Second Monthly Telecon of the Task Team of GEO Task ST-09-02
January 24, 2011, 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Minutes (Version 0.2 of 2011- 2-21 8:30)
Participants:
Douglas Cripe,
GEO Secretariat
(Contributor, GEO Sec.)
Vojko Bratina,
EC
(Contributor, EC)
Hans-Peter Plag,
NBMG, University of Nevada, Reno
(ST-09-02 Co-Lead (IEEE) and Point of Contact)
Russell Lefevre,
University of North Dakota
(Contributor, IEEE Committee on Earth Observations)
Stuart Marsh,
British Geological Survey
(Contributor, U.K.)
Jun She,
Danish Meteorological Institute
(Contributor, Denmark)
Agenda:
1
Acceptance of Agenda, Minutes of T1 (see
draft minutes
), and Action Items
(see
AI List
).
2
The GEOSS Portfolio for Science and Technology
There is a need to solicit more proposals for examples to be included in the GEOSS Portfolio for Science
and Technology.
3
GEOSS Citation Standard
An initial draft of the GEOSS Citation Standard has been compiled by
Ian Mccallum
and is available as
doc
. Comments and edits of the document should be provided
directly in this document with "track changes on." For compatibility reasons, please, save your edits as .doc, not docx.
Send your edits to
Ian Mccallum
and
Hans-Peter Plag.
4
GEO Label
5
Any other business
6
Date and Time of the Monthly Telecons
The next telecon is proposed for February 28, 2011 at 14:00-15:00 UTC.
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Summary of Action Items
Notes:
1
Acceptance of Agenda, Minutes of T1 (see
draft minutes
), and Action Items
(see
AI List
).
The minutes of ST2-T1 (see
draft minutes
) were accepted without changes.
The draft agenda was accepted without additions. The action items (see
AI List
) were discussed
as follows.
Concerning
Action Item
ST2-T1-1:
Russell Lefevre
will solicit a proposal of a compelling example for the GEOSS portfolio for Science and Technology
in the Energy SBA.
Responsible:
Russell Lefevre,
Deadline:
2011-01-15,
Russell Lefevre
repeated that he had sent several unanswered mails to Ellsworth Le Drew.
Hans-Peter Plag
stated that he would meet Ellsworth Le Drew during the UIC meeting in Vienna and volunteered to
talk to him.
Russell Lefevre
stated that he was going to call him.
Concerning
Action Item
ST2-M2-2:
Douglas Cripe
will investigate the theme of the 2011 Conference of the International Association of
Universities (IAU), and, if the theme is appropriate, contact the organizers in order to get a
presentation on GEO and GEOSS included in the program.
Responsible:
Douglas Cripe,
Deadline:
2010-12-31,
Douglas Cripe
reported that the 2011 theme for the annual conference of the IAU
does not fit for a presentation and discussion on GEOSS.
Hans-Peter Plag
remarked that the original AI was open for
too long and he recommended to change the approach. Instead of aiming to present GEOSS at the annual
IAU conference, a better approach may be if the GEO Sec would write a letter to IAU proposing some dialog
between IAU and GEOSS, potentially with participation of ST-09-02.
Action Item
ST2-T2-1:
Douglas Cripe
will discuss with the Director of the GEO Secretariat whether a letter can be sent to the
International Association of Universities (IAU) offering a dialog between GEO and IAU related to
Earth observation and GEOSS in education, including capacity building through education in developing
countries.
Responsible:
Douglas Cripe,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Vojko Bratina
reported that he was following up
Action Item
ST2-M2-8:
Vojko Bratina
will invite an additional proposal for a compelling example.
Responsible:
Vojko Bratina,
Deadline:
2010-10-15,
and he was in contact with EC projects in the Energy
SBA, which is expected to submit a proposal soon.
Concerning
Action Item
ST2-M2-11:
Bente Lilja Bye
will support
Russell Lefevre
in the compilation of a list of major science conferences in the nine SBAs.
Responsible:
Bente Lilja Bye,
Deadline:
2010-12-31,
Russell Lefevre
reported that he was working on the list jointly with
Bente Lilja Bye.
With respect to
Action Item
ST2-M2-12:
Russell Lefevre
as lead of the EGIDA outreach WP will develop a concept for the outreach to scientific conferences and
provide this to the Task team for discussion.
Responsible:
Russell Lefevre,
Deadline:
2010-12-31'
Russell Lefevre
added that he had not received a response from
Stefano Nativi
on
the draft concept. As outreach, he proposed to send mails to the chairs of conference organizing
committees including the EGIDA newsletter, and concluded that there was no other outreach materila.
Hans-Peter Plag
pointed out that the GEOSS Portfolio for Science and Technology was created for the purpose of
outreach to S and T communities and should be utilized.
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The GEOSS Portfolio for Science and Technology
Hans-Peter Plag
pointed out that there is a need to solicit more proposals for examples to be included in the
GEOSS Portfolio for Science and Technology.
