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The Census of Marine Life was a global network of researchers in more than 80 nations engaged in a 10-year scientific initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans.  The world's first comprehensive census of the past, present, and future of life in the oceans was released in October 2010.

 

October 23, 2008 Notes

Open Discussion Session

The following notes outline the discussion among all workshop participants (Excel spreadsheet, with their project affiliation and contact info.)

Data Organization

 

Standards and tools for synthesis and hypothesis

  • Independent variables (oceanographic…)
    • Scenarios: contamination…
  • Forecasting tools
  • Extraction tools / sample tools…(polygon, buffer…)

 

 

Attribution / methods / metadata/ process…

  • Quality control for data & metadata
  • Network  representation of data sources
    • “hyper referenced” metadata in visualizations
    • Georeferencing pubs -> aggregation of data streams
  • GMD for each field project
    • Deliver metadata as well as we deliver data
    • Do field project have subproject with diff. metadata needs?

Prepublication sharing of data & products (authenticated access)

“staging area” collaboration before submitting to pub.
Comment, discussion on comlmaps.org

 

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