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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence Attribution-Share. Alike 2. 0 Supporting Digital Curation to safeguard research data: adding value today and ensuring long-term access Dr Liz Lyon, DCC Associate Director Outreach Director, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK JISC Conference March 2006 Funded by: Digital | Curation | Centre

Overview • Digital curation and the e-Research cycle • UK Digital Curation Centre – – Development activity Research agenda Advisory services Outreach programme • Chemistry exemplar projects “maintaining and adding value to a trusted body of digital information for current and future use” 2 Digital | Curation | Centre

UK Digital Curation Centre • Development activities • Research agenda • Delivering services • Outreach Programme • 3 http: //www. dcc. ac. uk/ Digital | Curation | Centre

DCC people (some of them…) • Management & Co-ordination – Director Chris Rusbridge (University of Edinburgh) • Community Support & Outreach – Led by Dr Liz Lyon (UKOLN, University of Bath) • Service Definition & Delivery – Led by Professor Seamus Ross (HATII, University of Glasgow) • Development – Led by Dr David Giaretta (Astronomical Software & Services, CCLRC) • Research – Led by Professor Peter Buneman (University of Edinburgh) 4 Digital | Curation | Centre

(Very simple) e-Research Cycle and Data Curation (New) knowledge extraction: data mining, modelling, analysis, synthesis Data processing Formulate hypothesis / ideas, test, experiment, observe: data creation, collection & capture Data processing Adding value: Data linking, annotation, visualisation, simulation Data processing 5 e-Infrastructure Open access Collaboration Data management storage & validation: description, deposit, self-archiving, preservation, certification Data processing Scholarly communications: data disclosure, publication, citation, discovery, re-use This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence Attribution-Share. Alike 2. 0 Digital | Curation | Centre

Data capture & integration into research workflows • R 4 L Repository for the Laboratory Project (JISC-funded) automated data capture from instrumentation, deposit of results (chemistry) • SMART TEA electronic Laboratory notebook + annotations 6 Digital | Curation | Centre

Disciplinary data-centres 7 Digital | Curation | Centre

e. Bank UK Project http: //www. ukoln. ac. uk/projects/ebank-uk/ • Two key themes: – Open access to datasets – Linking research data to publications and to learning • UKOLN, University of Southampton, University of Manchester • e-Science application ‘Combechem’ : Grid-enabled combinatorial chemistry + National Crystallography Service • Resource Discovery Network / PSIgate physical sciences portal 8 Digital | Curation | Centre

A data repository entry 9 Digital | Curation | Centre

Access to the underlying data: complex objects 10 Digital | Curation | Centre ecrystals. chem. soton. ac. uk

Data descriptions • Validation, publication & discovery of data models & schema • Metadata packaging standards – METS – MPEG 21 DIDL • Semantic descriptions – Formal controlled vocabularies – High-level and domain ontologies – Inter-disciplinary discovery • Informal approaches Web 2. 0 “folksonomies” 11 Digital | Curation | Centre

Audit & certification: trusted digital repositories • DCC Development & Services teams • Draft Audit Checklist for Certification August 2005 Research Libraries Group RLG-NARA • Pilot audits planned – – 12 Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB) British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC) JISC Digital Repository projects? Institutional repositories? • Revised Checklist based on feedback and pilot audit outcomes Digital | Curation | Centre

Development: Representation Information Registry • “DCC Approach to Digital Curation” based on the Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS); ISO standard, 14721: • Development of a Representation Information (RI) registry/repository (DCC-RR) • Prototype demonstrator: based on 2 key concepts to facilitate sharing of the curation effort – Curation persistent ID – Descriptive “label” (structural, semantic, other metadata) • Development of tools and interfaces for creating, using and re-using representation information 13 http: //dev. dcc. ac. uk Digital | Curation | Centre for details of Wiki and email list

Persistent identifiers for data citation • • Warwick Workshop research issue Schemes: DOI, Handle, ARK, PURL Global identification: express as http URIs e. Bank data citation policy (human and machine-actionable) http: //dx. doi. org/10. 1594/ecrystals. chem. soton. ac. uk/145 14 • Domain identifiers: e. g. International Chemical Identifier (INCh. I) codes Digital | Curation | Centre

Discovering data: • Domain identifier: International Chemical Identifier (INCh. I) code • Google molecule using INCh. I Slide from Simon Coles 15 Coles, S. J. , Day, N. E. , Murray-Rust, P. , Rzepa, H. S. , Zhang, Y. , Org. Biomol. Chem. , 2005, (10), 1832 -1834. DOI: 10. 1039/b 502828 k Digital | Curation | Centre

Adding value: e. Bank linking data to publications 16 Digital | Curation | Centre

Linking research to learning - embedding e. Bank aggregator service in a science portal for student learners 17 Digital | Curation | Centre

Adding value through annotation DCC Research at the University of Edinburgh • Scientific databases: Annotation scoping report • Astro. DAS: distributed annotation servers in astronomy • New annotation model + prototype MONDRIAN: topranked demonstration at recent DB conference 18 Digital | Curation | Centre

Supporting the community: Services • HELPDESK@dcc. ac. uk • legal - technical guidance • Curation Manual 45 chapters planned, • Briefing Papers • Case studies 19 Digital | Curation | Centre

DCC Case Study published: Wide Field Astronomy Unit 20 Digital | Curation | Centre

Supporting the community: Outreach & Services • Workshops: • LOCKSS 6 April Warwick • Archiving e-Mail 24 April, Newcastle • Associates Network 17 May, Ne. SC, Edinburgh • Digital Curation Policies, June, Oxford tbc • Data dictionary for Preservation Metadata (PREMIS), July tbc • Information Days 2006 Nottingham, Birmingham, Manchester • 2 nd International Conference 21 -22 November Glasgow 21 • Keynotes: Hans F. Hoffmann, CERN, Clifford Lynch, CNI • Call for papers deadline 3 rd April Digital | Curation | Centre

Associates Network Goals: Develop understanding, share best practice, advance research, promote recognition, develop consensus 376 Members and growing……. Benefits: Early access to R&D outputs, advisory services, training, input to definition and design, community participation Discussion Forum www. dcc. ac. uk Topics: formats at risk, Creative Commons, digital archives and digital libraries Meeting 17 May @ Ne. SC, Edinburgh Please join us! 22 Digital | Curation | Centre

Thank you. Questions? e. lyon@ukoln. ac. uk Join the DCC Associates Network at www. dcc. ac. uk Digital | Curation | Centre