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Plan for Action (NSF) • Coherent Organizational Framework – – – – Diversity of approaches Communities of practice Community proxy roles of collections Dynamic and evolving system • Flexible Technological Architecture – – – – • Layered capabilities Metadata Data analysis and visualization tools Promoting and use of stable standards Coherent Data Policies – Transparent policy frameworks – Data management plans – Interagency coordination – International cooperation Characteristics of a 5D World • • • • Time and place are no longer barriers to participation and interaction Access is open to specialists and non-specialists alike Information is the primary driver for progress Possibilities expanded by new capabilities, resources, mechanisms The world is flat -Thomas Friedman The flat world is expanding - Anonymous More room for innovation (Emergence) New spaces for learning and discovery (Web is Expanding) Expanded opportunities for collaboration and interaction Greater capabilities for research and education NSF Goals To catalyze the development of a system of science and engineering data collections that is open, extensible and evolvable. To support development of a new generation of tools and services facilitating data acquisition, mining, integration, analysis, and visualization. For SEAS not DataFed Here are a few quotes resonate with my thinking: • • • • • Charles Vest, MIT on the idea of Meta University : "What we are observing is the early emergence of a Meta University -- a transcendent, accessible, empowering, dynamic community-constructed framework of open material and platforms on which much of higher education worldwide can be constructed or enhanced." Our School could be active member of the community that constructs the frameworks and populates it with open materials and platforms.. NSF Strategic Plan for Data, Data Analysis, and Visualization “… a vision in which science and engineering digital data are routinely deposited in well-documented form, are regularly and easily consulted and analyzed by specialists and non-specialists alike, are openly accessible while suitably protected, and are reliably preserved.” In atmospheric chemistry and pollution, we are already a major center for openly accessible global-scale information resources. Together, we could do and show much more.