Open Dissemination Workshop - Monday 14th March 2011

Cosener's House, Abingdon, UK

Audience: Climate modellers and CIM users and end users of climate data

Title: “How to use the CIM to store, discover and locate climate modelling data” The following topics will be covered:

• What are metadata and the CIM and why they matter.
• CIM terminology and controlled vocabulary
• How to create CIM instances
• Using CIM tools for discovery and comparisons of CIM documents
• How to extend the CIM
• The future of the CIM and the controlled vocabulary
• CMIP5 and the CIM

Draft Agenda

• 10:00 - An introduction to Metafor, and why metadata matter (Eric, Charlotte and Sarah to provide slides)
• 10:30 - A guided tour of the CIM (Allyn)

• 11:00 - Coffee

• 11:15 - The CMIP5 controlled vocabulary (Sebastien)
• 11:45 - Using the CIM - part 1 (Allyn, Hans, Mark M to coordinate)

• 12:30 - Lunch

• 1:30 - Using the CIM - part 2 (Allyn, Hans, Mark M to coordinate)
• 2:15 - How ESMF/Curator is using the CIM - featuring the ESG trackback (Sylvia)

• 2:45 - Coffee

• 3:00 - CMIP5 and the CIM (Charlotte,Gerry)
• 3:30 - How to extend the CIM to other fields (Charlotte)
• 4:00 - The future of the CIM and the controlled vocabulary (discussion session) (Eric)

• 5:00 - Workshop closes

Directions to get to Cosener's House can be found  here