Research Data Access and Preservation Summit, 2014 San Diego, CA March 26-28, 2014 Lightning Talks Lynn Yarmey, National Snow and Ice Data Center

1. Data Discovery and Access
through Metadata Brokering
Lynn Yarmey
lynn.yarmey@colorado.edu

2. Why are we here?
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Image from: http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2010/11/17/understanding-your-obligatory-existential-crisis/

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Image by Carla Lombardo Ehrlich for WWF, A Polar Bear clinging precariously to a tiny piece of floating ice.
Accessed at: http://pixdaus.com/a-polar-bear-clinging-precariously-to-a-tiny-piece-of-floati/items/view/522249/

4. Connect stuff
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Parsons (2006

5. Web-of-repositories
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- Federated
- Non-hierarchical
- Diverse
- Inclusive
- Distributed
- Coordinated
- Collaborative
- Flexible
- Sustainable Yarmey and Baker (2009
Characteristics

6. Web-of-repositories
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- Federated
- Non-hierarchical
- Diverse
- Inclusive
- Distributed
- Coordinated
- Collaborative
- Flexible
- Sustainable Yarmey and Baker (2009
Characteristics

7. Web-of-repositories
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- Federated
- Non-hierarchical
- Diverse
- Inclusive
- Distributed
- Coordinated
- Collaborative
- Flexible
- Sustainable Yarmey and Baker (2009
Characteristics

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Conceptual
Practical

9. Arctic Data Explorer – Ideal
EOL Field
Catalogs
Met.no
ACADIS
Gateway
NSIDC
Coming
Soon
GICat Metadata Broker
SOLR
Other interfaces or
services
THREDDS
OAI-PMH
OAI-PMH
OpenSearch
OAI-PMH
CSW-ISO
Metadata
translators
Query
handling
Web
Services
Web portal
Metadata
Feed
Repositories
NODC
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10. This is really hard
- Federated
- Non-hierarchical
- Diverse
- Inclusive
- Distributed
- Coordinated
- Collaborative
- Flexible
- Sustainable
Characteristics
Challenges
Constant change
Natural language handling, scientific semantics
Inconsistent implementation
of standards
Political change
How do you search 16000 records
and get something scientifically useful?
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Communicating search to users
Scheduling

11. So now what?
• Keep our eyes on the prize
• We need to talk to each other
• Data are not easy
• Even discovery
• Data might well not be cheap
• Metadata Metadata Metadata Metadata Metadata
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Metadata.

12. Thank you!
Lynn Yarmey – lynn.yarmey@colorado.edu
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13. References
Parsons, M. A. (2006). International Polar Year Data
Management Workshop, 3-4 March 2006. Glaciological
Data Series, GD-33.
Yarmey, L., and Baker K.S. (2009). LTER: A Web of
Repositories. LTER All Scientists Meeting, Estes Park,
CO.
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