The principal investigators are
-
Janet Fredericks, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI);
Julie Bosch, NOAA National Coastal Data Development Center;
Michael Botts, author of SensorML, along with his OGC development team from the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH);
Philip Bogden, the Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS)/OOSTethys/OGC Oceans IE; and
Sara Haines, University of North Carolina/ Chapel Hill and SEACOOS
The authors are members of communities working towards the common goals of sensor and metadata interoperability including:
• OGC Sensor Web Enablement initiative (Botts);
• OGC Ocean Interoperability Experiment (Bogden);
• OCEANS.US IOOS DMAC Steering Committee (Bogden, Bosch) and DMAC Metadata and Data Discovery Expert Team (Bosch);
• Marine Metadata Interoperability project Technical Committee (Bosch, Fredericks) and Executive Committee (Bogden);
• Alliance for Coastal Technologies (Bogden)
• OOSTethys (Bogden)
Three participants (Bosch, Fredericks and Haines) have participated in QARTOD workshops and Fredericks and Bosch have served on the steering committee. Haines has led two QA/QC workshops for SECOORA participants.
Other key partners include Mark Bushnell from the NOAA/NOS/COOPS office, Cynthia Chandler from the WHOI/BCO-Data Management Office, Richard Bouchard from NOAA/NDBC, Julie Thomas from ACT/waves and CDIP, and John Graybeal from MMI.