Mandate
The mandate of this working group is to provide leadership and direction to CGKN members developing data infrastructure within the general scope of sedimentary basins and in particular hydrocarbon resources. The objective of the working group is to establish methodology and adopt or agree on existing national standards such as data models (NADM, PPDM), to facilitate the integration and national use of information within the subject scope. This will be accomplished through a series of CGKN endorsed activities.

Principles

	The data model should respect well-established geological principles and be compatible with major "consensual" publications such as the DNAG volumes, Lexicon of Canadian Stratigraphy, and the North American Stratigraphic Code.
	The data model will accommodate both the original geological information from the source maps, and common science language and high-level classifications that will follow international standards and protocols where available.
	The data model will support both national "standards" for a common CGKN portal, and allow flexibility so that individual agencies can provide information to their own "standards" directly from their web portals.
	Each database will remain under the control of the source agency, which will be responsible for updating it regularly.

Membership
All Territorial, Provincial and Federal agencies which are actively involved in the mapping of sedimentary basins and hydrocarbon resources should be represented on the sub-group to guide the development of the data model and its science language. The subgroup will be led by two co-leaders, one representing Federal agencies and the other, the Provincial and Territorial agencies. The co-leaders will be appointed by GSC management and the Committee of Provincial Geologists, respectively.

Funding
Each agency will be responsible for maintaining its own database, including the provision of the necessary computer systems to support it and personnel to populate it.

Funding will be sought from national programs such as GeoConnections for support in developing common software and documentation, and to support travel for regular subgroup meetings. Travel support will also be required so that subgroup members can actively participate in international activities related to data model development, especially science language.

Planning and Implementation
The subgroup will establish a long-term plan to guide the development and maintenance of the national database framework. Within this framework, annual plans will be drawn up to establish the role of each agency in accomplishing particular tasks. From these annual plans, projects will be defined to attract matching funding from national programs.

Coordination
The subgroup will meet via conference call regularly (bi-monthly). The subgroup will submit its annual plan to the CGKN secretariat for approval, and will prepare a written report to the secretariat annually. At least one member of the Data Infrastructure Coordination subgroup will be a member of the group.

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