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Reviewing Survey Results & Key Issues • This presentation summarizes the key results and themes from the survey. We wish to start with a shared baseline and agreement of: – Findings that may be important, but that we agree not to address at this meeting – Issues that need further discussion at this meeting • Agreeing to 3 ‐ 4 issues for discussion will help us both focus and manage our time effectively. DMAC Steering Team Meeting | 2 ‐ 3 December 2009 | Topic: Survey Summary 1

Summary of Key Findings • 3.1 DMAC Purpose: More than 70% selected: – Guide the development of the DMAC component of IOOS – Serve as a forum for issues regarding the DMAC component of IOOS – Review and comment on the progress of the DMAC component of IOOS • 3.2 Primary Customers: – 66% selected IOOS related federal agencies, IOOS national office, and regional associations; 34% selected the IWGOO or its replacement – Proposed Question to Discuss: Who are the primary customers, what do they need, and what can DMAC Steering Committee provide? DMAC Steering Team Meeting | 2 ‐ 3 December 2009 | Topic: Survey Summary 2

Summary of Key Findings • 4.1 Content: Which of the following components of the IOOS legislation are appropriate for DMAC team to address? – 89% selected “ Establish protocols and standards for System data processing, management, and communication” – 48% selected “develop contract certification standards and compliance procedures for all non ‐ Federal assets…” – 37% selected “Establish required observation data variables to be gathered by both Federal and non ‐ Federal assets ...” DMAC Steering Team Meeting | 2 ‐ 3 December 2009 | Topic: Survey Summary 3

Key Findings: Proposed Top Priorities (4.2) • Data Related • Standards Related • Interoperability/Infrastructure • Collaboration • DMAC Organization Related • Others DMAC Steering Team Meeting | 2 ‐ 3 December 2009 | Topic: Survey Summary 4

Summary of Key Findings • 4.3 Should a DMAC Steering Team continue managing a DMAC standards adoption process? 76% “ yes”; 23% “ no” • 4.4 If DMAC Steering Team continues current standards adoption process, what groups should be collaborated with? – More than 70% selected NASA Standards and Process Group, Open Geospatial Consortium, International Organization for Standardization, and Global Earth Observations System of Systems – 54% selected “World Meteorological Organization” • 5.1 Structure: Is the current structure of the DMAC Steering Team adequate for meeting the overall goals and objective? – 55% of respondents (26/47) selected “no.” ( 44% “ yes”) DMAC Steering Team Meeting | 2 ‐ 3 December 2009 | Topic: Survey Summary 5

Summary of Key Findings • 5.2 Structure: What changes, if any, would you suggest to the current structure of the DMAC steering team? – New/added membership composition, implementation and non ‐ federal beneficiaries, international advisors/stakeholders, core team with input from regions, users, establish liaisons with standard development organizations, industry, biological side – Focus mission, Includes caucuses and expert teams, clarifying role, focus membership, single expert team, smaller team, – Keep same, re ‐ engage expert teams; reinforce review, monitor, and provide guidance, setting priorities, arrange around the core elements of the DMAC Plan (discovery, online browse, archive) – Funding, under ‐ resourced – Improve web ‐ presence DMAC Steering Team Meeting | 2 ‐ 3 December 2009 | Topic: Survey Summary 6

Summary of Key Findings • 5.3 Guidance: How important is it to receive regular guidance from the IWGOO or the Interagency Ocean Observing Committee? 83%: “ very important” or “ important” • 5.4 Meetings: How often should DMAC Steering Team meet? 43% selected “quarterly” ; 31% selected “twice a year” • 5.5 Meetings: What is the most important outcome of a DMAC Steering Team meeting? – a. Guidance to DMAC Community – b. Review Standards – c. Adopt/Recommend Standards – d. Provide Updates on Related Efforts – e. Provide Feedback to Developers – f. Monitoring Goals DMAC Steering Team Meeting | 2 ‐ 3 December 2009 | Topic: Survey Summary 7

