices was held at the Foresight Centre at the University of Liverpool from 22 to 24 March 2004, hosted by the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC). The Session was attended by, in addition to its regular members, by representatives from FAO, GBIF, ICES and ITIS as well as by the IODE Chair. The group decided to change its acronym to GE-BICH and recommended a slight revision of its Terms of Reference. The Group adopted a detailed work plan that will focus on (i) OceanTeacher modules on biological data management; (ii) raising awareness for the socio-economic importance of data management; (iii) closer collaboration with OBIS, GBIF, ITIS, FAO; (iv) hosting of the URMO web site by the IODE Project Office; (v) collation of guidelines on data quality assurance and quality control for biological data; (vi) pilot projects related to test different systems of distributed querying based on XML (DiGIR and BioCASE) with XML schemas other than Darwin Core and ABCD (using metadata and distributed taxonomic name lists as data types); and (vii) implement survey, requesting information about systems, databases and inventories currently in use in various data centres.
Doc Type	Report
Status	Published on 13 Apr 2004
This document is in the list(s):	IODE Groups of Experts and Steering Group reports
This document is used in the event(s):	4th Session of the IODE Group of Experts on Biological and Chemical Data Management and Exchange Practices IOC-OBIS workshop on collaboration between IOC and OBIS towards the long-term management, archival and accessibility of ocean biogeographic data

IOC/IODE-GE-BICH-II/3

IODE Group of Experts on Biological and Chemical Data Management and Exchange Practices, Second Session (GE-BICH-II), Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, 22-24 March 2004