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GEO Knowledge Hub

Agenda

The training is organized into four sessions. Registration opens at 08:00, with breaks at 10:45 and 15:00 and lunch from 13:00 to 14:00.

Training Session 1 - SA-GEO Knowledge Hub (09:00 - 10:45)

Section titled “Training Session 1 - SA-GEO Knowledge Hub (09:00 - 10:45)”

Open Knowledge: concepts and principles. Welcome and overview of the training programme, followed by an introduction to the SA-GEO Knowledge Hub, the GEO Knowledge Hub and the Marketplace, including their purpose, value proposition and role in improving access to Earth observation and space-related knowledge.

  • Introduction to GEO (Group on Earth Observations), its impact, and why open knowledge matters.
  • The GEO Data Sharing and Data Management Principles, and how they relate to the FAIR and CARE principles.
  • The Open Knowledge statement and the GEO Data Licensing Guidance.
  • Core concepts of open science: reproducibility and replicability.
  • The GEO Knowledge Hub and the role of a National GEO Knowledge Hub

Training Session 2 - Creating and Publishing Knowledge Packages (11:15 - 13:00)

Section titled “Training Session 2 - Creating and Publishing Knowledge Packages (11:15 - 13:00)”

The GEO Knowledge Hub as a preservation tool - the Knowledge Provider perspective. An interactive, practical session on using the GEO Knowledge Hub to preserve and share content.

  • Knowledge Package and Knowledge Resource concepts; open data formats, metadata, protocols and APIs.
  • User roles in the GEO Knowledge Hub.
  • Hands-on (user perspective): the DataCite metadata schema, persistent identifiers (DOI and others), file preservation and versioning, and tagging (for example, country association).
  • Hands-on (provider perspective): creating packages and resources, and best practices for metadata and reproducible content.
  • Importing content to the National GEO Knowledge Hub and the South Africa Marketplace.

See the practice page for the step-by-step hands-on material.

Session 3 - Leveraging AI and Self-Assessment Tools for Knowledge Development (14:00 - 15:00)

Section titled “Session 3 - Leveraging AI and Self-Assessment Tools for Knowledge Development (14:00 - 15:00)”

The GEO Knowledge Hub ecosystem - auxiliary tools for providers. A practical session on the tools that support knowledge package development, content enhancement and discovery.

  • Keeping published content sustainable and up to date with the GEO Link Checker.
  • Onboarding with the GEO Self-Assessment Dashboard.
  • Creating Knowledge Packages with the support of AI and curation.
  • The GEO Knowledge Hub documentation and EO-GPT.

Training Session 4 - Community Contributions and Next Steps (15:15 - 16:00)

Section titled “Training Session 4 - Community Contributions and Next Steps (15:15 - 16:00)”

Participant feedback, discussion of lessons learned, opportunities to contribute as knowledge providers, and next steps for sustaining engagement within the SA-GEO Knowledge Hub community.