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ESIP Information Quality Cluster (IQC)The Information Quality Cluster (IQC) within the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) was initially formed in 2011 and has evolved significantly over time. The current objectives of the IQC are to: 1. Actively evaluate community data quality best practices and standards; 2. Improve capture, description, discovery, and usability of information about data quality in Earth science data products; 3. Ensure producers of data products are aware of standards and best practices for conveying data quality, and data providers distributors intermediaries establish, improve and evolve mechanisms to assist users in discovering and understanding data quality information; and 4. Consistently provide guidance to data managers and stewards on how best to implement data quality standards and best practices to ensure and improve maturity of their data products. The activities of the IQC include: 1. Identification of additional needs for consistently capturing, describing, and conveying quality information through use case studies with broad and diverse applications; 2. Establishing and providing community-wide guidance on roles and responsibilities of key players and stakeholders including users and management; 3. Prototyping of conveying quality information to users in a more consistent, transparent, and digestible manner; 4. Establishing a baseline of standards and best practices for data quality; 5. Evaluating recommendations from NASA's DQWG in a broader context and proposing possible implementations; and 6. Engaging data providers, data managers, and data user communities as resources to improve our standards and best practices. Following the principles of openness of the ESIP Federation, IQC invites all individuals interested in improving capture, description, discovery, and usability of information about data quality in Earth science data products to participate in its activities.
Document ID
20160009336
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Ramapriyan, H. K.
(Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Peng, Ge
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Monterey, CA, United States)
Moroni, David F.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
July 25, 2016
Publication Date
July 19, 2016
Subject Category
Documentation And Information Science
Quality Assurance And Reliability
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN33382
Meeting Information
Meeting: Earth Science Information Partners Summer Meeting
Location: Durham, NC
Country: United States
Start Date: July 19, 2016
End Date: July 22, 2016
Sponsors: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA Headquarters
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG15HQ01C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NOAA NA09NES4400006
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
data products
community data
Information Quality Cluster
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