Four pre-conference workshops will be organized to familiarize data managers and information managers with new issues in their domain. PLEASE NOTE THAT NO SPECIFIC FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS EVENT. 8 March 2013 09h00-12h30 and 14h00-16h00: The IODE OceanDataPortal v2 (by Sergey Belov, RIHMI, Russian Federation) 1.IODE Ocean Data Portal (ODP) - technological framework of new IODE system 2. Architecture of IODE ODP V2 3. IODE ODP nodes - national, regional and global 4. NODCs and ODP - building together new IODE 5. Global challenges and goals 6. ODP and IODE Quality Management Framework 7. How can I share my data? 8. How can I get data? 9. ODP interoperability package 10. Live ODP V2 demo 9 March 2013 09h00-12h30: A Quality Management Framework for National Oceanographic Data Centres (by Greg Reed, AODCJF, Australia) Aims and Objectives: 1. To introduce the proposed IODE Quality Management Framework 2. To explain the importance of quality for oceanographic data 3. To provide a description of a Quality Management System 4. To introduce the ISO 9000 series of standards 5. To enable a clear understanding of the requirements of a quality manual 6. To describe the accreditation procedures for National Oceanographic Data Centres 14h00-15h00: Data Publication/Data citation (by Cyndy Chandler, WHOI, USA) 1. The challenge, opportunity and benefits 2. Use cases: why is this needed and important? 3. The WHOI Data Publication Framework : process and technical details 4. Real world examples 5. Next steps 6. Questions and answers 15h00-16h00:OBIS (Ward Appeltans, IOC Project Office for IODE/OBIS) 1-intro 2-statistics 3-Governance 4-OBIS nodes (NODC/SODC, role, tasks) 5-OBIS procedures, best practices, standards, QC tools REGISTRATION FOR THESE WORKSHOPS ENDS ON 30 JANUARY 2013

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