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Data and Information Standards/Standards Keepers
- ASLI - Atmospheric Science Librarians International..
- ASICT - American Society for Information Science & Technology
- ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
- ALCTS - Association for Library Collections & Technical Services
- BioCASE - Biodiversity Collection Access Service for Europe
- CODATA - Committee on Data for Science and Technology
- CENDI - Commerce, Energy, NASA, Defense Information Managers Group
- DIGR - Distributed Generic Information Retrieval
- DMAC - Data Management & Communications subsystem of IOOS
- ESIP - Federation of Earth Science Information Partners
- EURASLIC - European Association of Aquatic Sciences Libraries and Information Centres
- GSDI - Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association
- IAMSLIC - International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers
- ICSTI - The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information
- IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force
- ISO - International Organization for Standardization
- LITA - Library and Information Technology Association
- Marine XML - Marine Extensible Markup Language Project
- MMI - Metadata Interoperability Project
- OAI - Open Archives Initiative
- OCLC - Online Computer Library Center
- ODS - Ocean Data Standards
- OGC - Open Geospatial Consortium (OpenGIS)
- OPeNDAP - Open Source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol
- OpenIOOS - Consortium of programmers working to provide open-source software solutions for the US Integrated Ocean Observing System
- SAIL - Southeast Affiliate of IAMSLIC Libraries
- THREDDS - Thematic Realtime Environmental Distributed Data Services Project
- STM - International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers
- UNICODE - UNICODE Consortium
- W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
Agencies and Coordinating Bodies
- CEOS - Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
- DBCP - Data Buoy Cooperation Panel
- ESSP - Earth System Science Partnership
- GEF - Global Environmental Facility
- GIW - Global International Waters
- FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization
- GCOS - Global Climate Observing System
- IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- IAPSO - The International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans
- ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
- ICSU- International Council for Science
- IGOS - Integrated Global Observing Strategy
- IHO - International Hydrographic Organization
- IOCCG - International Ocean Color Coordinating Group
- IOI - International Oceanographic Institute
- IUGG - International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
- JCOMM - Joint WMO/IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology
- OOPC - Ocean Observing Panel for Climate
- PICES - North Pacific Marine Science Organization
- POGO - Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans
- SCOR - Scientific Committee for Ocean Research
- UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
- UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- WMO - World Meteorological Organization
Programs and Projects
- Argo: A Global Array of Profiling Floats
- CLIVAR - Climate Variability and Predictability
- DIVERSITAS
- GAIM - Global Analysis, Integration and Modeling
- GCOS - Global Climate Observing System
- GEBCO - General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
- GEWEX - Global Energy & Water Cycle Experiment
- GLOBEC - Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics
- GODAE - Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment
- GODAR - Global Oceanographic Data Archeology & Rescue Project
- GOOS - Global Ocean Observing System
- GOS - Global Observing System
- GOSIC - Global Observing Systems Information Center
- GTOS - Global Terrestrial Observing System
- GTSPP - Global Temperature & Salinity Profile Project
- IGBP - International Geosphere-Biosphere Program
- IHDP - International Human Dimensions Program
- IMBER - Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research
- IODP - Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
- JGOFS [Completed] - Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
- LOICZ - Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
- PAGES - Past Global Changes
- SOLAS - Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study
- START - System for Analysis, Research & Training
- WCRP - World Climate Research Programme
- WOCE [Completed]- World Ocean Circulation Experiment
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Short title: Major Oganizations & Programs
Description: none
Expertise level: intermediate
Author: Murray.Brown
Approval status: approved
Approved by: Murray.Brown
Last change: 2010-5-3
Subsection of: General Marine Reference Shelf
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