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Antarctic Data Management

Antarctic Data Management. Lee Belbin Manager, Australian Antarctic Data Centre Chairman, Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management. Outline. The Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC) Position Objectives Achievements Hurdles The Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management (JCADM)

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Antarctic Data Management

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  1. Antarctic Data Management Lee BelbinManager, Australian Antarctic Data Centre Chairman, Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management

  2. Outline • The Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC) • Position • Objectives • Achievements • Hurdles • The Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management (JCADM) • Position • Objectives • Foundation • The Antarctic Data Directory System • Achievements • Hurdles

  3. Position • The Australian Antarctic Data Centre is within the Science Branch of the Australian Antarctic Division • The Australian Antarctic Division is a Federal government department within Environment & Heritage • The Australian Antarctic Division is akin to local, state and federal government agencies • The AAD has responsibility for AAT management • All AAT infrastructure & support is co-ordinated through the AAD • All research is co-ordinated through the AAD

  4. AADC Objectives • Demonstrate leadership in fulfilling Australia’s Treaty obligations in relation to the management of Antarctic scientific information • Provide an efficient service for locating and accessing relevant Antarctic scientific data • Deliver an effective mapping base for Australia’s Antarctic program • Manage Australia’s Southern Ocean sea-level network in the AAT and Australian sub-Antarctic Islands

  5. Achievements • Balance ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ strategies • Antarctic Science Advisory Committee Policy on data management • ‘Cradle to grave’ strategy • Links with research applications forms • Provision of data and ‘educational material’ • Links from research annual reports • Data submission • Metadata system & linkages • GIS infrastructure • Standards (SDM…) • Web GIS • Data downloads • Web database systems & integration

  6. Hurdles • Changing the ‘culture’ • Metadata • Simpler & more efficient tools • TC211 migration • Efficient mechanisms for managing spatial data in database systems • More efficient database generation • Data linkages and data mining

  7. JCADM International Union of Science (ICSU) Antarctic Treaty (ATCM) Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management (JCADM) The Antarctic Data Directory System (ADDS)

  8. JCADM Objectives • Promote the establishment, coordination and support of the Antarctic Data Directory System • Promote effective scientific data management among parties to the Antarctic Treaty • Maintain a communications network for Antarctic data managers • Report to SCAR, COMNAP and Treaty on Antarctic data management issues • Provide input to and advice from international data management groups (participate in the development of the IDN)

  9. XXIII ATCM Resolution 4 (98) • The Representatives of the Consultative Parties, Recalling the Commitment of Parties under Article III.1.c. of the Treaty to promote international co-operation in scientific investigation by exchanging, and making freely available, scientific observations and results from Antarctica; • Welcoming the establishment by SCAR and COMNAP of the Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management and the Antarctic Data Directory System; and • Recognising the enhanced efficiency for Antarctic research to be gained from effective data management; • Recommend that-

  10. R4 - Part 1 • Consultative parties, who have not yet done so, establish National Antarctic Data Centres and link these to the Antarctic Data Directory System managed by the Joint Committee on Antarctica Data Management of SCAR and COMNAP

  11. R4 - Part 2 • Consultative parties and their National Antarctic Data Centres encourage their scientists, through a process of education, support and the development of policies and procedures, to provide in a timely manner appropriate information to their National Antarctic Data Centres for distribution through the Antarctic Data Directory System…

  12. R4 - Part 3 • Consultative Parties give priority consideration as to how the requirement for freedom of access to scientific information, in accordance with Article III (1)(c) of the Treaty, is achieved within their national data management systems

  13. The ADDS Global Change Master Directory Client AntarcticMaster Directory Metadataentry Scientist ASDISDC etc Metadatasearch Scientist Search Metadataentry NationalAntarcticDataCentre NationalAntarcticDataCentre NationalAntarcticDataCentre ADDS Entry Search Entry Search Client Scientist Scientist Client

  14. Achievements • JCADM communications network • XXIII ATCM Resolution 4 • Establishing NADCs • Guidelines for NADCs • An effective Antarctic Master Directory with ~2,000 Antarctic metadata records • Improvements to metadata tools • Links with the International Arctic Environmental Data Directory

  15. Hurdles • Changing the ‘culture’ • Diverse NADC environments and NADC Resourcing • ‘Capacity building’ • Antarctic community support for the GCMD as host of the Antarctic Master Directory and ancillary support functions • Improved communication with other international data management communities such as CEOS

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