NODC Italian Oceanographic Data Centre

OGS is recognised as the Italian National Oceanographic Data Centre (OGS-NODC) within the International Oceanographic Data Exchange System of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) since 27/6/2002. OGS is also listed in EurOcean (Marine Research Infrastructures Database) and in EDMO (European Directory of Marine Organisations). OGS as part of the IOC's network of National Oceanographic Data Centres has designated responsibility for the coordination of data and information management at national level. The oceanographic database covers the fields of marine physics, chemical, biological, underway geophysics and general information on Italian oceanographic cruises and data sets. The main objectives are (revision IODE-XXII, March 2013): -Facilitate and promote the discovery, exchange of, and access to, marine data and information including metadata, products and information in real-time, near real time and delayed mode, through the use of international standards, and in compliance with the IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy for the ocean research and observation community and other stakeholders; - Encourage the long term archival, preservation, documentation, management and services of all marine data, data products, and information; - Develop or use existing best practices for the discovery, management, exchange of, and access to marine data and information, including international standards, quality control and appropriate information technology; - Assist Member States to acquire the necessary capacity to manage marine research and observation data and information and become partners in the IODE network; - Support international scientific and operational marine programmes, including the Framework for Ocean Observing for the benefit of a wide range.

OGS自2002年6月27日起，作为联合国教科文组织政府间海洋学委员会（IOC）国际海洋学数据交换系统中的意大利国家海洋数据中心（OGS-NODC），备受认可。OGS亦收录于EurOcean（海洋研究基础设施数据库）以及EDMO（欧洲海洋组织目录）中。作为IOC国家海洋数据中心网络的一部分，OGS承担了在国家层面上协调数据与信息管理的职责。该海洋学数据库涵盖了海洋物理学、化学、生物学、航行地球物理学以及意大利海洋考察航次和数据集的一般信息。其主要目标如下（修订IODE-XXII，2013年3月）：- 通过运用国际标准，并遵守IOC海洋学数据交换政策，促进海洋数据与信息的发现、交换和获取，包括元数据、产品和信息，以实时、近实时和延迟模式进行；- 鼓励对所有海洋数据、数据产品和信息的长期存档、保存、记录、管理和服务；- 开发或使用现有的最佳实践，包括国际标准、质量控制及适宜的信息技术，以实现海洋数据与信息的发现、管理、交换和获取；- 协助成员国获取管理海洋研究和观测数据与信息所需的必要能力，并成为IODE网络中的合作伙伴；- 支持国际科学和运营海洋项目，包括为广泛利益相关者提供海洋观测框架。