Action: DSC-2024-01 (COMPLETE) – The DSC will provide an annual report to the OOIFB. The report will provide a summary of DSC meetings, activities, and recommendations.
Action Taken:
- A Google Doc was created. Activities and meetings from 2023 were listed. The committee discussed recommendations and future activities during their January and February 2024 web conferences.
- February 21, 2024 – The DSC Annual Report was submitted to the OOIFB for review; the OOIFB endorsed the report on February 29, 2024.
- March 1, 2024 – The OOIFB endorsed version of the DSC Annual Report was submitted to NSF.
Action: DSC-2024-02 – (COMPLETE) Identify strategies for addressing the recommended DSC future activities. These activities were highlighted in the 2023 DSC Annual Report.
Action Taken:
- March 19, 2024 – DSC members each volunteered to lead discussions on strategies to address future committee activities. A summary sheet of activities and DSC volunteers for each assigned activity.
- April 16, 2024 – Beginning at the DSC April web conference, the future activity list was reviewed, and DSC members discussed a timeline for activities with deadlines established. A review and discussion of activities will continue at each DSC monthly web conference and summaries will be included in the running minutes.
Action: DSC-2024-03 (COMPLETE) – Review and provide input to the 2024 OOI Annual Work Plan (AWP) for Program Year 7.
Action Taken:
- April 16, 2024 – PY7 OOI AWP cost figures redacted were provided to the OOIFB and DSC for review.
- April 25, 2024– The DSC discussed the review process, assignments, and timeline during their April web conference.
- April 30, 2024 – Initial AWP feedback and questions from the OOIFB & DSC were compiled and sent to NSF.
- May 7 and 9, 2024 – Initial OOIFB and DSC AWP feedback are discussed with the NSF OOI PMO and MIOs as part of the Spring OOIFB-DSC meetings at NSF Headquarters in Alexandria, VA. AWP discussions were held during closed-door sessions.
- July 12, 2024 – A final version of OOIFB-DSC feedback to the draft OOI AWP for Program Year 7, including a summary of comprehensive discussions that took place during the May 2024 OOIFB and DSC meetings, is provided to NSF.
Action: DSC 2024-04 (CLOSED) Create a “OOI Data Curation Document”, which will largely focus on defining what various user groups mean when referring to PI-generated data, value-added data products, and/or curated data sets. Other topics of consideration include (a) what should be hosted by NSF OOI data services and (b) if PI-generated data products can be “OOI- recommended” whether hosted elsewhere or within NSF OOI. Lastly, the DSC will compile a summary of the NSF OOI data levels and identify/define extra value added/enhanced levels that might include curated data, published data (DOI), combined data sets, gridded data, model ready data, etc.
Action Taken:
- April 16, 2024 – Continued discussion about priority topics/details during the monthly DSC web-conference. Sources for currently available information were identified. Initial document outline to be discussed during the Spring 2024 DSC-OOIFB Meeting in Alexandria, VA.
- July 16, 2024 – DSC Chair, Jim Potemra, drafted a summary document to delineate between “raw data” and “data products”. Discussions occur during the July DSC web-conference; edits on the document continue offline.
- November 13, 2024 – The OOIFB and DSC host their Fall meeting at the University of Washington, in Seattle. After discussions during a DSC working session, the “data products best practices document” was tabled. It was determined the OOI program was providing the necessary information about data to most users, and thus meeting programmatic requirements. New action items (outlined in the 2024 DSC Annual Report) were identified.
Action: DSC-2024-05 (COMPLETE) – The DSC will seek applications to fill an open position on the committee.
Action Taken:
- August 29, 2024 – A call for applications was announced to fill an open position on the Data Systems Committee (DSC). Richard Dewey (Ocean Networks Canada), will rotate off the DSC as of September 30, 2024, after completing two terms on the DSC.
- September 17, 2024 – The call for applications is closed. Applicant materials were compiled and shared with the DSC.
- September 19, 2024 – DSC applicants are reviewed and votes are cast to select a new member.
- September 27, 2024 – The DSC makes their recommendation to the OOIFB for approval and endorsement. During the September 27, 2024 OOIFB web conference, there were not enough members online to form a quorum; the DSC confirmation vote was moved offline. Through this offline vote, the DSC recommended that Jacqui Degan, Cape Fear Community College, fill the open DSC position.
Action: DSC-2024-06 (on-going; continued into 2025) – Better identify key knowledge needed for effective participation in the OOIFB and the DSC.
Action Taken:
- August 5, 2024 – The OOIFB and DSC form a [joint] Knowledge Base Subcommittee. Members of the Subcommittee include: Karen Bemis (DSC, Subcomm Chair), Rosie Gradoville (OOIFB), Mike Muglia (OOIFB), Janet Nye (OOIFB), Dax Soule (OOIFB Chair) Teresa Burlingame (DSC), Holly Morin (OOIFB ASO),. Dani Bailey (OOIFB ASO). Meetings will be held monthly via web-conference.
- November 14, 2024 – An internal summary document that outlines key knowledge needed for effective participation in the OOIFB and the DSC is reviewed/discussed at the Fall 2024 OOIFB-DSC meeting.