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IOC Communication and Outreach Strategy for Data and Information Management (2017-2019).
(UNESCO for IODE, Paris, France, 2017)The present Communication and Outreach Strategy for Data and Information Management, also referred to in this document as the “Communication Strategy” was prepared by the International Oceanographic Data and Information ... -
IODE Quality Management Framework for National Oceanographic Data Centres and Associate Data Units (2nd revised edition).
(UNESCO for IODE, Paris, France, 2023)The International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE)1 programme of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO2 maintains a global network of National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODC) ... -
Fish-Killing Marine Algal Blooms: Causative Organisms, Ichthyotoxic Mechanisms, Impacts and Mitigation.
(UNESCO-IOC/SCOR., Paris, France, 2023)Fish-killing microalgal blooms are responsible for much greater global socio-economic impacts than the well-studied HAB species causing seafood biotoxin contamination. Examples are the 1972 Chattonella marina bloom in ... -
Ocean Data Standards Volume 6: SeaDataNet Cruise Summary Report (CSR) metadata model for Cruise Reporting (including SeaDataNet CSR metadata profile, V5.2.0).
(UNESCO for IODE, Paris, France, 2021)Scope: Proposal to acknowledge SeaDataNet Cruise Summary Report (CSR) metadata profile of ISO 19115 and ISO 19115-2 as a standard metadata model for the documentation of cruise reports. In particular, the proposal aims to ... -
Ocean Data Standards Volume 8: SeaDataNet Common Data Index (CDI) metadata model for Marine and Oceanographic Datasets (including SeaDataNet CDI metadata profile of ISO 19115, V12.2.0).
(UNESCO for IODE, IODE, Paris, France, 2021)Scope: Proposal to acknowledge SeaDataNet Common Data Index (CDI) metadata profile of ISO 19115 as a standard metadata model for the documentation of Marine and Oceanographic Datasets. In particular, the proposal aims to ... -
Ocean Data Standards Volume 7: SeaDataNet Common Data Index (CDI) metadata model for Marine and Oceanographic Datasets – XML encoding (including SeaDataNet metadata profile of ISO 19115 - XML encoding, V12.2.0).
(UNESCO for IODE, IODE, Paris, France, 2021)SeaDataNet Common Data Index (CDI) metadata model for Marine and Oceanographic Datasets – XML encoding Scope: Proposal to adopt SeaDataNet CDI XML encoding as the reference XML implementation of SeaDataNet CDI metadata ... -
Ocean Data Publication Cookbook.
(UNESCO for IODE, Paris, France, 2013)This "Cookbook" has been written for data managers and librarians who are interested in assigning a permanent identifier to a dataset for the purposes of publishing that dataset online and for the citation of that dataset ... -
Rules of Procedure for IODE Programme Components, Programme Activities and Projects.
(UNESCO for IODE, Paris, France, 2023)Since the creation of the first IODE projects in the 1990s the terms of reference of a IODE Project and Steering Group have been defined by a Recommendation submitted by the IODE Committee to the IOC Governing body (in ... -
Guide for Establishing an IODE National Oceanographic Data Centre, IODE Associate Data Unit or IODE Associate Information Unit (3rd revised edition).
(UNESCO for IODE, Paris, France, 2022)This document supersedes IOC Manuals and Guides No. 5 Rev. 2 (2008) (http://www.iode.org/mg5) which was entitled “Guide for Establishing a National Oceanographic Data Centre”. Taking into account the substantive evolution ... -
IOC Strategic Plan for Ocean Data and Information Management (2023–2029).
(UNESCO for IODE, Paris, France, 2023)The purpose of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO is to promote international cooperation and to coordinate programmes in research, services and capacitybuilding, in order to learn more about the ... -
A New Blue Curriculum – A toolkit for policy-makers.
(UNESCO, Paris, France, 2022)This Toolkit aims to support policy-makers, curriculum developers and educational authorities in implementing Ocean Literacy into their national curriculum framework. Ocean Literacy is a tool, a framework and, more ... -
Standard Guidelines for the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme.
(UNESCO, Paris, France, 2022)In December 2004, 227,8991 people lost their lives and around US$10 billion were estimated as overall economic losses in the 14 countries affected by the 9.1-magnitude Indian Ocean earthquake2. In response to the devastation ... -
Procedures for Proposing and Evaluating IODE Projects and Activities (2nd Revised edition).
(UNESCO for IODE, Paris, France, 2021)At its 24th session (2017) the IODE Committee approved the Report of the Inter-sessional Working Group to Propose a Re-structuring of IODE which recommended revising the current structure, projects and activities of IODE ... -
Guidelines for the study of climate change effects on HABs.
(UNESCO-IOC/SCOR, Paris, France, 2021)Our planet Earth is changing. Marine and freshwater ecosystems are experiencing intense natural and anthropogenic pressures that will generate unforeseen changes in their structure and functioning. The drivers of climate ... -
MSPglobal International Guide on Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning.
(UNESCO, Paris, France, 2021)This guide builds on the inputs, experiences and lessons learned provided by the MSPglobal community through all activities organised or supported by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and the ... -
Ocean Data Standards Volume 5: SeaDataNet Cruise Summary Report (CSR) metadata model for Cruise Reporting – XML encoding (including SeaDataNet CSR metadata profile of ISO 19115-2 – XML encoding, V5.2.0).
(IODE/UNESCO, IODE, Oostende, Belgium, 2021)Proposal to adopt SeaDataNet CSR XML encoding as the reference XML implementation of SeaDataNet CSR metadata model. The SeaDataNet infrastructure, its standards, services and products started to build since the mid-1990s ... -
Ocean Literacy for All: a toolkit.
(IOC/UNESCO and UNESCO Venice Office, Paris, France, 2018)The IOC-UNESCO Ocean Literacy for All A toolkit is the result of a joint work and contributions of members of this global partnership. It provides to educators and learners worldwide the innovative tools, methods, and ... -
Quality Control of in situ Sea Level Observations: a Review and Progress towards Automated Quality Control, Vol. 1.
(UNESCO, Paris, France, 2020)The Global Sea-Level Observing System (GLOSS, https://www.gloss-sealevel.org/) is an international programme conducted under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. GLOSS aims at the ... -
The IHO-IOC GEBCO Cook Book.
(International Hydrographic Organization, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IHO-IOC), Monaco, 2019)GEBCO aims to provide the most authoritative publicly available bathymetric data sets for the world's oceans. In order to assist and encourage further participation in bathymetric grid development work, GEBCO has created ... -
Ocean Data Standards Volume 4: Technology for SeaDataNet Controlled Vocabularies for describing Marine and Oceanographic Datasets - A joint Proposal by SeaDataNet and ODIP projects.
(IODE/UNESCO, IODE, Oostende, Belgium, 2019)SeaDataNet has set up and populates common vocabularies for describing marine and oceanographic datasets (https://www.seadatanet.org/Standards/Common-Vocabularies). The vocabulary services are technically managed and hosted ...
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