Document Version Control
Please review the following text and email any required changes or feedback to Eliot Christian
NOTE: In 2008, an initial outline was drafted for the official WIS documents, then referred to as "Guidelines on WIS" ( http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/TEM/ET-WISC-III/documents/ET-WISC-Doc-3-2-3-5.doc ). That draft was authored by Eliot Christian, David Thomas, and Robert Husband. Official WIS documents are now being addressed in three WMO publications: an amendment to Vol I, Section A3, of WMO No. 49 (Technical Regulations), and two new publications, WMO No. 1060 (Manual on WIS) and WMO No. 1061 (Guide to WIS).
DOCUMENT VERSION CONTROL
NOTE: This Guide to WIS (WMO No. 1061) contains additional information concerning practices, procedures and specifications. It is a supplement to the Manual on WIS (WMO No. 1060), Annex VII to the WMO Technical Regulations, which contains standard and recommended practices, procedures and specifications.
This Guide to WIS is being published in an incremental manner over time. In the near term, this Guide to WIS has some sections highly elaborated but others as only placeholders. Parts being completed immediately are primarily concerned with those new WIS practices, procedures and specifications not encompassed within GTS.
This Guide to WIS also complements the current Manual on GTS (WMO No. 386). Eventually, the Manual on WIS will update and integrate content the current Manual on GTS and will harmonize with the official documentation of related programmes. The reorganization of technical documents also depends on institution of new programmes, particularly the proposed WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS).
This Guide to WIS draft was reviewed by the Implementation Coordination Team on Information Systems and Services (ICT-ISS) in September 2010 and the Inter-Commission Coordination Group on WIS (ICG-WIS) on October 1, 2010, which agreed the text for review at the Extra-Ordinary Session of the Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) in November 2010 (CBS Ext.(2010)). The reviewed draft Manual on WIS and proposed amendments to Section A3 of WMO Technical Regulations Volume I will then be submiited for approval at WMO Congress XVI in May 2011.
NOTE: In 2008, an initial outline was drafted for the official WIS documents, then referred to as "Guidelines on WIS" ( http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/TEM/ET-WISC-III/documents/ET-WISC-Doc-3-2-3-5.doc ). That draft was authored by Eliot Christian, David Thomas, and Robert Husband. Official WIS documents are now being addressed in three WMO publications: an amendment to Vol I, Section A3, of WMO No. 49 (Technical Regulations), and two new publications, WMO No. 1060 (Manual on WIS) and WMO No. 1061 (Guide to WIS).
DOCUMENT VERSION CONTROL
| Version | Authors | Date | Description |
| 0.1 | Eliot Christian | 3 Aug 2010 | Outline draft for review by ICG-WIS and CBS Management Group |
| 0.2 | Eliot Christian | 17 Aug 2010 | Early draft for review by ICG-WIS and CBS Management Group |
| 0.3 | Eliot Christian, Jean-Michel Rainer, Fred Branski | 25 Aug 2010 | Early draft for review by ICG-WIS, CBS, TCs, RAs, Program leads and Secretariat coordinators |
| 0.4 | Eliot Christian, Jean-Michel Rainer, Fred Branski | 7 Sep 2010 | Interim draft under review by ICG-WIS, CBS, Presidents of TCs, Presidents of RAs, programme coordinators in WMO Secretariat |
| 0.5 | Eliot Christian, Jean-Michel Rainer, Steve Foreman, Fred Branski | 15 Sep 2010 | Last draft before review at ICT-ISS and ICG-WIS meetings 27 Sep - 1 Oct 2010 (WMO, Geneva) |
| 0.6 | Eliot Christian, Jean-Michel Rainer, Steve Foreman, Fred Branski, Geerd Hoffmann | 5 Oct 2010 | First draft after review at ICT-ISS and ICG-WIS meetings |
NOTE: This Guide to WIS (WMO No. 1061) contains additional information concerning practices, procedures and specifications. It is a supplement to the Manual on WIS (WMO No. 1060), Annex VII to the WMO Technical Regulations, which contains standard and recommended practices, procedures and specifications.
This Guide to WIS is being published in an incremental manner over time. In the near term, this Guide to WIS has some sections highly elaborated but others as only placeholders. Parts being completed immediately are primarily concerned with those new WIS practices, procedures and specifications not encompassed within GTS.
This Guide to WIS also complements the current Manual on GTS (WMO No. 386). Eventually, the Manual on WIS will update and integrate content the current Manual on GTS and will harmonize with the official documentation of related programmes. The reorganization of technical documents also depends on institution of new programmes, particularly the proposed WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS).
This Guide to WIS draft was reviewed by the Implementation Coordination Team on Information Systems and Services (ICT-ISS) in September 2010 and the Inter-Commission Coordination Group on WIS (ICG-WIS) on October 1, 2010, which agreed the text for review at the Extra-Ordinary Session of the Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) in November 2010 (CBS Ext.(2010)). The reviewed draft Manual on WIS and proposed amendments to Section A3 of WMO Technical Regulations Volume I will then be submiited for approval at WMO Congress XVI in May 2011.