HR: 10:30h
AN: U22A-01 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: The Electronic Geophysical Year, 2007-2008 (eGY)
AU: * Barton, C
EM: charles.barton@anu.edu.au
AF: Australian National University, 1A, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
AB: The Electronic Geophysical Year, 2007-2008 (eGY) is an IUGG initiative to use the 50th anniversary of the IGY to push the geosciences data paradigm into the 21st century. eGY promotes a focused and coordinated international approach to establishing information systems and services that deliver ready, open access to comprehensive geoscientific data, embracing e-Science principles. eGY is an enabling activity that sets out to inform, stimulate, encourage, coordinate, and promote: - establishment of virtual observatories that will allow diverse data from many different places to be combined through a single portal to allow new science to be undertaken, often across the boundaries of traditional scientific disciplines; - clearer identification of available data, archives, analysis tools and formatting information; - development and implementation of best practice criteria and certification; - removal of restrictions and practices that impede full and open access to geoscientific data. I will report on the significant recent developments fully identifying program elements and people and institutions to develop those elements.
UR: http://www.egy.org
DE: 9699 General or miscellaneous
SC: Union [U]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly