TT-ApMD - Task Team on the Application of Metadata - Meeting 1

Location: WMO Headquarters, Geneva

Date: 16 - 18 April 2012

• Registration & opening: 09:00 16 April 2012
• Closing: 17:00 18 April 2012
• Meeting Room: To Be Decided
• Chair: Eiji Toyoda (Japan)
• WMO contact: Steve Foreman

Final Report

Reference documents

• Information for Participants
• Terms of Reference for TT-ApMD
• List of Attendees
• WMO Core Profile of the ISO 19115 Metadata Standard - version 1.2
• Recent meeting of ET-WISC made some task-outs to metadata team (draft final report available).

Provisional Agenda

Objectives of the meeting

DRAFT

1. To identify the tasks needed to fulfil the Terms of Reference.
2. To create a workplan to deliver requirements of the Terms of Reference.
3. To allocate responsibilities and time scales for delivering the required outputs.
4. To agree and implement a management regime to ensure that the tasks are agreed.

1. ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING

1.1. Opening of the meeting

• presentation to cover entire agenda 1 (Eizi)

1.2. Approval of the Agenda

• Doc 1.2(1) - Agenda
• Doc 1.2(2) - Plan for document contents

1.3. Working arrangements

• Inf 1.3(1) - Provisional Workplan

1.4. Confirmation of the Terms of Reference

• Doc 1.4(1) - Terms of Reference

2. TASK GROUP 1: GOOD PRACTICE AND EXAMPLES

Address TORs 2, 4, 6, 9

• Doc 2.1 - A comparison of WIS Metadata versions (Wang Peng et al.)
  • correction after meeting
• Doc 2.2 - Metadata development plan at MSC (Tony Colavecchia)
  • Doc 2.2.1 - WMO Metadata plan
  • Doc 2.2.2 - MSC Discovery metadata template
• Doc 2.3 - Practices at/around JMA (TOYODA Eizi)
  • Doc 2.3.1 - Practice at GISC/DCPC Tokyo
  • Doc 2.3.2 - Comparison of profiles to ISO 19115 (latest version on Google Docs)
• Doc 2.4 - Practices at EUMETSAT
  • Metadata procedures at EUMETSAT
  • EUMETSAT metadata entry form

3. TASK GROUP 2: TRAINING AND MATERIALS – AND OUTREACH PLAN

Address TORs 3,5,8,9

• Doc 3(1)rev1 - schematron-based validator and rubric-based evaluator for metadata records (John Kozimor)
• Doc 3(2) Introductory material at GISC Tokyo (TOYODA Eizi)
  • Doc 3.2.1 - guide to metadata maintener
  • Doc 3.2.2 - tabular (Excel) form designed for use by GTS counterparts

4. TASK GROUP 3: TECHNICAL CHANGES TO SUPPORT VOL C1 REPLACEMENT ETC

Address TORs 1,6,7

• Doc 4(1)rev2 - Technical changes to support operation of the WIS (including Volume C1 replacement)
• Doc 4(2) - Metadata Conventions to support WIS (conclusion of ET-WISC and IPET-MDI working party, September 2011).
• Doc 4(3) - Overview of maintenance of Vol C (and equivalent information) - diagram from J Tandy.

5. AGREE WORKPLAN TO CBS 2012

• Doc 5(1) - Draft table of deliverables and actions for activities, including names of people responsible for actions
• Recommendation to IPET-MDI for future management of guidance and training materials on WMO Discovery Metadata

6. FURTHER ACTIVITIES (LIST OF ACTIONS, NEXT MEETING, ETC),

7. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

• Advice to WIGOS Task Team on WIGOS metadata

8. CLOSURE OF MEETING

The meeting was closed on 17:00 Apr 18, 2012. Thanks a lot for participation.




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9. Documents prepared during the meeting

1. Workplan