The SDMS WG directive is to
- Promote and enable
- Ethically open access to data;
- Norms of fair attribution and use of data;
- Long term preservation of data;
- Develop guidance material for the SDMS;
- Facilitate the adoption and implementation of standards that will enable free, open and timely access to data;
- Facilitate interoperability of data and systems as needed to support the needs of SIOS scientific community;
- Establish expert groups to examine specific questions or coordinate the implementation of SIOS data management and sharing solutions;
- Engage in relevant national, regional, global or discipline specific data management activities to ensure that SDMS activities are relevant, cost efficient and sustainable;
- Coordinate the review of SIOS data management plans submitted by projects requesting access to the SIOS Infrastructure.
The SDMS WG work programme for 2024
- SDMS WG administrative tasks (meetings, develop work plan for next year, OwnCloud maintenance and development, etc.)
- Development of SDMS documents and material (Interoperability Guidelines Document, Operations Manual, SIOS Core Data Document, etc)
- Integration of contributing data centres
- Improving functionality of the SDMS user interfaces
- Development of long-term plan for integration of SIOS Core data and concrete implementation steps
- Further development of SDMS tools
- Support data management sessions during conferences where relevant
