GEOSS Data Sharing Task Force Meeting

GEOSS Data Sharing Task Force
GEO Secretariat, Geneva
27-28 May
Just received via the GEO Secretariat as GSDI GEOSS correspondent.

"A Kick-off meeting will be held on 27-28 May 2009, at the GEO Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. The objectives of this meeting are to initiate the activities of the Task Force, familiarize the members with the work of the previous Task Team: the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles Process Paper and Implementation Guidelines. Building on these works, in accordance with the Cape Town Declaration, the Data Sharing Task Force will initiate discussions to develop guidelines to be presented at GEO-VI and then finalize them for adoption by the 2010 GEO Ministerial Summit."
GSDI Association will be presented by Executive Director Prof. Harlan Onsrud. US Delegation has among its members Martha Maiden (former CEOS WGISS Chair, NASA) and Ivan DeLoatch (Director, USGS FGDC).

Background Documents:
Process Paper on GEOSS Data Sharing Principles
Implementation Guidelines
Response to review Comments
GEO Work Plan 2009-2011 Task Sheet
(All available on GEO website)

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