1. Access Subgroup Catalogue Guidelines Osaka March 1999 1 Guidelines Status Report

2. Access Subgroup Catalogue Guidelines Osaka March 1999 2 Catalogue Guidelines  Developed by Catalogue Subgroup and inherited by the Access Subgroup  Provides guidance on development of interoperable catalogue systems  Updated during 1998 to incorporate CINTEX/CIP results  Now on line in HTML format  Each chapter is a separate page  Updated following comments at last meeting  Now CEOS Banner on every page to improve navigation  Work to shorten the document ongoing  Goal is 2 pages/chapter

3. Access Subgroup Catalogue Guidelines Osaka March 1999 3 Auxiliary Data Reference Document  Developed by Auxiliary Data Task Team of the Data Subgroup  Established as separate chapters on the NOAA HyperNews site  Chapters correspond to science areas - eg Land Surface, Atmosphere, Ocean, Cryosphere etc  Each chapter now subdivided into topic subsections  Transferred to NOAA for incorporation into HyperNews workshop  Will be monitored closely when fully established as a virtual workshop to evaluate whether the approach is effective

4. Access Subgroup Catalogue Guidelines Osaka March 1999 4 Format Guidelines  Developed by the Format Task Team of the Data Subgroup  Converted to HTML and available on-line  Proposed for virtual workshop hosted by NOAA

5. Access Subgroup Catalogue Guidelines Osaka March 1999 5 Future Development  These documents have value as a record of the unique experience that exists within the groups  Eg Catalogue Guidelines is the only place where the federation management knowledge is captured  Format guidelines are the only place where all the common data storage and delivery formats are described  Need to keep them up to date  Traditional review mechanisms lengthy  Virtual Workshops may be one way to help maintain accurate and complete information content  A suite of Guidelines  Browse Guidelines  Data Access Guidelines (?)  Standardisation of Approach  Guidelines Guidelines (?)