Advancing the International Geo Sample Number as an International Standard for Sample Identification

San Diego Supercomputing Center, UCSD, La Jolla, CA

February 22-24, 2011

A group of international leaders in Geoscience informatics met on February 22 to 24, 2011, at the San Diego Supercomputing Center to review the status and approach of the International Geo Sample Number IGSN as a global unique identifier for Geoscience samples and specimens. The group included representatives from a range of Geoscience disciplines, from national agencies, major Geoscience projects, and international standard organizations (see Table 1). The workshop was organized by SESAR, the System for Earth Sample Registration, with funds provided by the US National Science Foundation.

Workshop Summary

Goals:

• Review & agree on the standard IGSN metadata profile
•  Map IGSN metadata profile to standards metadata profiles and schemas
•  Define a roadmap for the future governance of the IGSN (International consortium)
•  Review outcome of a recent workshop on integrating data models for sample-based and sensor-based data
  

Agenda