FY07 Exchange Network Project

In November 2006, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services applied for an EPA Exchange Network grant on behalf of the Gulf of Maine Ocean Data Partnership (GoMODP). All partners were offered the opportunity to participate in the grant application process. A total of 9 partners officially joined in. In October 2007, the grant application was approved and work began in the summer of 2008. The project was completed in July 2010.

The purpose of this project was to enable exchange of monitoring data between the partners in the GoMODP (now NeCODP) according to the Environmental Data Standards Council (EDSC) standards and in alignment with the Water Quality Exchange (WQX) schema using Exchange Network protocols. The schema was developed by the partners (called the ODPX), and data from the partners was submitted via a node or node client to the host node developed by GoMOOS (now GMRI), the host of the GoMODP(now NeCODP). GMRI developed the back end database to accept data from these various sources and incorporated the data into a custom built web application. This application is useful in displaying where monitoring has occurred and for what parameters; thereby enabling determination of where monitoring gaps exist and sampling collaboration is possible.

NeCODP Data Discovery and Download Portal: http://odpdx.neracoos.org

Rough Timeline (project completed in July 2010):

Status:

• Kickoff webinar to discuss web application development (held 8/28/08 - view webinar | download PPT
• Data schema webinar (held 10/9/08 - view webinar | download PPT
• Data schema development meeting (Was held 10/28 and 10/29 in Portland, ME)
  
• Follow-up data schema development webinars (reviewed the WQX, GCMD and NJ Catalog schema):
• First held 11/17/08 - view webinar
• Second held 12/16/08 - view webinar
• Third and final review held 1/12/09 - view webinar
• Review of first draft of ODPX Data Exchange Template (DET) (reviewed fields marked for deletion) - held 03/18/09 - view webinar
• Follow-up to draft DET review (reviewed fields marked for deletion) -  held 03/27/09  - view webinar
• Follow-up #2 to draft DET review (finished reviewing fields, tabled a few for later discussion) -  held 4/16/09 - view webinar
• Final review of DET draft (reviewed tabled items from last call, XML examples) - held 5/08/09 - recording error, webinar unavailable
• Partners install node clients - 11/15/09
• Partners sign Trading Partner Agreements - 11/30/09
  
• Finalize DET and Schema - 12/15/09
• Submit data to node - in progress
• Define requirements for Web Portal -  06/03/10
  
• Launch Web Portal for discover and access of node data -  7/31/2010 - http://odpdx.neracoos.org
  
• Complete project - 7/31/1010
  

For more information on the project:

• Project Management Website (Basecamp) - email Riley Young Morse (riley@gomoos.org) for access
• GCMD Metadata Checking Tool
• GCMD Metadata Checking Tool "How-To" guide
• GoMODP Exchange Network Project Plan
• Sign up for email list

Tools for Data Partners:

• Preparing and Submitting Data to the NeCODP Node
  

• ODPX Schema
• ODPX Data Exchange Template (DET)
  
• ODPX Example Files
• Data submission guidelines
• Node client installation
• GCMD Metadata Checking Tool
• Website requirements document (draft) | Draft data portal navigation diagram
• OpenNode2 PostgreSQL Administrative Schema
  

Continuing Developments:

•  Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Right Whale Listening Network
  

Deb Soule
NH DES
Deb.Soule@des.nh.gov
603-271-8863

Riley Young Morse
GMRI
rmorse@gmri.org
207-228-1663

Ian Ogilvie
GMRI
iogilvie@gmri.org
207-529-4442

• Exchange Network Home Page
• Data Standards
• Water Quality Exchange