Interagency Data Stewardship/LifeCycle/Preservation Forum/TeleconNotes/2015-11-16meetingnotes

Meeting Agenda - DS Committee - 2015-11-16 2PM EDT

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Attendees: Justin Goldstein, Sophie Hou, Denise Hills, Ge Peng, Lisa Raymond, Madison Langseth, Annie Burgess, Mark Parsons, Kerstin Lehnert, Nancy Hoebelheinrich, Rama, Sarah Ramdeen, Shannon Rauch, Shelley Stall, Steven Worley, Tamar Norkin, Matt Mayernik, Steve Olding, Terri Killeffer, Soren Scott, David Moroni, Nancy Ritchey, Tim DiLauro, Ruth Duerr, Natalie Meyers, Vicky Wolf

Notes:

1. ExCom Update.

a. Stay tuned for further information concerning a possible change in the relationship between the Foundation for Earth Science and the ESIP Federation. It is possible that the rationale for the dual organizations was based on a legal misunderstanding. At this time, no action is required from anyone in attendance at this meeting.

b. Summer Meeting 2016 will most likely occur in Chapel Hill, NC. However, as nothing has been scheduled, please do not make travel plans or complete travel authorizations until further notice. The other finalists are northern New Hampshire and Gainesville, FL, although the latter may not be able to meet our IT needs.

2. Meeting Report Out:

a. 2nd COPDESS Working Meeting (October 20-21; Oxford, UK) - Kerstin

i. Link: http://www.copdess.org/

ii. International representatives were at the meeting.

iii. Series of presentations, including science reproducibility, policy regarding data, and value of data, were given at the meeting.

iv. One key action items was to provide a guideline or best practice recommendation regarding citation.

v. Software citation was also discussed, and it will be discussed more in detail in the next meeting.

vi. A related topic to software citation that was also discussed was the use of identifiers.

vii. A directory is being developed; a “re3data-like” metadata will be used. There will be a closer partnership between re3data.org and CPDESS going forward.

viii. With ESIP Winter Meeting 2016 and RDA Plenary, COPDESS is looking forward to being able to collaborate with additional communities.

ix. There will be a COPDESS Meeting at AGU on Thursday evening, 12/17, at 6 PM - location TBD.

b. Software Citation: Beyond the Research Paper (October 30; Davis, CA) - Sophie

i. Link: http://icis.ucdavis.edu/?p=765

ii. Key observations:

1) There might be a correlation or synergy with the dynamic dataset citation effort from the Research Data Alliance, such as determination of version control and the level of granularity to cite.

2) Many speakers, including librarians and publishing representatives, presented different perspectives but supporting views regarding why software citation is important and its relevance to scholastic effort as well as measurement of scientific impact, .

iii. Related link from Mark: https://softwaredatacitation.org/Pages/home.aspx

c. Other:

i. PV 2015 meeting in Darmstadt, Germany - Rama and Nancy Ritchey were there. Of interest to this group - http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/ConferencesandEvents/DAT_2447480.html

3. Discussion:

a. Two new RDA Recommendations open for comment (https://rd-alliance.org/two-new-rda-recommendations-open-comment.html)

i. Citation of Dynamic Data

ii. DSA-WDS partnership on repository certification

1) Due to time limitation of the monthly call, Justin asked everyone to review the recommendations and provide feedback via email.

2) Input from Mark:

- Since ESIP Winter Meeting 2015, a lot of progress has been made regarding the dynamic data citation recommendation. Community members are encouraged to provide commend to the current version of the recommendation.

- For the repository certification, it would be helpful if the Data Stewardship Committee could provide a comment as a Committee because the Committee represents a group of community and can cover a diverse range of perspectives. Also, any feedback regarding the adaptability of the certification could provide an idea of the acceptability of the recommendation by the community.

4. Justin thanked everyone for their participation and enthusiasm this calendar year. He noted that it has been a privilege to serve this extremely active group and wished everyone safe travels to and from AGU and the ESIP Winter Meeting and an enjoyable holiday season. He and Sophie (Sophie-could you please check my grammar) look forward to seeing everyone at the Winter Meeting.