Interagency Data Stewardship/LifeCycle/Preservation Forum/TeleconNotes/2017-09-18meetingnotes

Meeting Notes - Data Stewardship Committee - 2017-09-18 2 p.m. EST / 12 p.m. MST / 11 a.m. PT

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Attendees: Nancy Richey, Shannon Leslie, Aaron Sweeney, Heather Brown, Philip Jones, Corinna Gries, Justin Goldstein, Bruce Caron, Matt Mayernik, Sophie Hou

Notes:

1) ESIP Program Committee update / budget request update

• Budget requests have not yet been approved yet; they are likely be additional updates by the end of September.
• The Data Stewardship Committee as well as other committees/clusters have asked for travel support.

• ESIP is looking for ways that attendees who are supported by ESIP would be able to provide reports back to the community.

• ESIP Lab’s call for proposals is currently open.

• Data Stewardship Committee members are welcome and encouraged to share ideas via the listserv.

• Call for Sessions for ESIP Winter Meeting 2018 is also open.

2) Summer 2017 meeting recap

• Matt: Data Rescue

• The session invited panelists to discuss their experiences/activities, and suggestions for additional coordination/collaboration.
• For example, the definition of “data” and “at risk” could be further defined/clarified.
• If we (the Data Stewardship Committee) were able to define/clarify some of the key terms, we might also be able to help in prioritizing the “data” that might need rescuing.
• From the trusted repository standards/criteria’s perspectives, “risk” is often defined as technical/security challenges (e.g. migration, backup, recovery through nature disasters).
• There are different types of “risks”. Different types of rescue efforts might be needed accordingly.

• Ambiguity in ownership/stewardship
• Deterioration of physical media
• Loss of access points
• Lack of documentation/metadata
• Intentional removal/deletion of data

• Sophie: Usability Cluster

• Did a working session, worked through the usability testing framework.
• Asked a cluster member to go through the framework, tested the RMap technology.
• Emily Law helped the cluster connect with other groups in JPL to use the framework

• JPL is developing portals for public to learn more about JPL research areas (e.g. Mars)
• JPL hasn’t done much usability testing in past, so this requires some new workflows, define key areas of the technology to test, define personas, tasks
• Did a test run during the last Usability cluster call

• Bruce: Seeking feedback on the plenary talk

• https://2017esipsummermeeting.sched.com/event/AtKj/plenary
• Additional Notes for the plenary talks: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_eBcaggVvzAI-3jY5EYyYTmSzUD3s6QXVhbN-N5A_SQ/edit?usp=sharing
• Trust is still a very important aspect of a decentralized web.

3) ESIP 2018 winter meeting ideas

• Idea 1: (Based on the experience with viewing the "Chasing Coral" film) What data and level stewardship would be conducive to outreach?

4) Update from Rama on ISO standard development

• Postponed to the next meeting.

5) Discussion of new AGU grant

• How to connect data to journal articles that are published?
• ESIP will be helping in facilitating/supporting some of the meetings for this grant.

6) Sessions of interest / news on December 2017 AGU meeting

• Ignite at AGU - the call for talks is not yet available, but people are encouraged to start thinking about potential topics.

7) Additional topics:

• Meeting agenda for next month will include Rama’s talk on ISO standard and a talk from USGS CDI coordinator.
• Call for ESIP nominations will be available soon; please feel welcome to self-nominate for the available positions.

• For questions or further information, please contact nominations@esipfed.org