Data Maturity Matrix
Purpose
This wiki page intends to collect the resources and information relevant to the evaluation and improvement of the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity Matrix.
Meeting Notes
- 2015-03-02: Meeting Notes
Publication
- Peng, G., Privette, J. L., Kearns, E. J., Ritchey, N. A., & Ansari, S. (2015). A unified framework for measuring stewardship practices applied to digital environmental datasets. Data Science Journal, 13, 231-253. doi:10.2481/dsj.14-049
Resources
- High-Level Background on the Data Stewardship Maturity Matrix
- Data Stewardship Maturity Matrix Template
- PDF Version of the Data Stewardship Maturity Matrix
- A review of 6 preservation model by J. Bailey
Q&As
Please submit additional questions via ESIP-Preserve list-serv.
- What are those entities at the top of the matrix?
Those are entities under which “non-functional” requirements are asserted on scientific data stewardship. The terms non-functional and functional requirements are often used in systems engineering to define, in a broad sense, what a system is supposed to be and to do. The term “non-functional requirements” is used here to refer to constraints imposed by U.S federal regulations and agency policies on the stewardship of environmental data.
- Does this maturity refer to that of an organization?
No. This maturity assessment model measures that of individual digital Earth Science datasets, leveraging community best practices and standards.
- How does this stewardship maturity assessment model differ from the previous preservation maturity assessment models?
It distinguishes itself from most of the existing preservation maturity models in the following aspects: • It is dataset-oriented as opposed to process-oriented, providing a unified framework to assess the robustness of quantifiable stewardship practices that are applied to individual Earth Sciences datasets. • It stresses data quality and the scientific oversight in data and metadata quality and usability that are critical to climate environmental data products and their users and stakeholders.
