System Integration Test What System wide demonstration of

System Integration Test What: System wide demonstration of the DMAC capabilities we’ve been working on for ca. 10 years. Why: Proof of concept that DMAC can be unifying element of IOOS; Essential component of system development. Who: Project team in place, additional involvement by RAs, DMAC ST, other NOS programs Outcome: Reports, communications material, software, repeatable procedures Mo. S: Clear notion of the things that work and don’t work in DMAC. Tests like this inform our future development. DMAC Steering Team Nov 2013 1

IOOS, and others, have been at this for some time. • 2002: Sys Dev Plan emphasizes data management as the unifying element of disparate systems • 2005: First DMAC Plan Published • 2007: IOOS PO begins funding Data Integration Framework pilot • 2010: DMAC Implementation plan and funding DMAC Steering Team Nov 2013

Project Team Software Development: SOS servers, THREDDS, WMS consulting, workflow/scenario scripting, IOOS Catalog, Clients (Python, Java, Matlab) System Engineering, Project Management, Documentation Metadata consulting, IOOS Registry DMAC Steering Team Nov 2013 11/19/2013 3

High Level Schedule 1 Oct – 15 Jan • Project Planning 1 Dec – 15 Jan • Scenario Identification 16 Jan – 28 Feb • Scenario and Test Preparation 1 Mar – 31 May • Testing 1 Jun – 31 Jul • Analysis and Reporting