Introduction Measure once, use many times Sean Gaffney (with acknowledgements to Pete Edmonds, ex Crown Estate)

Why are we here? How to best manage all the data collected by your organisation(s)? Drive/Need to share data Regulatory drivers e.g. Open Government Licence / INSPIRE Best practice Improving organisational reputation

Importance of good(?) data “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data!” (Sherlock Holmes) What do we mean by “data”? What’s the difference between an observation and data? “The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight.” – Carly Fiorina, former executive, president, and chair of Hewlett-Packard Co. A cautionary tale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2zK3sAtr-4

NOT SUSTAINABLE – MEDIN TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION The genesis of MEDIN > 200 holders of marine data and information in the UK (circa. 2008) NOT SUSTAINABLE – MEDIN TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION

Who are MEDIN? In operation since 2008 Open partnership Funded by 14 sponsors Budget ~£470K Work with academia, government and industry

i.e. Easier data sharing! MEDIN’s objective To improve access to, and management of, UK marine data and information i.e. Easier data sharing!

Marine Standard & Guidelines The MEDIN Solution Hub for UK Marine Data Marine Standard & Guidelines Network and Expertise

MEDIN Core Team Metadata support - by DASSH in Plymouth Based at British Oceanographic Data Centre Metadata support - by DASSH in Plymouth Charlotte Miskin-Hymas Robin McCandliss Clare Postlethwaite Gaynor Evans Roseanna Wright Sean Gaffney

7 Data Archive Centres (DACs) Hub for UK Marine Data Discovery metadata Data 7 Data Archive Centres (DACs)

Benefits of MEDIN DACs DAC

Marine Discovery Metadata Standard ISO International Standards (ISO 19115 and ISO 19139) Need a way of locating datasets online How to describe them in a standardised format so all records are consistent? Need to follow current best practice in this, but extend/adjust for MEDIN’s specific needs EU INSPIRE Directive UK GEMINI

The MEDIN portal (portal.oceannet.org) Governed by MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard Hub –the single point of access to find out about marine data All public funded data available under OGL

MEDIN Data Guidelines Provide guidance on what metadata is needed for re-use – not guidance on how to collect data Drafted by DACs and other expert bodies. Speed up data ingestion into DACs, makes re-use & data sharing easier General Metadata: Project and Survey tables Detailed Metadata: Details of methods or instrumentation used to collect data Data: Fixed Station, Sample Event and Sample Data

Is MEDIN working? Good coverage? >14,500 datasets accessible through portal > 400 organisations with metadata in portal (~200 in 2008) Bathymetry(27.4%) Physical oceanography (12.5%) Marine geology (11.5%) Anthropo-genic properties (5.2%) Boundaries & admin (4.6%) Socio-economic(1.6%) Marine biodiversity (19.7%) Fisheries (10.3%) Met data (1.5%) Marine chemistry (4.6%) Cryosphere (0.1%) Heritage (1.1%)

Spatial coverage of MEDIN data

Is MEDIN working? Data re-use? Requests for data at the MEDIN Data Archive Centres >5 million requests for data in 2016-17 >30 times more than 2011-12 > 200 Tb data available on request

Challenges Ensuring direct access to data “2 clicks to data” Increasing access to industry data Understanding requirements Communication Tailored services Demonstrating and quantifying benefits of data sharing Collating testimonials Real world use cases Expansion of network, geographically and by data type

(P. Edmonds, The Crown Estate, 05 Feb 2016)

EU INSPIRE, IODE, IHO, EMODNet MEDIN links Building links amongst MEDIN stakeholders Government agencies and Departments Commercial organisations Academia and research community Charities and NGOs General public MEDIN regarded internationally as example of best practice for data management and data sharing by EU INSPIRE, IODE, IHO, EMODNet

There’s data out there, but we can’t always see it http://xkcd.com/

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