1. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Richard Huffine September 17, 2009 Council for Data Integration High Value Opportunities

2. Web Services Tools for Using Data Addressing Cultural Changes Workforce Planning Geospatial Availability Of Corporate Data Assets Architecture For Data Integration Metadata Registry & Data Publishing Overarching Themes

3. 1. Tools for Using Data Data Transformations Extending Downsizer and Showdan for Broader Uses NPN data available for Watershed Modeling leaf-off and first-bloom data Dealing with big databases summary up front access to subsets custom queries (Viger, Fisher)

4. 2. Web Services “Wrappers” “Swat Teams” for setting up Web Services Adoption of OGC-compliant services (GIN) Data Systems for Smaller data collections Potential that MultiTaxa serves as a national data system for biological data collections Consolidation of data sets for the Mississippi River Basin (needs hardware/software) (Gunther, Kern, Nelson, Tessler, Sayre)

5. 3. Addressing Cultural Challenges Data Integration addressed in Project Proposals and Project Reviews Tools: Creating the tool that makes metadata easy Policy: Need to have the metadata cataloged and the data registered Incentives: carrots for project staff and enforcement for managers Quality Control and labeling of data appropriately (provision; citizen-science) (Armstrong, Thormodsgard)

6. 4. Metadata Registry / Data Publishing Metadata Registry Inventory of Data Collections within USGS Data call that leads to a core record in the CSC Making it easy to discover data Data Model Registry/Repository Data Publishing Facilitating publication of data availability in Data.gov Review of Data for Public Release: Roles and Responsibilities (Lightsom, Leake, Klima)

7. 5. Geospatial Availability of Corporate Data Assets Requirements Documented (Use Case) Schemas analyzed Web Service exposure Finding (registration with Search engines) Trouble-shoot performance Document the methods and approaches used KML, GeoSciML, OGC-compliant Web Services… Library of Tools (San Juan, Schweitzer)

8. 6. Architecture for Data Integration Schematic Design of an Architecture for Data Integration Hosting of data, models, etc… Serving, preserving, and hosting of data Data Rescue, Archiving and Preservation Making archiving efficient for Science Programs Saving data in XML format for future use Criteria and prioritization (Ferderer, Hay, Williamson, Stingley)

9. 7. Workforce Planning Resources for support staff to actually do data management Identifying and Supporting the experts in doing data management “Swat Teams” for setting up Web Services Agreement on what kinds of staff we need supporting science and how to hire and use them (Reece, Swanson)

10. Long-Term Challenges Education and Training E.G. DOI Learn Online Course on data management Metadata on Field Definitions available inside the ESRI software Linking metadata and data within software Fixing the RGE Review Process Incorporating Data Management into the RGE Process

11. Overarching Themes Web Services Tools for Using Data Addressing Cultural Changes Workforce Planning Geospatial Availability Of Corporate Data Assets Architecture For Data Integration Metadata Registry & Data Publishing

12. Breakout Group Products Title Description Benefit How and when will the realization of this opportunity benefit USGS scientists who require integrated data? Obstacles What will deter a satisfactory realization of this opportunity? Resources What personnel, organizational units, fiscal resources, etc. be required to effect this opportunity? Timeline (Milestones, Dates, Necessary Resources)