DataONE engages and explores key areas of the scientific data lifecycle using the Working Group model. Working Groups concentrate the intellectual efforts of a team of experts during intense one week meetings resulting in collaborative outcomes to achieve the DataONE goals. Working Groups foci will evolve with the project, however, initial working groups are identified as:
- Community Education and Engagement
Data Integration and Semantics
Data Preservation and Metadata
Distributed Storage
Federated Security
Public Participation in Science and Research
Scientific Exploration, Visualization and Analysis
Scientific Workflows and Provenance
Sociocultural Issues
Sustainability and Governance
Usability and Assessment