1. To facilitate readily accessible research infrastructure data to advance our understanding of Earth systems through an international community-driven effort, by: Bringing together both user communities and top-down directives to address evolving societal and scientific needs; Removing technical, scientific, cultural and geopolitical barriers for data use; and Coordinating the flow, integrity and preservation of information. CoopEUS Mission

2. To facilitate the accessibility of data from research infrastructures to advance our understanding across Earth systems through an international community- driven effort, by: Engaging user communities; Addressing changing societal and scientific needs; Removing technical, scientific, cultural and geopolitical barriers for data use; and Promoting the flow, integrity and preservation of information. CoopEUS Mission

3. An international community-driven effort to provide readily/seamless accessible research infrastructure data to advance our understanding of Earth systems, by; Goal 1: removing technical, scientific, cultural and geopolitical barriers for data use Goal 2: Coordinating the flow, integrity and preservation of information (among e- infrastructures) Goal 3: Engaging and enabling both bottom-up (user) and top-down (directives) communities to address evolving societal and scientific needs

4. Goal 1: removing technical, scientific, cultural and geopolitical barriers for data use  Develop and support mechanisms for data sovereignty  Promote Open access and fair use data policies  Harmonization of protocols, algorithms, and best community practices  Facilitate access (brokering) and novel discovery tools To facilitate the evolution of international research infrastructures to advance our understanding of Earth systems, by;

5. To facilitate the evolution of e-infrastructures to advance our understanding of Earth systems, by;  Persistent Identifiers  Metadata and data format standards  Ontologies, semantics, and controlled vocabularies  Quality = data integrity?, or Quality = QA/QC, traceability, metrology  Data Management and archival guidelines Goal 2: Coordinating the flow, integrity and preservation of information (among e- infrastructures)

6. To facilitate the evolution of e-infrastructures to advance our understanding of Earth systems, by;  Developing the virtual organizational structure and culture for re-use, re-purposing and the sustainment of…  Optimizing data resources (avoiding data redundancies,…  Identifying and being responsive to current and new frontiers  Comprehensive support for community engagement Goal 3: Engaging and enabling both bottom-up (user) and top-down (directives) communities to address evolving societal and scientific needs

7. To facilitate the evolution of international research infrastructures to advance our understanding of Earth systems, by; Goal 1: removing technical, scientific, cultural and geopolitical barriers for data use Goal 2: Coordinating the flow, integrity and preservation of information (among e- infrastructures) Goal 3: Engaging and enabling both bottom-up (user) and top-down (directives) communities to address evolving societal and scientific needs