Posted 30 November 2000

GCOS/GOOS/GTOS Joint Data and Information Management Panel (JDIMP), third session

Abstract
Kyo, Japan, July 15-18, 1997

The Chairman thanked the welcoming speakers for their gracious remarks and for their generous support of the meeting. He added his wish to that of earlier speakers for a productive meeting, and invited the participants to introduce themselves. The Chairman briefly noted that since its last session, the panel has acquired the sponsorship of the GOOS and the GTOS. Consequently, its terms of reference are in need of review and possible modification. He proposed that the panel consider developing specific proposals to modify them at an appropriate place in the agenda. In a similar fashion, he noted that the scope of the panel was also an important subject for consideration. The Chairman suggested that the prior work and output of the panel since it was established on behalf of GCOS would provide a context in which the participants could review the future scope of work. He suggested these two issues be revisited after the series of updates and reports were provided.

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