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 is expected to begin in earnest in the summer of 2008. All partners are encouraged to participate in the project as their time and resources permit.
 
The purpose of this project is to enable exchange of monitoring data between the partners in the GoMODP according to the Environmental Data Standards Council (EDSC) standards and in alignment with the Water Quality Exchange (WQX) schema using Exchange Network protocols. After a schema is developed and agreed upon by the partners, data from the partners would be sent via a node or node client to a host node to be developed by GoMOOS, the host of the GoMODP. GoMOOS would also develop the back end database to accept data from these various sources and incorporate their own data to be used in a custom built web application. This application will be useful in displaying where monitoring has occurred and for what parameters; thereby enabling determination of where monitoring gaps exist and sampling collaboration is possible.

Rough Timeline:

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 - webinar scheduled for 06/03/10 (click link to register)
  
• Launch Web Portal for discover and access of node data - (in development, anticipated: 7/31/2010)
• Complete project - (anticipated: 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
  

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

Riley Young Morse
GoMOOS
riley@gomoos.org
207-228-1663

Ian Ogilvie
GoMOOS
ian@gomoos.org
207-529-4442

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