GTOS Data and Information
Management Plan
Global Terrestrial Observing System
October 1998
GTOS-18
Table of Contents
1.
Introduction
2. Approach
3. Process
Elements
4. User Requirements for Data and
Information
5.
Custodianship
6. Data Access and
Release
7. Metadata
8. Data
Quality
9. Data
Harmonisation
10. Archiving
11. GTOS
Support.
12.
Implementation
13. Issues and
Concerns
Appendix 1: GTOS Datasets and
Products
Appendix 2: GTOS Data and
Information Management Panel
Appendix 3: GTOS Data
Centres
Appendix 4: Directory-Level
Metadata
Appendix 5: List of
Acronyms