WK13- HowtoPrepareEcologicalDataSetsforEffectiveAnalysisandSharing

2:00PM-5:00PM

August1st,2010

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WorkshopTeam

• RobertCook,OakRidgeNationalLaboratory• VivHutchison,USGeologicalSurvey• StephanieHampton,NationalCenterforEcologicalAnalysisand

Synthesis• TammyBeaty,OakRidgeNationalLaboratory• WilliamMichener,UniversityofNewMexico• BruceWilson,OakRidgeNationalLaboratory• SureshSanthanaVannan,OakRidgeNationalLaboratory• MarkSchildhauer,NationalCenterforEcologicalAnalysisand

Synthesis

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WorkshopGoal

Provideguidanceondatamanagementpracticesthatinvestigatorsshouldperformduringthecourseofdatacollectiontoimprovetheusabilityoftheirdatasets

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Planning

Review

Problem DefinitionResearch Objectives

Analysis and

modeling

–CyclesofResearch–“AnInformationView”

Measurements Original

Observations

Data Center/ Archive

Planning

Discover, analyze, and extract information

Multi-DomainObservations

Courtesy of Raymond McCord, ORNL

CyclesofResearch– AnInformationView

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BenefitsofGoodDataManagementPractices

Short-term• Spendlesstimedoingdatamanagementandmoretime

doingresearch• Easiertoprepareandusedataforyourself• Collaboratorscanreadilyunderstandandusedatafiles

Long-term(datapublication)• Scientistsoutsideyourprojectcanfind,understand,and

useyourdata• Yougetcreditforarchiveddataproductsandtheirusein

otherpapers• Sponsorsprotecttheirinvestment

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WorkshopSponsors

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WK13- HowtoPrepareEcologicalDataSetsforEffectiveAnalysisandSharing

WorkshopAgenda

2:00- 2:15 WorkshopIntroduction(BobCook,ORNL)2:15- 2:45 FundamentalPracticesforPreparingDataSets(BobCook,

ORNL)2:45- 3:15 Organizingdatasetsforsharing

CollaborationandDataSharing(StefanieHampton,NCEAS)Organizingdatasets:Participantsareencouragedtobringtheirowndatasets,whichwewillassistinorganizing(WorkshopTeam)

3:15-3:30 Break

3:30– 4:15 IntroductiontoMetadata(Viv Hutchison,USGS)4:15– 4:45 ElementsofaDataManagementPlan(BillMichener,University

ofNewMexico)4:45– 5:00 WorkshopClosing(BobCook,ORNL)

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