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I. Purpose


II. Philosophy


III. General Data Policy


IV. Proposal Requirements


V. Reporting Requirements


VI. More Specific Guidance


VII. Sample Policy


Appendix I. National Data Centers


Appendix II: Program Specific Requirements


Appendix III: Other Database Activities


Appendix IV. Sample Repositories

I. Purpose

The ocean community is experiencing an unprecedented increase in the types and amount of data becoming available and as ocean science has evolved to larger, multi-investigator, interdisciplinary projects, availability and sharing of data and samples in a timely fashion has become increasingly important.
This statement updates and revises guidelines to implement Federal data policy by assuring timely submission of quality controlled oceanographic data to the national data centers for secondary use. Guidelines for oceanographic data were first issued by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) in October 1988 and revised in 1994.