1. January 2003National Coastal Data Development Center Brief National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC) Susan Starke January 2003

2. National Coastal Data Development Center Brief To provide access to coastal data & information Stored in:  Distributed Repositories  Heterogeneous Formats Make it Discoverable and Available to:  Diverse Set of Users and Applications  With Different Levels of Expertise  In a Usable Form NCDDC Charter

3. January 2003National Coastal Data Development Center Brief Approach A Data management framework system consisting of three distinct and separate tiers. Data Consumers Middleware Data Providers Provide a Coastal Data Catalog FGDC Compliant metadata (required)

4. January 2003National Coastal Data Development Center Brief NCDDC Services Metadata Management Training Customer Service National Backbone Discovery Data Access Gateway Data Provider Support Training Customer Service

5. January 2003National Coastal Data Development Center Brief Data Discovery GIS Tool Data Translation Metadata Tool Regional Observatories Regional Observatories Public ftp

6. January 2003National Coastal Data Development Center Brief What do you expect from a National System?