We are a home for Earth science data and computing professionals. Our sessions bring together the community for hands-on, interdisciplinary deep dives as we explore "Bridging Divides: Data, Technology, Community" this year. Learn more about this theme on the ESIP Meetings page.
Session and plenary recordings will be published on the ESIP YouTube Channel.
The NetCDF-CF based Unidata Common Data Model has become the de facto abstract data model for interchange of cell-based spatiotemporal data, but related conventions are being substantially renegotiated. Zarr v3 was released in early 2025 with sharding and a formal extension mechanism. The Zarr community prototyped a modular Zarr Conventions framework at the October 2025 Zarr Summit. STAC became an OGC Community Standard with active work on aligning the datacube extension with the core bands construct. OGC API-EDR is developing rapidly. This session brings together community members working across these projects to discuss convergence, divergence, and coordination needs. The deliverable is a public seminar series proposal and specific actions, drafted live.
Audience Data managers, cloud native specialists, oceanographic/atmospheric/landscape modelers, software developers, data modelers working with Zarr, NetCDF, STAC, CF, or OGC standards
