Difference between revisions of "Products and Services"

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==Monthly Teleconference==
 
==Monthly Teleconference==
The Products and Services Standing Committee holds a
 
teleconference on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 3pm Eastern (noon Pacific).
 
  
 
===Next call===
 
===Next call===
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====Discussion topics:====
 
====Discussion topics:====
# Identify goals, objectives for the Committee
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# Review past Committee activities
# Elect a Committee Vice-Chair
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# Update Committee goals and objectives based on participant interests
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# Plan for the Summer ESIP Meeting (e.g., a Metadata Fair?)
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# Select a Committee Vice-Chair
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# Identify permanent telecon day/time
  
==Issues being addressed by Products and Service Standing Committee==
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:[[P&S Metadata Requirements|Metadata Requirements]]
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==Issues of interest to the Products and Service Standing Committee==
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Potential topics:
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# Deficiencies of current metadata standards: ISO 19115, OGC WMS/WCS/WFS
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# Improving metadata compliance
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# Metadata for data quality, services, and provenance
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# Representation of versioning
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# Permanent dataset names, parameter names, registries, and identifiers
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# Use cases for general ESIP usage
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# Metadata harvesting and exchange and associated catalog services
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# Client access to catalogs
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# Service quality
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Prior topics:
 
:[[P&S Data Quality|Data Quality]]
 
:[[P&S Data Quality|Data Quality]]
 
:[[P&S Avoiding Duplicate Metadata Records|Avoiding Duplicate Metadata Records]]  
 
:[[P&S Avoiding Duplicate Metadata Records|Avoiding Duplicate Metadata Records]]  
 
:[[Federation Inventory]]
 
:[[Federation Inventory]]
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== Reference Documents ==
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Air Quality Metadata Use Case:
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https://sites.google.com/site/geosspilot2/air-quality-and-health-working-group/aq-community-catalog---publish-register-harvest
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==Past Discussions: ==
 
==Past Discussions: ==
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:[[P&S Monthly March 28, 2006]]
 
:[[P&S Monthly March 28, 2006]]
  
==Charge to Standing Committee from Bylaws Section 2==
 
  
V.2.1 The ESIP Federation shall include a Standing Committee on Earth Science Products and Services. Its roles are:
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==Purpose of Products and Services Committee - from ESIP Bylaws==
  
 
:a. To encourage the development, use and improvement of best science practices to ensure the quality, usability, and breadth of data and resultant information, products, and services;
 
:a. To encourage the development, use and improvement of best science practices to ensure the quality, usability, and breadth of data and resultant information, products, and services;

Revision as of 23:50, February 23, 2009

Monthly Teleconference

Next call

Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009, 3 PM EST
800-508-7631 Access Code: *1297219*

Discussion topics:

  1. Review past Committee activities
  2. Update Committee goals and objectives based on participant interests
  3. Plan for the Summer ESIP Meeting (e.g., a Metadata Fair?)
  4. Select a Committee Vice-Chair
  5. Identify permanent telecon day/time


Issues of interest to the Products and Service Standing Committee

Potential topics:

  1. Deficiencies of current metadata standards: ISO 19115, OGC WMS/WCS/WFS
  2. Improving metadata compliance
  3. Metadata for data quality, services, and provenance
  4. Representation of versioning
  5. Permanent dataset names, parameter names, registries, and identifiers
  6. Use cases for general ESIP usage
  7. Metadata harvesting and exchange and associated catalog services
  8. Client access to catalogs
  9. Service quality

Prior topics:

Data Quality
Avoiding Duplicate Metadata Records
Federation Inventory


Reference Documents

Air Quality Metadata Use Case: https://sites.google.com/site/geosspilot2/air-quality-and-health-working-group/aq-community-catalog---publish-register-harvest


Past Discussions:

P&S Monthly August 29, 2006
P&S Monthly May 23, 2006
P&S Monthly April 25, 2006
P&S Monthly March 28, 2006


Purpose of Products and Services Committee - from ESIP Bylaws

a. To encourage the development, use and improvement of best science practices to ensure the quality, usability, and breadth of data and resultant information, products, and services;
b. To provide a Federation-wide forum for defining, developing and evaluating requirements for Federation Earth science products; and
c. To provide a Federation-wide forum for defining, developing and evaluating requirements for product services and user services.