Project Data Management Plan (v.2) (D7.2)

OCEAN:ICE provides products to both internal and external users. The data workflow is based on a chain of individual operational components, each contributing either to data production or user interaction functions. The infrastructure implements open and free of charge data access, it adopts international standards, follows European regulations such as INSPIRE, it is accessible under the OCEAN:ICE web domain (www.ocean-ice.eu) and offers up to date means of data and data products dissemination and interaction tools.

Nevertheless, the developed system cannot be considered finally closed, and for the entire duration of the project, the following evolution principles have to be considered and applied:

-       The service shall be state-of-the-art in its scope, and it shall be user-driven.

This means that all service capabilities are defined, allocated and implemented with sound and state-of-the-art technical and scientific justifications and address OCEAN:ICE internal and external user needs. If new needs pop up, it is important to try and match (whenever possible) these new needs.

Providing international level state-of-the-art tools means a constant monitoring and application of most appropriate methodologies at a given time to meet requirements for service quality in data processing, validation, etc.

-       Common standards are adopted and applied throughout the different elements of the system.

This means that standards are identified, adopted and applied. If, during the lifetime of the project, rising ocean best practices (OBP) become standards, the project has to try and include (as much as possible) these new OBP.

This also means that the system evolves constantly in response to service requirements, scientific and technical requirements, marine environment products requirements, stakeholders’ requirements.

-       Quality of the methodology of workflow has to follow and apply, well-established engineering methodologies derived from industry (e.g., ISO9001:2015, ISO15288, etc.) drive the definition of an adapted approach.

This means that data management also adopts good practices and methodologies to ensure system monitoring, fixing and reporting.

Within this framework, OCEAN:ICE poses itself amongst the up-to-date data infrastructure projects, adopts the latest interoperability best practices and enables data-products FAIRness to maximise the OCEAN:ICE data value chain from production to its end use for added value ocean products.

DMP is a living document, and this deliverable presents the updated version of OCEAN:ICE DMP. To facilitate the reader to see latest assumptions, the updates are highlighted in yellow.