<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Dear CMC members,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Considering that </font>
<ol>
<li value=1><font size=2 face="sans-serif">a mail was sent yesterday by
the Secretariat asking the CMC for guidance on the action placed upon the
DAI WG / MOIMS ADs during the last CMC meeting (without consulting first
the CESG Chairs)</font>
<li value=2><font size=2 face="sans-serif">the DAI WG Chair is insisting
via the Secretariat to comply more with the due date agreed with
the CMC than the MOIMS ADs obligations vis a vis any of its WGs wrt roadmap,
architecture and protocols cross-check at Area and CESG level.</font></ol>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I, as CESG Chair, would like to express
my humble opinion </font>
<br>
<ol>
<li value=1><font size=2 face="sans-serif">As stated in my mail from 28th
Oct 2016, the action was placed upon the DAI WG and the MOIMS ADs (not
only on the WG chairs) I attach the text below for the sake of consistency</font>
<li value=2><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The DAI WG TN was officially
distributed to the MOIMS ADs and CESG Chairs by 25th January 2017 (i.e.
5 working days before the due date of 1st Feb 2017). The WG needed ca.
3 months to issue the TN</font>
<li value=3><font size=2 face="sans-serif">There is currently no consensus
between the WG Chair and the ADs about the TN final contents (several comments
have been raised by the ADs who reviewed it during the last weekend, but
further analysis is needed). Therefore the next step would be (in case
of persistence of the non-consensus) to bring the issue at CESG level.
The WG Chair can not bypass the hierarchical chain, contacting the CMC
via the Secretariat</font>
<li value=4><font size=2 face="sans-serif">ADs have (according to the Proc
& Org YB) the task to </font>
<ul>
<li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">assess the WG charter</font>
<li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">ensure the quality and content of the
WG / Area roadmap</font>
<li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">ensure that the Area work follows the
set of architectural principles agreed by the CESG and is properly synchronized
with work in other areas </font>
<li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">make sure that technical cross-pollination
occurs among the various Area WGs </font></ul>
<li value=5><font size=2 face="sans-serif">1 month delay in the completion
of an action has no impact in the whereabouts of the DAI WG. The schedule
relaxation on DAI Projects (due to lack of resources) has been a
regular pattern during the last years.</font></ol>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Therefore, I suggest as CESG Chair that
CMC agrees with the new action due date proposed by the MOIMS ADs, i.e.
1st March 2017</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Last but not least, the CESG Chair fully
supports the past / current / future work of the DAI WG and endorses its
existence. The only objection is on the way the above mentioned action
was / is being handled</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">ciao</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">nestor</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">===========================</font>
<br><font size=2 color=red face="sans-serif"><u>Action to be completed
by DAI WG Chairs and MOIMS ADs</u></font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">RESOLUTION 25.
DAI WG Resolution: </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">CMC acknowledges that in today’s Data
Economy, space systems generating and transporting large amounts
of relevant data; be it science (GAIA is generating 50 GB/day) earth
observation (Sentinel-2A generating 1 TB/ h), navigation or telecommunication
satellites, constitute key assets for the Data industry.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">In this context, standards supporting
proper storage and preservation of data, open access to the space data,
merging of data from different sources, analysis and processing big data
and all related processes and mechanisms are of paramount importance.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Scientific communities are already for
quite some time working nationally and internationally to define adequate
standards for their data, be it astronomy, planetary exploration or earth
observation.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The question is what should the CCSDS
organisation do and how should it position itself in the wake of such space
data revolution and how could the work done over the years to standardise
data storage and archiving be leveraged at the service of the new paradigms.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">In this context, and following the request
of the DAI WG to the CMC for support, CMC would like to encourage the DAI
WG to address the following questions within a short paper to be delivered
to CMC by 1 February 2017:</font>
<ol>
<li value=1><font size=2 face="sans-serif">What is the current DAI roadmap
and how does it make a valuable contribution to the data issue, taking
into account what has already been produced including the overall worldwide
efforts in this area?</font>
<li value=2><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Taking into account that there
are dedicated international organisations working on archiving and merging
scientific data, astronomy data, as well as Earth data, what should be
the role of CCSDS in general and that of the DAI WG in particular? </font>
<li value=3><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Is the long term data preservation
of the housekeeping data properly addressed in these initiatives? Is there
a need for developing this part of the data preservation?</font>
<li value=4><font size=2 face="sans-serif">In this context, what would
be the next project for the DAI WG in the future, should resources be available,
and how would this project fit with the current CCSDS reference architecture
and work plan?</font></ol><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif"><u>Clarification:</u>
None. DAI and MOIMS to produce the requested TN.</font>
<br><font size=2 color=#008000 face="sans-serif"><u>Take Notice</u>: M.
Merri / B. Behal, D. Giaretta / J. Garrett</font>
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