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NetworkInformationSystemAdvisoryCommittee
NISAC Activities Report
Briefing to the LTER IM Committee26-Jul-2010
Wade SheldonNISAC Co-Chair
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Briefing Outline
Current Committee Membership
Fall 2009 – Spring 2010 NISAC Activities
Current Priorities
NISAC Feedback on IMC Activities
Discussion IMC Representative Rotation, Terms, Timing Other Issues
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Current Committee Membership
Current members (IMC reps in bold) Will Pockman (SEV) Co-Chair Wade Sheldon (GCE) Co-Chair Karen Baker (CCE/PAL) Barbara Bond (AND) James Brunt (LNO) Chuck Hopkinson (PIE) John Porter (VCR) Mark Servilla (LNO) Ex-Officio John Vande Castle (LNO) Kristin Vanderbilt (SEV) Bob Waide (LNO) Libe Washburn (SBC)
2010 Rotations
John Briggs (KNZ) – withdrew, not replaced Wade Sheldon, Kristin Vanderbilt, John Porter
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Fall 2009 – Spring 2010 Activities
Nov-Jan 2010: Review of LNO Operational Plan
Identified six areas of concern Approach to NIS development unidirectional and insular NIS development isolated from LTER science activities Importance of standardization not emphasized Utility of NIS for LTER site operations not emphasized Minimal level of site support and service Software development approach/timelines too long
EB + NISAC + IM-Exec reps met with LNO and external review team in Jan 2010
Changes to OP in response to review Communication plan Earlier releases of NIS software with incremental additions Tiger Teams for community engagement during development
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Fall 2009 – Spring 2010 Activities
Jan-Feb 2010: Review of LNO NIS progress EB set formal review metrics for LNO in mid-2009 NISAC asked to review progress on seven NIS
mile-stones No major issues identified, but somewhat pro-
forma because tasks dictated by OP, LNO CA NISAC asked EB for opportunity to review future
metrics beforehand (granted)
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Fall 2009 – Spring 2010 Activities
Mar 2010: NISAC Spring Meeting Reviewed 2010 NIS milestones for Jan 2011 review of
LNO progress by EB/NISAC Briefings and discussion of IMC working groups
Unit registry, Controlled keyword vocabulary, Web Services Discussion of final OP
Communication plans to engage IM and domain scientists in PASTA development
Utilization, planning, recruitment strategies for Tiger Teams (incl. feedback on NIS website text)
Discussion of CI Implementation Plan Updated plan to reflect recent developments (OP) Discussed final document needs, plans
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Fall 2009 – Spring 2010 Activities
Mar 2010: NISAC Spring Meeting (cont.)
Reviewed committee membership policies Recommend increasing to 6 domain science reps with 3-4 year
terms, approval by EB/SC) Harder to schedule Represent broader constituency Need more time to get up to speed on CI concepts
Recommend 4 IMC reps with 2 year terms, with automatic extension to 4 years for IMC Co-chair
Recommend 3 LNO reps (ED, CIO, NIS) with indefinite terms
Reviewed potential COI issues Recommend greater transparency regarding discussions, votes
with potential COI Deal with COI by abstaining from votes or not participating in
discussions (ala NSF panels, as did during NISAC OP review)
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Fall 2009 – Spring 2010 Activities
Apr-May 2010: Science Council Discussed need to return to domain science reps to
represent NISAC at SC Recognize Mark Harmon had more impact when
promoting tiered trajectory and EML than IMs Barbara Bond selected to co-present NIS report (with
James Brunt, Mark Servilla) Put out call to get involved, join Tiger Teams NISAC working with LNO to “wordsmith” CI
announcements, briefings for domain scientists (e.g. recent Tiger Team recruitment email)
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Current Priorities
Wrapping up CI Implementation Plan Wrinkles:
Most ideas now incorporated into ongoing concerns (OP, IMC planning, legacy data/data synthesis prospectus)
ISSE on uncertain ground at NSF (i.e. latest panels???)
Will focus on short document to continue to serve as road-map (Wade Sheldon)
Continuing to help craft OP communication plan, identify/recruit Tiger Teams
Major role for NISAC in evaluation OP progress
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NISAC Feedback on IMC Activities
Unit registry (Karen Baker et al.) Support continued development, integration into PASTA to support
conversions
Controlled keyword vocabulary (John Porter) Recommend moving forward with candidate list of 640 words (endorse
IM-Exec’s recommendation as product to EB) Recommend periodic (but not too frequent) review by working group incl.
domain scientists, and auditing of search metrics Recommend shifting attention to controlled attribute vocab.
Web services working group (Wade Sheldon et al.) Recommend immediate support from LNO as part of database/web
redesigns currently planned View as critical for network CI implementation Recommend IMC request resources as product-oriented working group
ChemDB (Don Henshaw) Effort currently funded independently Long-term strategy to generate metadata, integrate with PASTA, ongoing
support should be considered Good case-study for NIS products resulting from efforts outside LNO NIS
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Discussion
IMC Representation on NISAC How should IMC co-chair be selected?
Most committees select on chairs from elected members NISAC tentatively proposing to have IMC select co-chair
NISAC IMC Rep Terms 2 year terms proposed to allow more rotation (vs 3-4 for domain
scientists) But many projects longer-term, argues for 3-4 year terms Need to balance
Timing of IMC meeting vs NISAC meeting NISAC meets in March prior to SC, but IMC meets in Fall – only
newest IMC rep sure to be on committee long enough to be co-chair, but least experienced
Should IMC elect NISAC reps in Feb/Mar, or elect in fall but start terms in Feb/Mar, or ?
Other Issues (feedback to NISAC)