Open Data: how we cope with them…

“OPEN ACCESS TO EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH”

May 13, 2014

Jan HaspeslaghLibrarian

Heike LustInformation manager

Overview

The process

• Archiving• Documenting• QC & Integration• Publishing• Redistribition

The data policy

Archiving

Documenting

QC

Publishing

Integration

The process

Archiving http://mda.vliz.be

Archiving

Documenting

Metadata discovery:

• Responsibles• Access rights• Parameters• Coverage: time, geography,

taxonomy, …• Relations to other datasets• Publications

Goal: Maximum searchabilityand retrieval

Archiving

Documenting

Technical:

• Storage software• Checksum & size• ‘Material & methods’• Hierarchy • Units• Formula’s, calculations• …

Goal: Correct interpretation &future usability

Archiving

Documenting

Archiving

Documenting

QC

Integration

QC: all elements available for correct reading, use and analysis of data?

Integration: Combining data from different sources and providing users with a unified view of these data

Publishing

Integrated Marine Information SystemIMIS

→ Module Datasets: ISO 19115 discovery metadata→ Module Literature: ISBD & ASFIS metadata standards

Marine Date Archive - MDA & Open Marine Archive - OMA

• Permanent archive for data and publications• Fully documented• Easy online archival & information tool

Publishing

→ Module Datasets

Crossreferenced!→ Module Literature

Redistribution

Open Marine Archive&

Open Data

Archived original dataset

Integrated datasets publication

In development: DOI & Data Citation

data citation & DOI linking will be made possible:

Different versions of a dataset each having their own citation (according to Data Cite) & DOI link.DOI is referring to different versions of the data on the MDA.

citation

DOI link to the MDA- data version

Citation and link to other (older) versions of the data

DOI & relation with IMIS & MDA

MDA-download

IMIS(citation)

DOI

Integration of datasets into biodiversity database

(Elements of) published dataset linked to other end-user products

Data policy at VLIZ http://www.vliz.be/en/data-policy

• based on IOC oceanographic data exchange policy • VLIZ advocates free data exchange• open metadata • data whose primary source is VLIZ are always made

publicly available• customised data policy in consultation with the data

owner• Recognition of the data source is always needed

Main challenges: • Convincing scientists to openly share their data • No mandates, all is voluntary!

jan.haspeslagh@vliz.beheike.lust@vliz.be