Report of the Working Group on Data and Information Management (WGDIM)

The ICES Working Group on Data and Information Management met for the first time in June 2007. WGDIM was established to provide ICES with advice on all as‐pects of data management including technical, data policy, data strategy and user‐oriented guidance. The group reports directly to the Consultative Committee, and consists of data managers and data users.This second meeting focussed on improving user interaction and membership of the group, and several initiatives to achieve these aims were proposed.WGDIM is the steering group for the EcoSystemData project within the Data Centre, progress with the project was presented.