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Part III. Appendix 3: Data Archive and AccessData PolicyIOOS data policies will be developed in an early phase of implementation. The policies will includeall applicable Federal policies. Recommendations for the Archive System follow.The IOOS Archive System data policy will be consistent with the GOOS design principles, the IOC/IODE Data Exchange Policy, adopted in 1993 (Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on OceanographicData Exchange Policy IOC/INF-1144rev, 4 July 2000), and the policy for free exchange ofmeteorological and related marine data of the WMO (WMO Resolution 40, Publication WMO– No. 837). Accordingly, the IOOS data center policies will be based on the following guidelines:• Full and open sharing of non-commercial IOOS data and products.• Coordination and cooperation between IOOS Archive System centers and the internationalGOOS data centers.• Preservation of all data according to the IOOS defined categories. Federal standards for datapreservations will apply to the Archive System.• IOOS metadata standards or software to interpret metadata to the IOOS standard. Federal standardsfor metadata will apply to the Archive System.• Data sets reprocessed will be managed under version control. Previous versions will be retainedas subject to IOOS data polices.• The IOOS Archive System will provide access to the data- to the greatest extent practical data will be made accessible online at no cost to the users;- data from offline sources will be available at no more than the cost of providing the service.• All data collected and prepared under IOOS funding shall be submitted to the IOOS ArchiveSystem.• Restricted access, if any, will be in accordance with IOOS data policy.212