D7.6 Data Management System and documentation

This report presents the main components and functionalities of the Data Management System (DMS) implemented by ARICE. The strategic targets driving this development have been: (i) the need to simplify the original plan to address challenges arising from changes in involved partners during the project; (ii) the need, in a legacy perspective, to adopt technical solutions and schemes sustainable in time, and (iii) to take in to account the last developments, at least at European level, made by organisations that are data aggregators and/or data providers. The last two points are relevant in order to accomplish ARICE project g oals in a very cost -effective way. The use of consolidated software packages in the data management panorama at international level and sustained by large communities (e.g. GEOCAT for GeoNetwork), together with the interaction with EMODnet Physics 1, are th e key pillars ensuring that strategic goals will be achieved.