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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence
Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Supporting Digital Curation to
safeguard research data: adding value
today and ensuring long-term access
Dr Liz Lyon,
DCC Associate Director Outreach
Director, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK
JISC Conference
March 2006
Funded by:
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Overview
• Digital curation and the e-Research cycle
• UK Digital Curation Centre
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Development activity
Research agenda
Advisory services
Outreach programme
• Chemistry exemplar projects
“maintaining and adding value to a trusted body of digital
information for current and future use”
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UK Digital Curation Centre
• Development activities
• Research agenda
• Delivering services
• Outreach Programme
• 3 http://www.dcc.ac.uk/
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DCC people (some of them…)
• Management & Co-ordination
– Director Chris Rusbridge (University of Edinburgh)
• Community Support & Outreach
– Led by Dr Liz Lyon (UKOLN, University of Bath)
• Service Definition & Delivery
– Led by Professor Seamus Ross (HATII, University of Glasgow)
• Development
– Led by Dr David Giaretta (Astronomical Software & Services, CCLRC)
• Research
– Led by Professor Peter Buneman (University of Edinburgh)
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(Very simple) e-Research Cycle and Data Curation
(New) knowledge
extraction: data
mining, modelling,
analysis, synthesis
Data processing
Formulate hypothesis / ideas, test,
experiment, observe: data creation,
collection & capture
Data processing
Data processing
Adding value: Data
linking, annotation,
visualisation, simulation
Data processing
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e-Infrastructure
Open access
Collaboration
Data management
storage & validation:
description, deposit,
self-archiving,
preservation,
certification
Data processing
Scholarly communications: data disclosure,
publication, citation, discovery, re-use
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Data capture & integration
into research workflows
• R4L Repository for the Laboratory Project (JISC-funded)
automated data capture from instrumentation, deposit of
results (chemistry)
• SMART TEA electronic Laboratory notebook +
annotations
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Disciplinary data-centres
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eBank UK Project
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/projects/ebank-uk/
• Two key themes:
– Open access to datasets
– Linking research data to publications and to learning
• UKOLN, University of Southampton, University of Manchester
• e-Science application ‘Combechem’ : Grid-enabled
combinatorial chemistry + National Crystallography Service
• Resource Discovery Network / PSIgate physical sciences portal
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A data repository entry
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Access to the underlying data: complex objects
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ecrystals.chem.soton.ac.uk
Data descriptions
• Validation, publication & discovery
of data models & schema
• Metadata packaging standards
– METS
– MPEG 21 DIDL
• Semantic descriptions
– Formal controlled vocabularies
– High-level and domain ontologies
– Inter-disciplinary discovery
• Informal approaches Web 2.0
“folksonomies”
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Audit & certification:
trusted digital repositories
• DCC Development & Services teams
• Draft Audit Checklist for Certification August
2005 Research Libraries Group RLG-NARA
• Pilot audits planned
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Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB)
British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC)
JISC Digital Repository projects?
Institutional repositories?
• Revised Checklist based on feedback and
pilot audit outcomes
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Development: Representation
Information Registry
• “DCC Approach to Digital Curation” based on the Reference
Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS); ISO
standard, 14721:
• Development of a Representation Information (RI)
registry/repository (DCC-RR)
• Prototype demonstrator: based on 2 key concepts to
facilitate sharing of the curation effort
– Curation persistent ID
– Descriptive “label” (structural, semantic, other metadata)
• Development of tools and interfaces for creating, using and
re-using representation information
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http://dev.dcc.ac.uk
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for details of Wiki and email list
Persistent identifiers for data citation
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Warwick Workshop research issue
Schemes: DOI, Handle, ARK, PURL
Global identification: express as http URIs
eBank data citation policy (human and
machine-actionable)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1594/ecrystals.chem.soton.ac.uk/145
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• Domain identifiers: e.g. International
Chemical Identifier (INChI) codes
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Discovering data:
• Domain identifier:
International
Chemical Identifier
(INChI) code
• Google molecule
using INChI
Slide from Simon Coles
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Coles, S.J., Day, N.E., Murray-Rust, P., Rzepa, H.S., Zhang, Y., Org.
Biomol. Chem., 2005, (10),1832-1834. DOI: 10.1039/b502828k
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Adding value: eBank linking data to publications
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Linking research to learning - embedding eBank
aggregator service in a science portal for student learners
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Adding value through annotation
DCC Research at the University of Edinburgh
• Scientific databases: Annotation scoping report
• AstroDAS: distributed annotation servers in astronomy
• New annotation model + prototype MONDRIAN: topranked demonstration at recent DB conference
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Supporting the community: Services
• HELPDESK@dcc
.ac.uk
• legal - technical
guidance
• Curation Manual
45 chapters
planned,
• Briefing Papers
• Case studies
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DCC Case Study published: Wide Field Astronomy Unit
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Supporting the community:
Outreach & Services
• Workshops:
• LOCKSS 6 April Warwick
• Archiving e-Mail 24 April, Newcastle
• Associates Network 17 May, NeSC,
Edinburgh
• Digital Curation Policies, June,
Oxford tbc
• Data dictionary for Preservation
Metadata (PREMIS), July tbc
• Information Days 2006 Nottingham,
Birmingham, Manchester
• 2nd International Conference
21-22 November Glasgow
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• Keynotes: Hans F. Hoffmann,
CERN, Clifford Lynch, CNI
• Call for papers deadline 3rd April
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Associates Network
Goals: Develop understanding, share best practice, advance
research, promote recognition, develop consensus
376 Members and growing…….
Benefits: Early access to R&D outputs, advisory services,
training, input to definition and design, community
participation
Discussion Forum www.dcc.ac.uk Topics: formats at risk,
Creative Commons, digital archives and digital libraries
Meeting 17 May @ NeSC, Edinburgh
Please join us!
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Thank you.
Questions?
[email protected]
Join the DCC Associates Network at
www.dcc.ac.uk
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