The U.S. Global Change Data and Information System Implementation Plan
A Report by the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Research
1994
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Research (CENR)
Subcommittee on Global Change Research (SGCR)
Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change (IWGDMGC)
- The Global Change Data and Information System
- Scope
- Implementation Principles
- Measures of Success
- Program Management
- GCDIS Coordination
- External Coordination
- Policy Coordination
- User Coordination
- Diversity of the Users
- The Problem Domain of the Users
- The Uses of the Data and Information by the User
- Organizational and Group Affiliation of Users
- Libraries and Information Centers as Intermediaries and Facilitators
- Implications of the User Attributes on the GCDIS
- User Support
- Conceptual View of GCDIS Content
- Scope of Content Subgroup
- Coordination of Content Implementation
- Data and Information Identification, Acquisition, and Priorities
- Assembly
- Production of Derived, Value- Added Data Products and Services
- Supporting Functions
- National Policy Issue Data and Information
- Emerging Trends
- Access System Overview
- Coordinating Access Implementation
- Access Services
- User Support and Outreach
- Networks
- Directory
- Guide
- Inventory
- Browse
- Order Placement
- Archive Function
- Distribution Functions
- Billing and Related Administrative Functions
- Information Functions and Services
- State and Local Government Access
- International Access
- Programmatic Guidance and Milestones
- Overall Schedule Goals
- Agency Implementation
- The Evolution of the GCDIS
- Existing International Data and Information Systems and Services
- International Mechanisms for Planning, Coordinating, and Implementing
- Data and Information Sources
- The Special Issue
- Data Capture Activities
- Fiscal Requirements
- The Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of the Interior
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Agriculture