September 2019:
ESA, USGS, JAXA, KARI are all undertaking self-assessments.
At WGCV-45, WGCV agreed the CARD4L peer review process and they are now ready to respond to requests for self-assessment peer reviews. A panel of reviewers has been identfied. The LSI-VC Secretariat and WGCV POC will coordinate the submission of self-assessments for peer review.
Once the first CARD4L datasets are approved, the LSI-VC Secretariat will advertise these datasets online (on ceos.org/ard and its CARD4L Register) and will post links to the data, sample products, self-assessment, etc. Other opportunities for CARD4L dataset promotion will also be explored (e.g., via MIM DB, COVE, etc.)
The status of CARD4L assessments is kept up to date on the ceos.org/ard website table here.
LSI-VC and WGCV have been discussing a streamlined assessment process that will accelerate the review and approval of CEOS ARD datasets. Details can be found here.
The broadened CEOS ARD Framework will require additional expertise to carry out assessments for products in domains outside of land. This will be a key topic of discussion over the coming months.