GTOS Data and Information Management Plan


Global Terrestrial Observing System

October 1998

GTOS-18






Table of Contents


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