Data Flow in MEDIN

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Data Flow in MEDIN
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The MEDIN DAC Network

• DAC Network Objective
• To provide secure long-term storage for marine
  data.
• To provide the capability to upload data into
  and to retrieve data from the DACs.
• Data contributors should have free access to
  their data managed within the DAC framework.
• Required capabilities of DACs
• To ensure the secure, long term, curation of key
  marine data sets, according to
• best practice and to relevant national and
  international standards.
• To make available clear, searchable information
  on their data holdings, by the
• generation and publication of metadata on the
  MEDIN portal.
• To form the first point of call of expertise for
  the management of marine data.

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The MEDIN DAC Network (cont)

• MEDIN has established an agreed list of
  capabilities, required for a DAC to be
  accredited, which include
• Quality assurance of the collected data
• Data-basing and banking with appropriate
  metadata standards
• Auditable process for long term custodianship
  and updating of data sets, with appropriate
  disaster planning
• Making datasets freely available wherever
  possible (not necessarily at zero cost)
• Committed to raising awareness of the holdings
• .

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The MEDIN Data Archive Centre Network

The first four DACs incorporated into the
network are BODC Water column oceanography
all marine data collected under NERC
contracts BGS Marine geology and
geophysics DASSH Marine
species and habitats UKHO
Bathymetry
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DAC Network Progress 2008-09

• Building the DAC network
• BGS, BODC, DASSH, UKHO accredited.
• Bathymetry DAC established
• Discussions progressing on scope and organisation
  of fisheries DAC.
• Internal discussions at Met Office re Met DAC
• Bringing in new data
• CCW temperature logger data being archived at
  BODC
• DASSH working with Shark Trust, National Marine
  Aquarium, Marine Conservation Society
• Discussions on how to bring in data from COWRIE
  and marine aggregates characterisation surveys.
• BGS cataloguing BERR Strategic Environmental
  Assessment data (UK shelf seas)
• Reviews
• DAC costs and funding review underway,
  delivery Q3 2009
• Options to support archiving of data across a
  network of DACs

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Consolidating the Data Centre network

• Bringing marine data into the MEDIN DAC network
• Data already collected, but not archived
• The MEDIN DACs already maintain comprehensive
  data holdings for their identified themes .
• MEDIN will identify and support the upload of
  priority data sets that are not currently
  securely managed.
• New data collections
• The MEDIN DACs have agreements in place with
  funders and key partners.
• The MEDIN partnership agreement requires
  partners to archive their marine data within the
  MEDIN DAC network.
• Partners are encouraged to adopt the Data
  Clause whilst contracting the collection of
  marine data this requires arrangements to be
  made in advance to ensure the archival of data at
  the completion of the contract.

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Developing Use Cases for Data Flow

• Metadata
• Generation
• Creation of Unique Identifiers
• Validation
• Publication
• Data
• Generation (including formats used)
• Quality Control
• Archival
• Management of updates and corrections
• Habitat Surveys by a Countryside Agency
• Environmental Characterisation Survey
  commissioned by govt dept.
• Research Cruise by Fisheries Laboratory
• Agency carrying out routine monitoring submitting
  its metadata to UKDMOS