The Data Working Group (Data-WG) is convened to work with the GEO community and with external stakeholders to address data policy, data ethics and data governance issues impacting the use of Earth observations, thereby improving the uptake of Earth observations for decision making.

The Working Group will support the translation of the Canberra Declaration into concrete actions within the GEO Work Programme. The duties of the Data Working Group are:

• Monitor trends in international open data and data management practices, and produce trend analyses and recommendations, as appropriate, for revising the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles and the GEOSS Data Management Principles and Implementation Guidelines;
• Continue to promote the adoption and implementation of the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles and the GEOSS Data Management Principles globally.
• Advance discussions of critical data-related topics with stakeholder communities;
• Recommend ways for GEO to advance the interoperability of Earth observations and complementary data, products and services; and
• Identify, analyze, and describe best practices for, legal, ethical, privacy, intellectual property, and other related concerns with respect to the sharing and management of Earth observations data, information and knowledge resources.

Data Working Group Co-Chairs

Four co-chairs are elected, selected by and from the Data-WG members

Alena
Rybkina

Anastasia
Wahome

Robert
Downs

Richard
Moreno

Data Working Group Subgroups

• Data Ethics: Subgroup Leaders: Stefano Nativi and Hu Lianglin

• Law and Policy: Subgroup Leaders: Lea Shanley, Jordi Sandalinas and Derek Hanson

• Data Sharing and Data Management Principles: Subgroup Leaders: Chris Schubert and Ethan McMahon

• In Situ Data: Subgroups Leaders: Helen Glaves - Henrik Andersen and Joan Maso
  • In Situ Data Subgroup Work Plan document

Administrative support to the DWG-WG is provided by the GEO Secretariat. Contact Paola De Salvo at pdesalvo@geosec.org  for more information about the work of the DWG.

Data Working Group Reference documents

• Data Working Group Terms of Reference
• Data Sharing and Data Management principles work plan
• Data Sharing and Data Management Principles
• Analysis of the Data Management Principles vs Fair Principles
• In situ Concept Paper

Presentations

• Analysis of the 1st Questionnaire (Co-Chairs Vote on subgroup topics)
• Analysis of the Subgroups Leaders nomination
• DWG Presentation to the Programme Board, May 2021

Minutes Teleconferences

• meeting of 4 March 2021
• meeting of 19 November 2020
• meeting of 18 September 2020
• meeting of 9 July 2020

Working group members

Calendar

• Calendar DWG Calls 2021

Events