Data Maturity Matrix

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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


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

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.