Overview of GEOSS Data Sharing Principles and Implementation GEO-XIII Plenary Side Event Towards Open Earth Observation Data Policies Wenbo Chu GEO Secretariat 7 November 2016 St Petersburg, Russia

GEOSS Data Sharing Principles (2005) “The societal benefits of Earth observations cannot be achieved without data sharing.” GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan The Third Earth Summit, Brussels, 2005 There will be full and open exchange of data, metadata and products shared within GEOSS, recognizing relevant international instruments and national policies and legislation. All shared data, metadata and products will be made available with minimum time delay and at minimum cost. All shared data, metadata and products being free of charge or no more than cost of reproduction will be encouraged for research and education.

Evolvement of the expert team(s) 2008-2011 Data Sharing Task Force 2012-2013 Data Sharing Working Group 2014-2016 + Data Management Team 2006, Establishment of Task DA-06-01, “Furthering the Practical Application of the Agreed GEOSS Data Sharing Principles” led by CODATA 2007, Plenary supported the establishment of a process with the objective to reach a consensus on the implementation of the Data Sharing Principles for GEOSS to be presented to the next GEO Ministerial Summit. By the request of the GEO IV Plenary in 2007, the Task team drafted a set of Implementation Guidelines that were presented to the GEO-V. 2008, created DSTF to support GEO in its objective to reach a consensus at its 2010 Ministerial Summit on the practical steps to implement the Data Sharing Principles. The Data Sharing Task Force worked to refine the draft Implementation Guidelines and presented the draft to the GEO-VI Plenary

Data Sharing Guiding Documents White Paper on the Data Sharing Principles (2008) Overview international data sharing laws, principles, and policies and recommends a draft set of implementation guidelines for the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles Implementation Guidelines for the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles (2009) Elaborate the key terms of Data Sharing Principles and practical steps to implement the principles

Data Sharing Guiding Documents (2) GEOSS Data Sharing Action Plan (2010) Calls for the creation of the GEOSS Data Collection of Open Resources for Everyone (GEOSS Data-CORE), a distributed pool of documented datasets with full, open and unrestricted access at no more than the cost of reproduction and distribution. GEO Members are invited to encourage their data-providing organizations to make available datasets that fall into this category.

Data Sharing Guiding Documents (3) Legal Options for the Exchange of Data through the GEOSS Data-CORE (2011) Instructions for GEOSS Data Providers - How to Place Tags in the Metadata for GEOSS Data-CORE (2012) Interpretation of the “full and open” access to and use of (geographic) data: existing approaches (2013) Legal Mechanisms to Share Data as Part of GEOSS Data-CORE (2014)

Data Sharing Guiding Documents (4) GEOSS Data Quality Guidelines (2013) Data Management Principles and Implementation Guidelines (2015) Discoverability Accessibility Usability Preservation Curation The Value of Open Data Sharing

Impact of Data Sharing Principles GEO Members US: Landsat data policy EC: Copernicus data policy Canada Australia … GEO Participating Organizations Belmont Forum Future Earth Global Climate Observation System (GCOS) World Data Systems (WDS)

Rising Open Data Trend Worldwide 2013: G8 Open Data Charter 2014: UN Data Revolution Report 2015: International Open Data Charter 2015: Global Partnership on Sustainable Development Data 2016: ICSU call for international accord on Open Data in a Big Data World Numerous national or subnational Open Data Initiatives

GEOSS Data Sharing Principles (2015) data, metadata and products will be shared as Open Data by default, by making them available as part of the GEOSS Data Collection of Open Resources for Everyone (Data-CORE) without charge or restrictions on reuse, subject to the conditions of registration and attribution when the data are reused; where international instruments, national policies or legislation preclude the sharing of data as Open Data, data should be made available with minimal restrictions on use and at no more than the cost of reproduction and distribution; and all shared data, products and metadata will be made available with minimum time delay.

Lessons Learned Voluntary nature of GEO Guiding documents do not always lead to actions Complexity of EO sectors The level of understanding and buy-in of DSPs decreases: DSWG the representing institutes in GEO other EO institutes in the countries Technical ready ≠ Human, cultural & institutional ready Business model transition won’t take place unless leaders of countries beyond EO sectors are convinced of the benefits of open data sharing

Plan for GEO Collectively Establish the network of national focal points for data sharing. Please respond to the Request to Establish National Contact Points for Data Sharing within GEO Member Governments, circulated by GEO Secretariat in August 2016. Publish the National Data Sharing Progress Report which monitors data sharing activities, maps the landscape of Earth observation data policies and analyzes the change over time. Collect evidences for the benefits of data sharing Hold regional workshops, campaigning on the benefits of data sharing, and building capacities of Data Sharing

Recommendations for Members and POs To develop national (or organizational) data policies that are in accordance with the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles; To exert leadership to establish necessary coordinating mechanisms to implement the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles, monitor data sharing progress and provide feedback to GEO To maximize the number of datasets shared as GEOSS Data-CORE in accordance with the GEOSS Data Management Principles To explore and enable business model changes for data generation in the public sector To promote the benefits of open data sharing, share your best practices or lessons learned with the entire GEO community

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