Introducing the Information Standards Advisory Panel (ISAP) of the Australian National Earth and Environmental Sciences Facilities Forum (NEESFF).

Australian Earth and Environmental (E&E) datasets relevant to research are generated across all parts of the Earth System, including geosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and anthroposphere. Produced across the Research, Government and Industry Sectors, E&E datasets are highly variable, ranging from simple observations from small sensors or humans to complex terabyte to petabyte datasets collected by expensive monitoring or modelling systems (satellites, airborne surveys, climate simulations, etc). Historically there has been little strategic integration of research infrastructure investments, which has limited the ability to collectively leverage the vast wealth of Australian E&E datasets to address national/international sustainability challenges. Consequently, in 2018, Australian E&E-related infrastructure facilities self-organised to create the National Earth and Environmental Sciences Facilities Forum (NEESFF) to better coordinate infrastructure investments (and associated data assets). Current NEESFF Members include Atlas of Living Australia (ALA); Australia s Climate Simulator (ACCESS-NRI); AuScope; Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN); Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC); Australian Plant Phenomics Network (APPN); BioPlatforms Australia; Geoscience Australia (GA); Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS); Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN); Marine National Facility; Bureau of Meteorology (BOM); E2SIP (CSIRO); National Computational Infrastructure (NCI); Pawsey; and AARNet. To approach increasingly complex issues of data coordination across NEESFF, particularly for longitudinal research, the Information Standards Advisory Panel (ISAP) was formed in 2020 as a subcommittee, comprising informatics specialists from member organisations. This poster will outline some initiatives ISAP is undertaking to develop a framework for the delivery of integrated E&E datasets that comply with the FAIR, CARE and TRUST principles.