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The JCOMM/IODE Expert Team on Data Management Practices, in close collaboration with JCOMM Programme Areas, Commission for Basic Systems subsidiary bodies, IODE Management Group and related experts, shall:

(a) Manage the process of adopting and documenting standards and best practices to be used in IODE-JCOMM data management through the Ocean Data Standards (ODS) Process;

(b) Assist in the further integration of the IODE Ocean Data Portal, with other IODE projects (OBIS,GODAR/WDC, GTSPP, GOSUD),with IODE GDACS, NODCs, ADUs and with other ocean data systems(SeaDataNet, IMOS, EOOS, EMODnet), their interoperability with the WMO Information System (WIS), and theiricapacity development activities to ensure full participation of Members/Member States;

(c) Assist with the development, review and update the Marine Climate Data System (MCDS) strategy, implementation plan and performance indicators in the next two years for achieving the Vision for a new MCDS;

(d) In concurrence with the co-presidents of JCOMM, the chairperson of the JCOMM Data Management Coordination Group (DMCG) and IODE Management Group, establish task teams and pilot projects, as necessary, to undertake the work of the Expert Team on Data Management Practices;

(e) Direct and coordinate the activities of the task teams and pilot projects referred to under (d);

(f) Provide advice to the IODE and the Data Management Coordination Group (DMCG) and other groups of JCOMM, as required;

(g) Liaise and collaborate with other groups as needed, to ensure access to required expertise, appropriate coordination and to avoid duplication.

The Membership is selected to ensure a range of expertise and to maintain an appropriate geographical and gender representation, and includes:

(a) Up to five experts selected by JCOMM, including the chairperson, selected from Members/Member States with an appropriate geographical and gender representation;

(b) Up to four experts with relevant expertise based on the current workplans of the Task Teams and Projects established by the Expert Team on Data Management Practices, selected by IODE of IOC;

(c) One co-chairperson of the IOC Committee on IODE;

(d) The representative of IPET-MOIS;

Additional experts may be invited as appropriate, with the concurrence of the co-presidents of the Commission, on a self-funded basis, and in general with no resource implications to JCOMM.

Representatives of JCOMM Programme Areas, the IODE Committee, and other expert bodies may be invited as appropriate with the concurrence of the Co-Presidents of JCOMM and with no resource implications to the Commission.

Representative(s) of the Expert Team on Marine Climatology (ETMC) should be invited, in order to ensure close collaboration and cooperation across the DMPA.