Context ofCuration Context of Curation in IAGOS

Summary of IAGOS requirements for curation

Detailed requirements

iii.  Human outputs:

• • What specific feature is provided/required in your web discovery function (multi-criteria search, graphical selection components (e.g. map, calendar), facets, keyword or natural language)?  Not natural language
  • Do you evaluate the accessibility, quality, and usage of your catalogue by using a dashboard or value-added products? If so, do you provide/need:

o   Popularity or Usage feedback?

o   Any other synthesis, indicators or statistics?

no (but planned in AERIS portal)

If so, please describe them shortly.

• • Is the catalogue freely readable or do you apply a specific authorization scheme? If you are applying a specific authorization scheme, please cite the authentication system (SSO) and the authorization rules.  free

iv.  Machine outputs:

• • Do you provide/need machine interfaces for accessing your catalogues? If so, which protocols are implemented?  CSW (on going)

1 . Do you use catalogues or require using catalogues for the following items?

i. Observation system? require 

ii. Data processing system? require                                         

iii. Observation event and collected sample? maybe

iv. Data processing event? no

v. Data product? yes

vi. Paper or report product? no

vii. Research objects or feature interest (e.g. site, taxa, ...)? yes (airport)

viii. Services (processing, discovery, access, retrieval, publishing, visualization, etc.)? no

2. For each used or required catalogue, consider the following questions:

i.   Item descriptions: ISO 19115

• • Which fields do you use for describing items? ISO 19115 fields
  • Which standards do you apply for these fields (format or standard model)?  ISO 19115
  • Do you use controlled vocabularies for these fields? If so, please cite the vocabulary service providers.

NetCDF-CF for parameters, WMO on going task for controlled vocabulary for atmosphere

• • Do you maintain a cross-link or inter-links between:

o   Catalogue items (e.g. between observation system - observation event - result dataset)?  ISO19115 to sensorml

o   Fields for item description and actual items (e.g.  between dataset fields - dataset access services or  between sample fields - label on the sample)?

• • Which repositories/software do you use to manage your metadata?  Managed by AERIS (geonetwork)

ii.  Inputs:

 Will the responsibility for your RI’s curation activities be shared with other organisations?  no

2. Does the curation cover datasets only or also:

i.  Software? planned

ii.  Operating environment? no

iii. Specifications/documentation? Store software together with dataset, but not versions of data. In the past, only kept the last version of data, but in the new project, IGAS, will keep all versions of data.

3. What is your curation policy on retaining/discarding

 i. Datasets? everything kept

 ii. Software? git for versioning

 iii. Operating environments? no

 iv. Documents? all

4. How will data accessibility be maintained for the long term? E.g. What is your curation policy regarding media migration?  Institute’s policy

5.  Do you track all curation activities with a logging system?  no

6. What metadata standards do you use for providing

i. Discovery, ISO 19115, INSPIRE

ii. Contextualisation (including rights, privacy, security, quality, suitability...) ISO 19115

iii. Detailed access-level (i.e. connecting software to data within an operating environment)?  General link to portal

Please supply documentation.

7. If you curate software how do you do it?  Preserving the software or a software specification? Unit test for no regression

8. What provisions will you make for curating workflows or other processing procedures/protocols?

9. If you curate the operating environment how do you do it?  Preserving the environment or an environment specification?

10.      What steps in tooling, automation and presentation do you consider necessary to improve take up of curation facilities and to reduce the effort required for curation?

Formalities (who & when)