EarthCube Governance Roadmap Documentation, Research, and Recommendations v. 2.0

EarthCube is a process established to transform the conduct of research through the developmentof community-guided cyberinfrastructure. Specifically, EarthCube is attempting to integrate dataand information knowledge management across the Geosciences; providing capabilities that permitscientists to conduct research in a more productive way, integrating their work with data fromother agencies as well as international partners. Thus, EarthCube aims to create a knowledgemanagement system and infrastructure that integrates all Earth system and human dimensionsdata in an open, transparent, and inclusive manner. EarthCube requires broad communityparticipation in concept, framework, and implementation, and must not be hindered by rigidpreconceptions.We were tasked with creating a roadmap for the future governance of EarthCube. This paperprovides three complete units for accomplishing this. Part 1 the Roadmap provides action itemsand a timeline for developing and implementing a governance framework. Part 2 the RoadmapDocumentation provides insight into the ten guidance points presented by the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) at the onset of this project. Part 3 provides a complete summary of the researchand community outreach conducted to produce parts 1 and 2. http://datadiscoverystudio.org/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/e07b46158bd64e3497e6dd322cb5a480/html