SeaDataNetDesign Study Proposal

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SeaDataNet-Design Study proposal
IIIrd SeaSearch Full Group Meeting Limassol,
Cyprus Tuesday May 25-27, 2004
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Rationale and overall objectives

• The key of the success of scientific and
  technical oceanographic projects are the speed
  and the ease, which wich users can identify,
  locate, access exchange and use marine data and
  information
• SeaDataNet infrastructure aims to integrate and
  develop, in the context of new communication
  technology, past actions undertaken to secure,
  standardize and make available Pan-European
  marine data, meta-data and products.

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SEADATANET Long Term Key Objectives

• To give an easy access to marine data currently
  collected by hundredths of organisations under as
  many different systems
• To construct a standardized system for managing
  the large and diverse data sets collected by the
  oceanographic fleets and the new automatic
  observation systems.
• To prepare synthetic value added information
  products

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SeaDataNet concept

• Based on a semi-distributed model that
  incorporates, but enhances, the currently
  existing infrastructures and technology
• Networking of the data centres in a unique
  virtual data management system to provide on-line
  access to integrated data sets from the various
  sources.
• Development of common standards based on ISO19115
  and Marine XML
• Use of the most adapted communication technology.

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Steps of development

• The project presents several technical and
  organizational challenges, which make necessary
  to progress by steps to get a fully operational
  system
• Design Study
• Development and start of System Implementation
• Operation and Maintenance of the system on
  routine mode, with adaptability to other new
  observations and new technologies

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Step 1 SeaDataNet-Design Study

• Full title Pan-European infrastructure for Ocean
  Marine Data management Design Study for on
  line integrated data access to distributed
  heterogeneous systems
• Specific objective to prepare a blue print for
  the infrastructure, to create a prototype portal,
  organize and test the networking, to explore
  expansion of the network from NODCs to other
  major institutes, and to report on feasibility,
  expected costs and funding options, nationally
  and internationally
• Submitted March 2004 proposal reference
  number FP6-011990

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Design Study Partnership 42 partners from 35
countries
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SeaDataNet-DS Workpackages

• WP1 Management
• WP2 Prototyping of the software components
• WP3 Standards
• WP4 Data and products Benchmark
• WP5 Market Research
• WP6 Financial planning and funding
• WP7 Preparation of the implementation and
  operation plan

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WP 1 Project Management
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WP2 Prototype architecture
User portal
User portal
SeaDataNet-DS Virtual Private Network
Normalization Interface
Normalization Interface
Normalization Interface
Normalization Interface
Normalization Interface
Baltic Database
North-EastAtlantic Database
EasternMediterranean Database
Black Sea Database
WesternMediterranean Database
E-Mediterranean Node
Black-Sea Node
W-Mediterranean Node
NE-Atlantic Node
Baltic Node
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System viewed from the data manager side
ReplicatedCommonCatalogue
Updatebroadcast
ReplicatedCommonCatalogue
NearestReplicatedCommonCatalogue
ReplicatedCommonCatalogue
SeaDataNet-DS Virtual Network
ReplicatedCommonCatalogue
Checkingtagginginsert
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System viewed from the user side
Local normalization interfaces
SeaDataNet-DS Virtual Data Network
User
User portal
NearestReplicatedCommonCatalogue
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WP2 Prototyping of the software components
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WP3 Standards
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WP4 Benchmark Data Products
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WP5 Marine Data Marketing
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WP6 Financial Planning Funding
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WP7 Implementation Plan
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Steering Committee
Organisation monitoring
Advisory Board
Standards Quality Assurance
Prototype technical analysis development
Financialplanning and fundingexploration
Prototype data, metadataand product
benchmarkingstudy
MarketResearch
Fig.5 SEADATANET-DS Management Tasks
Organization
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Budget requested

• shared cost project
• total budget 5.4 M
• 2.7 M requested to EC
• the tables in the proposal indicate the
  calculations by tasks and partners according to
  the kind of tasks and institutes (FC or SC) and
  the way the overheads should be included
• As the total should be no more than total
  budget/2., it has been necessary to apply some
  general reduction coefficient about 0.8 on the
  tasks costs.
• Final budget proposed in form A3

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Next steps

• June EC project review
• July reviewers comments ?
• Fall contract negociation or resubmission ?
• information will be dissemnated as soon as
  received
• to the mailing list (official coordinators )
• on the project web site
• WWW.seadatanet.org