Next steps for the Proposal regarding a DAS metadata schema

[Javier Quinteros]

Dear Working Group 2 members,

As you could already see, we have received a proposal of a Metadata
Schema for DAS experiments, which was the outcome of at least two years
of work of many institutions and experts within the frame of a DAS RCN
group. This means a good part of the DAS community. This specification
is now submitted to this working group for consideration as a standard.

The next step in this process is to constitute a Proposal Review team to
report on the proposal and suitability for the FDSN, which will be
followed by a WG vote on their recommendation. Concurrent with this
process will be an open comment period. If the Review team recommends
adoption and the WG votes to proceed, an Evaluation and Adoption team
will be formed to review and refine the technical aspects of the proposal.

With this message I call on volunteers for the Proposal Review team,
please *send me email to be considered by 23th of April*
The team will begin its work as soon as enough members have been
identified and organized, and I anticipate a short duration given the
fact that this is received as a Type A proposal (result of a long
process coming from the target community and that it is already being used).

Some members of the Proposal team might continue to serve on the
followup Evaluation team, please note that the first is about
determining the need of the proposal as a general feature, while the
second is focussed on the technicalities.

The proposed standard is now available for open comment.
Please *provide your feedback by 23th May*
This feedback will be considered by the Proposal team and later, if we
proceed, the Evaluation team.

The SRL paper with the original proposal (base of this work) may be
viewed here:
https://doi.org/10.1785/0220230325

The more technical documentation can be found at:
https://docs.fdsn.org/projects/das-metadata/en/draft/

More details can be found in the message from Jerry Carter this week.

Please consider serving on one or both of the teams and providing
feedback on the proposal.

The manufacturers of DAS equipment will be invited to participate during
the Evaluation phase (not the Proposal Evaluation).

Best,

--
Dr. Javier Quinteros
Chair of Working Group 2

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