Taco de Bruin
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research,
The Joint Committee on Antarctic
Data Management (JCADM) was established by the Scientific
Committee on Antarctic Research
(SCAR) and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), to assist in the fulfilment of the data management obligations imposed
by the Antarctic Treaty (section III.1.c):
"Scientific
observations and results from
JCADM comprises representatives of
the National Antarctic Data Centres or national points of contact. Currently 31
nations around the world are represented in JCADM.
So far, JCADM has been focussing
on the coordination of the Antarctic Master Directory (AMD), the
internationally accessible, web-based, searchable record of Antarctic and
Southern Ocean data set descriptions. The AMD is directly integrated into the
international Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) to help further merge
Antarctic science into global science. The AMD is a resource for scientists to
advertise the data they have collected and to search for data they may need.
Currently, JCADM is in a transition
phase, moving forward to provide data access.
Existing systems and web services
technology will be used as much as possible, to increase efficiency and prevent
‘re-inventing the wheel’
This poster will give an overview
of this process, the current status and the expected results.