Workshop Introduction and Policy Overview Bob Branton Director of Data Management, Ocean Tracking Network, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Street, PO BOX 15000, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2 Contact: work ; fax ; cell Website:

Ongoing Challenges: obtaining metadata and data from authoritative sources securing metadata before instrument data are dispersed securing metadata and data before major announcements and new funding allocations identifying resulting publications Current status … ~53.5 million records 52 species 15 ocean regions 164 projects 73 institutions 14 countries * 90% of data are from non CFI & NSERC funded sources

Workshop Outline Introduction and Policy overview - 10 min Accessing OTN metadata and data -30 min Submitting OTN Metadata submission – 30 min End User Panel – 30 min Conclusion

Proof of ownership and instrument specifications Sales Order11352 Serial No V5 Serial No. # of ID's222 CustomerACADIA UNIVERSITY ResearcherMICHAEL STOKESBURY Tag FamilyV9P-6x VUE Tag IDA A A Est tag life (days)62 Step 1 StatusON Step 1 Time (dy hr:min:sec)75 00:00:00 Step 1 Power (L/H)LLL Step 1 Acc. On (sec) Step 1 Min Delay (sec)20 Step 1 Max Delay (sec)60 Step 2 StatusOFF Step 2 Time (dy hr:min:sec)365 00:00:00 Step 2 Power (L/H)LLL Step 2 Acc. On (sec) Step 2 Min Delay (sec) Step 2 Max Delay (sec) Step 3 StatusOFF Step 3 Time (dy hr:min:sec)0 00:00:00 Step 3 Power (L/H)LLL Step 3 Acc. On (sec) Step 3 Min Delay (sec) Step 3 Max Delay (sec) Step 4 StatusOFF Step 4 Time (dy hr:min:sec)0 00:00:00 Step 4 Power (L/H)LLL Step 4 Acc. On (sec) Step 4 Min Delay (sec) Step 4 Max Delay (sec) Loop To222 Sensor typePP Range50 UnitsMeters Slope Intercept Accelerometer Algorithm Acceleromter Samples (/sec)

Data Sheet Templates Members.OceanTrack.org/data/data-collection/data-sheet-templates Excel / Open Office spreadsheets and dictionaries Green columns are mandatory Always go here for latest versions of the templates

Metadata v. Data Metadata is data about data – Structural metadata is about the containers of data character numeric … – Descriptive metadata is about individual instances of data scientific name sex length (cm) … – Discovery metadata is about collections of data short name citation country … Data are values of qualitative or quantitative variables, belonging to a set of items. – Gadus morhua – male – 83

False v Mystery v Qualified … False – single detection in 12 a hour period Mystery – multiple detections of tagID but no release metadata Qualified – multiple detections of tagID with appropriate release metadata and tag specifications Ambiguous – multiple tags with same tagID at same locality and time period

Data Submission & Access Trackers and receiver line operators demonstrate acceptance of the data policy by – authorizing equipment manufacturers to provide instrument specifications – providing all required metadata and data Processors provide secure facilities from which data are processed and accessed – where manufacturer specifications and tracker metadata have been provided, TagIDs can be subject to a renewable embargo based on tag life plus two years – where a proof of a scientific permit for work on endangered species is provided, TagIDs and release locations can be subject to a renewable embargo based on tag life plus ten years – TagIDs without manufactures’ proof-of-ownership and specifications are publically listed as mystery tags, thus inviting new collaborations Tag detection are provided to tag owners whenever detected, as part of routine data processing – detections of embargoed tags are only available to owners or persons designated by owners – embargo periods may be shortened if permitted by owners Data centres maintain various public discovery metadata and processing summaries as well as routinely push both the raw and processed data into global scale facilities

Data Use By accessing or using OTN Data you agree to: – give proper attribution to all Data Providers and to OTN by using the preformed citations contained in this report and in the data records, for example … Hebert, D., Barthelotte, J., O'Dor, R., Stokesbury, M., Branton, R Ocean Tracking Network Halifax Canada Line Metadata and Data Set. In: O'Dor, R., Whoriskey, F., Branton, R., Gross, T Ocean Tracking Network Global Equipment Deployments and Data Collection. Retrieved: March 07, 2013 from oceantrackingnetwork.org. – inform OTN of publications, products or commercial applications using the data, – acknowledge that neither the OTN nor the provider is liable for inaccuracies in the data, – assume responsibility for investigating and understanding the limitations of the data, – report all problems with respect to data to

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