Stuart Marsh
reported that the group behind the OneGeology proposal
was working on a resubmission and that the revised proposal was discussed by Rob Koopman and Ian Jackson.
Action Item
ST2-T2-2:
Stuart Marsh
will follow up with Rob Koopman and Ian Jackson to ensure that a revised proposal for the
compelling example "OneGeology" is submitted.
Responsible:
Stuart Marsh,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Vojko Bratina
repeated that he expects a proposal from the Energy project to be submitted at the beginning of February.
Hans-Peter Plag
pointed out that the proposers might benefit from a clarification of the process.
3
GEOSS Citation Standard
Hans-Peter Plag
briefly introduced the draft GEOSS Citation Standard, which is available as
doc
,
and he thanked
Ian Mccallum
for preparing an
EGIDA document as a perfect basis for the draft standard.
Stuart Marsh
asked about the next steps.
Hans-Peter Plag
explained that the draft would be open for comments from the Task Team until end of February, and
then a final version would be up for acceptance by the Task Team during the next telecon. After that,
the draft standard would be passed on to the STC for further processing.
Vojko Bratina
commented that the draft
was already in good shape.
Action Item
ST2-T2-3:
Hans-Peter Plag
will send a request to the Task Team for comments on the draft GEOSS Citation standard with
deadline 28 February 2011. He will then prepare a revised draft and make this available for T3.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-01-31.
Action Item
ST2-T2-4:
All are asked to send comments on the Draft Citation Standard to
Hans-Peter Plag
and
Ian Mccallum.
Responsible:
All,
Deadline:
2011-02-28.
4
GEO Label
Hans-Peter Plag
reported that during discussions at the GEO meetings in Beijing and afterward with GEO
representatives, it was made clear that the goal of the ST-09-02 activity should be to prepare
a paper that reviews existing approaches to labeling of entities, products and services, and
discusses the various options for a GEO label without necessarily developing a specific concept. He
indicated that this paper needs more time to develop than the originally anticipated concept. He asked
Douglas Cripe
whether there were any time constraints from the STC, and
Douglas Cripe
responded that there was no
pressure.
Stuart Marsh
added that it was more important to get it right than quick.
Hans-Peter Plag
also stated that
there were very different opinions about what the GEO label should be.
Stuart Marsh
suggested that information should be provided by all Task Team on labels they know of.
Action Item
ST2-T2-5:
All will send information on labels they are aware of to
Hans-Peter Plag,
preferably with information on
available documentation (e.g., links to web pages).
Responsible:
All,
Deadline:
2011-02-28.
Douglas Cripe
pointed out that this activity needs coordination with the QA4EO initiative, and
Hans-Peter Plag
reported
that contact had been made to the secretariat of QA4EO. However, the secretariat had not been responsive
lately, and further following up would be required.
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Any other business
Stuart Marsh
asked whether dates for the 2011 Plenary already had been set.
Douglas Cripe
answered that no final dates
had been decided but the plenary would take place in the middle of November, Turkey. It would be save to assume
that the Plenary would be around November 15, 2011.
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Date and Time of the Monthly Telecons
Several participants reported that the proposed date of February 28, 2011 was not
suitable for them. Therefore, it was agreed to hold T3 on 4 March 2011, at 14:00 UTC.
Action Item
ST2-T2-6:
Hans-Peter Plag
will ask
Douglas Cripe
to set up T3 for 4 March 2011, 14:00 UTC and provide the information
to the ST-09-02 Task Team.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-02-21.
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Summary of Action Items
Action Item
ST2-T2-1:
Douglas Cripe
will discuss with the Director of the GEO Secretariat whether a letter can be sent to the
International Association of Universities (IAU) offering a dialog between GEO and IAU related to
Earth observation and GEOSS in education, including capacity building through education in developing
countries.
Responsible:
Douglas Cripe,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Action Item
ST2-T2-2:
Stuart Marsh
will follow up with Rob Koopman and Ian Jackson to ensure that a revised proposal for the
compelling example "OneGeology" is submitted.
Responsible:
Stuart Marsh,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Action Item
ST2-T2-3:
Hans-Peter Plag
will send a request to the Task Team for comments on the draft GEOSS Citation standard with
deadline 28 February 2011. He will then prepare a revised draft and make this available for T3.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-01-31.
Action Item
ST2-T2-4:
All are asked to send comments on the Draft Citation Standard to
Hans-Peter Plag
and
Ian Mccallum.
Responsible:
All,
Deadline:
2011-02-28.
Action Item
ST2-T2-5:
All will send information on labels they are aware of to
Hans-Peter Plag,
preferably with information on
available documentation (e.g., links to web pages).
Responsible:
All,
Deadline:
2011-02-28.
Action Item
ST2-T2-6:
Hans-Peter Plag
will ask
Douglas Cripe
to set up T3 for 4 March 2011, 14:00 UTC and provide the information
to the ST-09-02 Task Team.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-02-21.
Minutes prepared by
Hans-Peter Plag
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