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Guidelines Status Report
Catalogue Guidelines • Developed by Catalogue Subgroup and inherited by the Access Subgroup • Provides guidance on development of interoperable catalogue systems • Updated during 1998 to incorporate CINTEX/CIP results • Now on line in HTML format • Each chapter is a separate page • Updated following comments at last meeting • Now CEOS Banner on every page to improve navigation • Work to shorten the document ongoing • Goal is 2 pages/chapter
Auxiliary Data Reference Document • Developed by Auxiliary Data Task Team of the Data Subgroup • Established as separate chapters on the NOAA HyperNews site • Chapters correspond to science areas - eg Land Surface, Atmosphere, Ocean, Cryosphere etc • Each chapter now subdivided into topic subsections • Transferred to NOAA for incorporation into HyperNews workshop • Will be monitored closely when fully established as a virtual workshop to evaluate whether the approach is effective
Format Guidelines • Developed by the Format Task Team of the Data Subgroup • Converted to HTML and available on-line • Proposed for virtual workshop hosted by NOAA
Future Development • These documents have value as a record of the unique experience that exists within the groups • Eg Catalogue Guidelines is the only place where the federation management knowledge is captured • Format guidelines are the only place where all the common data storage and delivery formats are described • Need to keep them up to date • Traditional review mechanisms lengthy • Virtual Workshops may be one way to help maintain accurate and complete information content • A suite of Guidelines • Browse Guidelines • Data Access Guidelines (?) • Standardisation of Approach • Guidelines Guidelines (?)