Common Themes Across Questions • Role of DMAC as a “coordinator” versus “driver” versus “reviewer” (relates to perceived authority and scope) • Desired emphasis on “process” (coordination) or “product” (outputs) (relates to overarching goal) • Goals with respect to external outreach and collaboration: desired range of “sphere of influence” • Domain involvement versus primarily technical focus • Steering Team scope possibilities and limitations based on volunteer status of many members • Need to establish the range of issues for DMAC Steering Committee to take on: Breadth or Depth? DMAC Steering Team Meeting | 2 ‐ 3 December 2009 | Topic: Survey Summary 8

Possible Issues for Meeting Discussion • Defining Primary Customer(s) (3.2) – Who are they, what do they need, and what can DMAC ST provide? • Top Issues to Address (4.2) and Outcomes to be Achieved (5.5) – Given primary customers, what issues can the DMAC ST help resolve or address, and what outcomes can it best aim for? • Role of DMAC in Standards Adoption (4.3, 4.4) and with respect to IOOS Legislation (4.1) – What should these activities “look like” for DMAC Steering Committee (process and outputs)? DMAC Steering Team Meeting | 2 ‐ 3 December 2009 | Topic: Survey Summary 9

Issues Proposed for Deferral (1 of 2) • Given agreement in the survey, can we accept the following as a starting baseline for the Purpose of DMAC (3.1), and then recheck after other issues are discussed? – Guide the development of the DMAC component of IOOS – Forum for issues discussion regarding the DMAC component of IOOS – Review and comment on the progress of the DMAC component of IOOS • Identifying specific requests for guidance from IWGOO DMAC Steering Team Meeting | 2 ‐ 3 December 2009 | Topic: Survey Summary 10

Issues Proposed for Deferral (2 of 2) • Operational Considerations (5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4) – How should the DMAC ST best get guidance? Given customers, issues and desired outcomes, and roles: what should the structure be? – Note: May best be proposed after other items are considered. • Identifying specific organizations to collaborate with, and the process for engaging or continuing these collaborations • Identifying specific proposed changes to the DMAC Steering Team membership and a specific meeting frequency DMAC Steering Team Meeting | 2 ‐ 3 December 2009 | Topic: Survey Summary 11

Key Findings: Proposed Top Priorities (4.2) • Data Related : Establishment of operational regional and local centers for quality controlled data; Identify federal data holdings of interest to multiple agencies or outside users; Registry; Move data from providers to users; Aiming IOOS funds at data integration; Including and integrating diverse regional observation data • Standards ‐ Related: Integrated data protocols and standards; Develop standards and protocols; Reference libraries; Reconcile US in GOOS standards; Better integration of biological standards; Evaluate resources needed to support standards; Ensure open standards are kept open and actively used • Interoperability/ Infrastructure : Identification of interoperability arrangements based on international standards for communications; Enhance coordination and interoperability between all entities; Selection of best practices in information architecture for interoperable systems; Common standards for interoperability; Advancing inter and intra agency interoperability; Ensure IOOS is compatible with international observing systems; Cyber secure infrastructure • Collaboration : Between agencies and related data/cyber infrastructure programs; with OOI ‐ CI; Between observational and modeling communities; Bridging data collectors, data servers, and data users; Coordination with other observing systems; Define governance between agencies – who’s responsible for what • DMAC Organization Related : Independent assessment of DMAC Plan status; DMAC ST’s role; Sustainable DMAC; DMAC and IOOS performance/outcome metrics; Update DMAC Data Management Plan; Stability concerning management of DMAC community; • Others: A design that guides activities and expenditures by National IOOS and RA’s; Meeting needs of science community; Recommending priorities for NOAA IOOS implementation/development; Advisory role to NOAA IOOS system engineering efforts; Cultivating new technical solutions where current standards are not sufficient (funding opportunities and pilot projects); Output products; Identify funds to support joint inter ‐ agency technology evaluations and report lessons learned DMAC Steering Team Meeting | 2 ‐ 3 December 2009 | Topic: Survey Summary 12