Lecture to the Ocean Teacher Global Academy course on Research Data Management in November 2015. Topics covered include the history of data formats in marine data management; introduction to the Semantic Web and Linked Data; current state of the art in Linked Ocean Data; and future research directions in Linked Data and Big Data combinations.

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Nova Southeastern University – Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography – Ocean Campus
16-20 November 2015
Linked Ocean Data
Adam Leadbetter
Marine Institute, Ireland
adam.leadbetter@marine.ie
With the support of the
Government of
Flanders, Belgium

2. Learning Outcomes
• Following this session you will be able to:
–Describe the history of “formal knowledge” in
ocean science research data management
–Understand the concepts of the Semantic Web
and Linked Data
–Query the Semantic Web
–Connect your local data catalogues to the
Semantic Web
–Understand a framework for applying these
techniques in real-time
Research Data Management

3. “Formal knowledge” in ocean
science research data management
• Following this session you will be able to:
– Describe the history of data models in marine
Research Data Management
– Access key resources in the current state of the
art
Research Data Management

4. “Formal knowledge” in ocean
science research data management
• From quills and free-text to the digital age and
“Big Data” (Buck & Lowry, forthcoming)
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science research data management
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science research data management
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science research data management
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science research data management
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science research data management
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science research data management
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http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk International Journal of Digital Earth 7 (10), 811-828.

11. Research Data Management
• “There are emergent technologies throughout
the fields around oceanography which we will
incorporate into oceanography, and through
that convergence we will make oceanography
into something even more magical”
– John Delaney, University of Washington
• Mission Blue Voyage TED Talk, April 2010

12. Semantic Web and Linked Data
Research Data Management
• Following this session you will be able to:
– Understand the basic concepts of
• The Semantic Web
• Linked Data
• Linked Open Data
–Find examples for querying ocean science
research data published on the Semantic Web

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• ““If HTML and the World Wide Web made all
the online documents look like one huge
book, the Semantic Web will make all the data
in the world look like one huge database.”
– Sir Tim Berners-Lee
• Weaving the Web, 1999

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• ““If HTML and the World Wide Web made all
the online documents look like one huge
book, [Linked Data] will make all the data in
the world look like one huge database.”
– Sir Tim Berners-Lee
• Weaving the Web, 1999

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1.Use URIs to identify “things”
2.Use HTTP URIs so people can look those things
up on the Web
3.When someone accesses a URI, provide useful
information using the standards (RDF,
SPARQL)
4.Include links to other URIs so people can
discover more things

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• “There are emergent technologies throughout
the fields around oceanography which we will
incorporate into oceanography, and through
that convergence we will make oceanography
into something even more magical”
– John Delaney, University of Washington
• Mission Blue Voyage TED Talk, April 2010

37. Linked Ocean Big Data
Research Data Management
• Following this session you will be able to:
– Understand the basic concepts of
• Big Data
• Streaming Data
• Follow the latest developments in connecting
Linked Data with Big Data

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• “There are emergent technologies throughout
the fields around oceanography which we will
incorporate into oceanography, and through
that convergence we will make oceanography
into something even more magical”
– John Delaney, University of Washington
• Mission Blue Voyage TED Talk, April 2010

45. adam.leadbetter@marine.ie
@AdamLeadbetter
Research Data Management