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Best Practices for Ocean Observing

Jay Pearlman and the BPWG November 20 2017 BPWG: Jay Pearlman, Mark Bushnell, Pier Luigi Buttigieg, Juliet Hermes, Emma Heslop, Johannes Karstensen, Cristian Muñoz, Pauline Simpson

Creation of a Best Practice

A community best practice is a methodology that has repeatedly produced superior results relative to

• ther methodologies with the same
• bjective

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• Sensors should be visually inspected prior

to calibration.

• Real-time monitoring of the conditions of

the calibration bath can ensure the bath stability and homogeneity at the calibration points.

• Sensor handling and storage should follow

the recommendations of the manufacturer. Sensor calibration should be performed prior to and after the deployment. The maximum period between two calibrations should not be more than one year.

• The calibration and the deployment history
• f the sensors should be available for

traceability.

Process example: FixO3 use case

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Most potential BPs are scattered, have varying degrees of accessibility, and varying digital lifetimes

Approach to BP System

• Priority is for consistent machine readable, taggable texts

with robust metadata

• Open access from Central Repository
• Multiple coordinated locations for documents possible
• BP developer retains ownership of content
• Range of Documents accepted by OBP Repository: best

practices, standard operating procedures, manuals, etc.

• Journal articles are method (description) papers with

corresponding entry of full document in Repository

• Peer Review is optional; Peer review from large projects

may be accepted in lieu of Journal/expert review

• Provision for Community Dialogue (Journal, Repository)

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Best Practices Flow

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BP Capabilities in the Near Term*

• Objective is for an Initial Capability next spring

which includes:

• DOI assignment for documents
• Semantic-based search and key words/tagging
• Easy to use User interface
• Simple submission process (including templates)
• Help Desk
• Best Practice “Research Topic” in Frontiers in

Marine Science

• (link: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-

topics/7173/best-practices-in-ocean-observing

• Interoperability with other BP archives

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*Subject to labor availability

Customer Support

• Help Desk
• Technical Support
• Feedback opportunities
• Content
• Service
• Surveys
• Listserv

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Ocean BP Definition

• A community best practice is a

methodology that has repeatedly produced superior results relative to

• ther methodologies with the same
• bjective.

To be fully elevated to a best practice, a promising method will have been adopted and employed by multiple

• rganizations.

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Benefits to OBP User

• Living, Sustained, Comprehensive

System for Ocean Observing Practices

• Ocean-Oriented Natural Language

User Interface

• Fast, Customizable Advanced Search
• Open Access with alerts
• Traceable Community Reviews

including Peer Review options

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Benefits to Contributors

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§ Permanent archiving through Internationally recognized UNESCO/IOC – IODE hosting § Indexed by all major search engines – improving potential for global dissemination and increased citations/use § Content harvested by Google Scholar, Scopus, OpenAIRE etc (OAI-PMH compliant)

§ User friendly and speedy submission process § DOI for each document § Curation and quality control of metadata and Peer Review

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§ Research Topic/Journal for visibility/citation opportunities § Use, search and citation metrics § Community engagement and feedback § Complies with funder mandates

Development through Collaboration

• Partnerships between major
• rganizations
• Leverage infrastructure developments

from other activities/disciplines

• Engage community in testing and

evaluation

• Collaborate with ocean science research

and operations programs

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This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 633211.