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Molecular Data CentreWP2 Policies/Strategy

• Task 1: Coordination of WP2

Review Committee A Review Committee will be established composed of a proportion of the WP2 Board and membersnominated by the Project Board at the first annual meeting. The Review Committee will analyse theachievements of SUP@VAMDC in Year 1 and will meet in mid-year 2 in order to access the effectivenessof the strategy developed within WP2 in order to advise on the structure and content of the final roadmap.

The Review Board will be composed of influential international scientists, producers and users of data,databases and software experts as well as representatives from international standardisation organisations,with interests relevant to the project, but who are independent of it. It will also ensure that the project isengaged with and responsive to developments in Europe and non-EU countries.

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• Task 2: Developing Partnerships Task 2 will develop the strategic framework necessary for the VAMDC e-infrastructure to approach and engage with existing international bodies/committees/networks dealing with the production, evaluation and dissemination of A+M data. The initial targeted partners are the Data Centres Network coordinated by our associated partner the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA), the Atomic Data and Analysis Structure (ADAS) network, the Asia- Pacific Atomic data Network (APAN) (of which our external partners from Australia and India are co-founders) and IUAPAC. Further scientific networks will be identified during kick-off period and approached during Year 1• IUAPAC : Dr. John D. Petersen, Executive Director not replied contacted Roberto Marquardt Physical and

Biophysical Chemistry Division but IUAPAC Sub committee for Gas kinetic data evaluation for atmospheric chemistry Prof T Cox Cambridge

• ADAS : (Open ADAS) contact via IAEA – (Bas Braams in DCN) • APAN : Define the rules of cooperation (E Krishnakumar, J Yoon and S Buckman)• IAEA: Document for data evaluation - Guidelines for assessing Theoretical data discussed May 2013 ,

Follow up with examples for nitrogen and Neon (2014) ( Bas Braams N J Mason and J Tennyson ) Methodology for evaluating electron scattering data eMOL and Korean meetings – Water and Methane as first exemplars process ( N J Mason & Mi Song & J Tennyson)

• Task 2: Developing Partnerships

• New scientific networks

• RADAM - Contact A Solovyov (Chair) Engaged with VANDC portal first databases (IDEADB) developed and linked to VAMDC site 2013 http://ideadb.uibk.ac.at/

• Other data bases on ion scattering ( B Huber) and electron ( G Garcia) due in 2014• Paper is press mentions Sup@VAMDC and VAMDC

• Plasma LXCAT database • www.lxcat.net Leanne Pitchford • Quotes ‘We plan to make public a new web-based interface to the LXCat databases this weekend. You will

be able to access the new site at this address : www.lxcat.net Preview the new site www.lxcat.net\?test• For information - we are only a few details away from linking up with VAMDC. • Action GE in Princeton next week

• Task 2: Developing Partnerships

• Another key group of stakeholders are the academic publishers since they are the major disseminator and repository of A+M data. WP2 by engaging with a set of publishers (representing both purely commercial ventures (Springer) and learned Societies (IOPP and RSC) will provide exemplars of how e-infrastructures can establish working relationships with publishers including methodologies for ensuring that authors are recognised (cited) when their work is downloaded from the databases. The latter is also important in demonstrating the importance of data to the funders of academic A+M research.

• IOPP – Apologies from N Gulley --- Report from Guy ?

• Springer – EPJD Tom Spicer arriving today and presentation tomorrow

• RSC – PCCP Editor Expressed interest Daniella Goldfarb Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel• Notes Associate Editors Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh CSIR Outstanding Scientist at the National Institute for

Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), India; Katsuhiko Ariga Professor Ariga is the Director of Supermolecules Group at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan; Seong Keun Kim Professor Kim is based at the Molecular Reaction Dynamics Laboratory at Seoul National University, Korea.

• Task 3: Developing a global A+M e-infrastructureTask 3 will develop the strategic framework necessary to achieve a international coordination structure that will include a large number of countries and regions, taking into account the specificities of the geographical dispersion, of the different needs and cultural environments. The strategy will be developed with all SUP@VAMDC partners/external/associate partners, including participation from the VAMDC consortium. A starting point for such a strategy would be to establish National or Regional Atomic and Molecular Initiatives, linked together to form an International Atomic and Molecular Initiative where the extended VAMDC e-infrastructure will be a vehicle for the exchange and dissemination of A+M data towards a wide audience.

Actions; This is linked to WP4 and these meetings --- India (Meeting November 2013) ; Brazil; Korea; Japan; South Africa

Comments: Marie-Lise

• Task 4 : Practical aspects of Open Science Model Task 4 will develop the necessary policies and strategy that will review the challenges and promote trust building in creating open scientific data e-infrastructures both in the ERA and (where possible) outside the ERA. It will analyse organisational, operational, legal and technological aspects, including authentication, authorisation and accounting (AAA) as well as the licensing and tools necessary for creation of an OPEN VAMDC model. Action J Tennyson

Task 4 will also address the longer term sustainability of both VAMDC and the legacy of SUP@VAMDC. External agents experience in fashioning different business models will be consulted in exploring different proposed solutions for longer term sustainability of the e-infrastructure. In addition it will be necessary to engage with the legal services of the various University partners

VAMDC Legal Entity Comment Marie Lise Comment J Tennyson/N Walton on ERICs

• Task 5: Annual Meetings

The Annual Meeting will be composed of a one-day review of the achievements of the preceding year andthe EU is invited to send reviewers to attend this review. The Annual Meetings will include meetings ofthe Project Board, of the EPT and of the different WPs Boards. Due to the geographical reach of thecollaboration, we will minimize travel costs by holding meetings with external partners, Higher Education,Associations, panels of users and producers, SMEs and tutorial sessions on the more technical support ofVAMDC infrastructure at the Annual meeting

First meeting at OU Sept 2013 (with Methane data review) Second Meeting At Cambridge ? 2014 ( N Walton to comment) .