IT-IOOS

The Italian Integrated Ocean Observing System (IT-IOOS), initiated by the PNRR project ITINERIS, is a national initiative aiming to coordinate and harmonize national marine observations and provide a single access point to all Italian marine data. IT-IOOS integrates and harmonize data collected by various Research Infrastructures (RIs) with the aim of guaranteeing access to Italian facilities, services, and marine data and ensuring long-term monitoring of Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs), Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs), and Essential Climate Variables (ECVs). Data collected from a wide range of platforms and technologies, including moorings, floats, drifters, gliders, and research vessels, models, are harmonized and made accessible from the IT-IOOS portal. IT-IOOS adopted the FAIR principles—Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. All data are structured in a way that promotes seamless integration with other datasets. This accessibility empowers marine stakeholders to leverage the data effectively, fostering collaboration across different disciplines and enhancing the potential for innovative solutions to emerge. IT-IOOS builds upon Italy’s active involvement in Research Infrastructures (RIs), which have been established to share facilities, resources, and services to monitor the environment and ensure their long-term sustainability. RIs contributing to IT-IOOS includes the Italy's nodes and facilities of EMSO ERIC, EURO-ARGO ERIC, DANUBIUS, ICOS, JERICO, eLTER, EUROFLEETS and SIOS as well as three significant Italian infrastructures: Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, N/R Laura Bassi, and GeoSciences-MER The IT-IOOS has been designed as a distributed system to enhance the collection and sharing of oceanographic data. This design adheres to the guidelines established by the Italian Oceanographic Commission (COI), a national body of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, which has emphasized the necessity of a unique portal where all Italian marine monitoring systems, modeling results, and marine data are displayed and easily accessible. By aligning with these national and international standards, IT-IOOS strengthens Italy's capacity to contribute to global ocean observation efforts, fostering innovation and sustainability in marine science.

意大利综合海洋观测系统（IT-IOOS），由ITINERIS项目发起，是一项旨在协调和统一国家海洋观测、并提供一个意大利海洋数据的单一接入点的国家级倡议。IT-IOOS旨在整合和统一由各种研究基础设施（RIs）收集的数据，以确保意大利设施、服务和海洋数据的可访问性，并确保对海洋基本变量（EOVs）、生物多样性基本变量（EBVs）和气候基本变量（ECVs）进行长期监测。来自广泛平台和技术的数据，包括固定装置、浮标、漂流器、滑翔机和研究船只，以及模型，均经整合并可通过IT-IOOS门户网站获取。IT-IOOS采纳了FAIR原则——可发现性、可访问性、互操作性和可重用性。所有数据均以促进与其他数据集无缝集成为目的进行结构化。这种可访问性赋予了海洋利益相关者有效利用数据的权力，促进了不同学科之间的协作，并增强了创新解决方案出现的潜力。IT-IOOS建立在意大利在研究基础设施（RIs）中的积极参与之上，这些基础设施旨在共享设施、资源和服务以监测环境并确保其长期可持续性。对IT-IOOS做出贡献的研究基础设施包括意大利EMSO ERIC、EURO-ARGO ERIC、DANUBIUS、ICOS、JERICO、eLTER、EUROFLEETS和SIOS的节点和设施，以及三个重要的意大利基础设施：南国家实验室、N/R劳拉·巴西实验室和地球科学-海洋。IT-IOOS被设计为一个分布式系统，以增强海洋数据的收集和共享。该设计遵循意大利海洋委员会（COI）制定的指南，COI是联合国教科文组织政府间海洋委员会的国家级机构，它强调了建立一个独特门户的必要性，在该门户中，所有意大利海洋监测系统、建模结果和海洋数据均可展示和轻松获取。通过符合这些国家和国际标准，IT-IOOS加强了意大利在全球海洋观测努力中的贡献能力，促进了海洋科学领域的创新和可持续性。