EMODnet Design principles
Basic design principles of EMODnet have been formulated by the Commission together with a specially-constituted Expert Group. These are:
- collect data once and use it many times
- develop standards across disciplines as well as within them
- process and validate data at different levels. Structures are already developing at national level but infrastructure at sea-basin and European level is needed
- provide sustainable financing at an EU level so as to extract maximum value from the efforts of individual Member States
- build on existing efforts where data communities have already organised themselves
- develop a decision-making process for priorities that is user-driven
- accompany data with statements on ownership, accuracy and precision and
- recognise that marine data is a public good and discourage cost-recovery pricing from public bodies.