1. Format Attribution WGISS-18 September 2004 Beijing, China

2. WGISS Action Agencies submit their list of formats with (agency, data type, format, URL or Document) by Feb 1, 2005 to archive@wgiss.ceos.org archive@wgiss.ceos.org

3. Suggested Attribution to be gathered Format Short Name Format Long Name URL or doc that describes format Authoritative maintainer of format Date of format Context of format usage (historical or active) Format used for –Archive, product distribution, both or other Characterization of type of data format is used for –Raster, vector, points, tabular, …. –EO images, GIS, metadata, …. Format used for what data User community of format Tools / software that can read &/write this format

4. What about Metadata –RSS, SensorML, ….