Interagency Data Stewardship/LifeCycle/Preservation Forum/winter-meeting-2016-session-ideas

Sessions Proposals/Ideas for ESIP Data Stewardship Committee Winter Meeting 2016

1) Data Stewardship Committee Reporting Out and Planning Session - http://commons.esipfed.org/node/8767

• * Session Leads: Justin Goldstein
• Abstract/Agenda:

Participants in the Data Stewardship Committee will report out on their relevant activities over the past six months and will discuss future directions.

2) Data Management Training Resources Survey and Clearinghouse Project Report - http://commons.esipfed.org/node/8755

• Session Leads: Sophie Hou, Matt Mayernik, and Nancy Hoebelheinrich
• Abstract/Agenda:

From 2011-2103, ESIP partnered with NOAA and the Data Conservancy to produce the current version of the “ESIP Data Management for Scientists Short Course” (ESIP Short Course). The members of the ESIP Data Stewardship Committee (the Committee) were able to create 35 unique modules addressing a variety of topics pertaining to data management guidelines and best practices. The Committee is interested in obtaining further funding and to begin developing the next groups of the training modules. However, the Committee also recognizes that there are many training resources that are being generated in parallel by other organizations.

In order to understand the current needs for data management training and to build effective training resources, the Committee would like to assess the current landscape Data Management Training (DMT) resources. This session provides the findings as a result of the initial survey and the comparison of the DMT resources conducted using the ESIP Short Course as the baseline. The session will also review and discuss the following results, which help in contributing to the Committee’s roadmap for the Short Course and a clearinghouse project.

- The introduction and the selection rationale for the DMT resources that were used in the comparison.

- Summary of the gaps and the overlaps in the training topics when the different DMT resources were compared against the ESIP Short Course.

- Identification of potential collaborators.

- Collaborative Data Management Clearinghouse proposal

3) Soliciting Community Feedback on the NOAA OneStop Data Discovery and Access Framework Project - http://commons.esipfed.org/node/8737

• Session Lead: Kenneth Casey
• Abstract/Agenda:

The NOAA OneStop Data Discovery and Access Framework Project was initialized in FY15 and is now working rapidly to improve discovery and access to NOAA's data. This session will feature a combination of presentations and discussions led by OneStop Projects teams (for example, the Architecture Team and the Metadata Team), designed to both inform the ESIP community and solicit feedback on progress to date.

4) Supporting data through hibernation, deprecation, and/or retirement

• Session Lead: Nancy Ritchey, Hampapuram Ramapriyan
• Abstract/Agenda:

Throughout the data life cycle, data may no longer meet the needs of the user community or it may no longer be supported by the data provider/producer. Removing data from the repository is not the only option. This session is requesting presentations on alternative solutions such as hibernation, deprecation or retirement.

5) Preservation of software

• Session Lead: Hampapuram Ramapriyan, Nancy Ritchey
• Abstract/Agenda:

There are many reasons to preserve software which include documentation of the data, and use/reuse of the software to reproduce a product. However the manner in which the software is preserved differs for both of these examples. This session is requesting presentations on preservation of software, best practices, examples, lessons learned, and solutions.

6) Physical to digital, relating data across multiple media

• Session Lead: Denise Hills, Sarah Ramdeen, Nancy Ritchey
• Abstract/Agenda:

Many repositories have data in physical and digital formats, some are linked others are duplicates. This sessions is requesting presentations on solutions for relating data in digital and physicals media/formats

7) Metadata systems and tools

• Session Lead: Nancy Ritchey, Hampapuram Ramapriyan
• Abstract/Agenda:

Metadata is a central piece of data stewardship and preservation. Many systems and tools are available to support an organization's metadata needs. Recent progress on NASA's Common Metadata Repository (CMR) and NOAA's Advanced Tracking and Resource tool for Archive Collections (ATRAC) are examples of systems and tools respectively. This sessions is requesting presentations on these and other metadata systems and tools.