SeaDataNet A Pan-European Infrastructure for Ocean and Marine Data Management: Achievements and challenges

SeaSearch and SeaDataNet Data availability of vital importance for marine research European data set is fragmented Not always quality controlled Not always easily accessible In 35 countries bordering European seas –Thousands scientific laboratories from government organizations and private industry collect data –Data are acquired using various sensors on board of research vessels, AUV, fixed and drifting platforms, airplanes and satellites –Measurements of physical, geophysical, geological, biological and chemical parameters, biological species, etc.

SeaDataNet I partners 49 partners including: Major oceanographic institutes of 35 countries National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODCs) Divisions of major national marine research institutes 3 satellite data centres 3 scientific modelling centres 2 SMEs experts in software development 3 International organisations (IOC, ICES, JRC) I3: Integrated Infrastructure Initiative

SeaDataNet infrastructure

SeaDataNet Metadata Services Give overviews of marine organizations in Europe Their engagement in marine research projects, managing large datasets, and data acquisition by research vessels and monitoring programmes for the European seas and global oceans European Directory of Marine Organisations (EDMO) European Directory of Marine Environmental Data sets (EDMED) European Directory of Marine Environmental Research Projects (EDMERP) Cruise Summary Reports (CSR) European Directory of the initial Ocean-observing Systems (EDIOS)

Interrelationships between the directories, using vocabularies Country Param Platf … … … EDMED EDIOS EDMERP CDI CSR EDMO XML

Common Vocabularies Controlled vocabularies containing keys, terms, abbreviations and essential (but often missing) definitions Lists for platforms, countries, sea areas, etc… International content governance by SeaVox list server Web service On-line user client Export in.csv files

Metadata Services Tiers These directories are compiled from national contributions, collated by SeaDataNet partners for their country. Each of the directories has its own origin; As part of SeaDataNet all directories have been harmonised in use of syntax, semantics and tools.

SeaDataNet User’s portal schema V1 IFREMER Database BODC Database BSH Database ENEA Database Download managers in data centres CSREDIOS EDMED CDI Shopping basket Requests status manager datametadata CSR CDI Project info Metadata & Data catalogues Data request Status of request General request Metadata request Organisation + data source id Data download at BODCat BSHat MARIS + EDMERP services for metadata Data downloading services Visualisation services (WMS) for V2 Entry point for access hits EDMO EDIOSEDMED EDMERPEDMO Software Vocabularies StandardsCross search AAA Registr. My transact. User Register User registration

Software and services MIKADO XML editor for maintenance of entries for the Discovery services XML Validation Web services for validating new metadata entries NEMO, MedSDN2ODV and Med2MedSDN software for converting various data formats to SeaDataNet standard formats

Data products SeaDataNet will provided added-value products to be created by regional centres –Mediterranean Sea –Black Sea –Baltic Sea –Arctic and North Sea –Atlantic and global ocean First products => gridded climatologies –based on already available data-sets (mostly hydrographic data) –updated during the project life To make products comparable, all regional data centers will use a common tool for spatial mapping For this a new version of DIVA (Data Inverse Variational Analysis) was developed (University of Liege)

SeaDataNet offers SeaDataNet partnership is providing data, products and services to all users, SeaDataNet want to involve new data centers or products’ providers Enlarge the SeaDataNet partnership

SeaDataNet serves  In order to make best use of SDN data for science and for society, a robust operational infrastructure, based on European and internationally agreed standards, is required  This has been recognised by many, including the Commission, the ESF Marine Board, EuroGOOS, individual organisations and their research scientists.

SeaDataNet The SeaDataNet architecture has been designed as a multidisciplinary system from the beginning. It is able to support a wide variety of data types and to serve several sector communities. SeaDataNet is also actively sharing its technologies and expertise, spreading and expanding its approach, and building bridges to other well established infrastructures in the marine domain. This has resulted in adoption and an active role for a number of SeaDataNet partners in related data management projects “ MARINE KNOWLEDGE marine data and observation for smart and sustainable growth” states that the creation of marine knowledge begins with observation of the seas and oceans. INSPIRE Directive aims to create a European spatial data infrastructure that delivers integrated spatial information service Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) will be aided by an overarching European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODNet)s to end-users.

SeaDataNet 2 European Directory of Marine Organisations (EDMO) (at present > entries) European Directory of Marine Environmental Data (EDMED) ( > entries) European Directory of Marine Environmental Research Projects (EDMERP) (> entries) Cruise Summary Reports (CSR) (> entries) European Directory of the Ocean Observing Systems (EDIOS) (> entries)

SeaDataNet 2: middlewares Discovery services = Metadata directories and User interfaces  Vocabulary services = Common vocabularies and Governance Security services = Authentication, Authorization & Accounting  Delivery services = Requesting and Downloading of data sets  Viewing services = Mapping of metadata Product viewing services = Viewing of generic and standard products in maps Monitoring services = Statistics on system usage and performance and Registration of data requests and transactions  Maintenance services = Entry and updating of metadata by data centres SeaDataNet II will have a dialogue with the related INSPIRE working groups to contribute to the INSPIRE process and to establish common standards. Further work will be dedicated to upgrading the NetCDF (CF) standard in cooperation with UNIDATA (USA) to make it better for SeaDataNet and MyOcean purposes. Establish common SeaDataNet profiles of OGC standards such as SensorML, Observations & Measurements schema, Sensor Observation Service (SOS), Web Feature Service (WFS)

Interoperability Achieving interoperability and exchange with other relevant data management systems in Europe, thereby promoting, fine-tuning and implementing the SeaDataNet standards, also taking into account active tuning and harmonising on an international scale. Achieving for operational oceanography both delayed mode and real-time data provision capacities in close cooperation with MyOcean, EuroGOOS, its Regions (ROOSes), and other oceanographic monitoring agencies and systems.