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Data Services for Scientific Users in Finland

Data Services for Scientific Users in Finland. NORDUnet Conference 17.9.2009 Kimmo Koivunen. Background. Who am I? Development manager at CSC – Finnish IT Center for Science Leader of a group called Tools for Data Data services maintained by the group PaITuli – Geospatial data service

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Data Services for Scientific Users in Finland

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  1. Data Services for Scientific Users in Finland NORDUnet Conference 17.9.2009 Kimmo Koivunen

  2. Background • Who am I? • Development manager at CSC – Finnish IT Center for Science • Leader of a group called Tools for Data • Data services maintained by the group • PaITuli – Geospatial data service • CSC Stream – AV streaming service • Database service • Nic.funet.fi – FTP service • PairsDB – protein sequence database • Data services on development • Radio and TV archive • Tape storage service • MIDRAS project

  3. PaITuli – geospatial data service • Downloading service of geospatial data sets for Finnish universities and polytechnics • Data is allowed to use for research and education • Web application with map UI • MapServer • HTML + JavaScript • Part of CSC’sextranetservice • First version launched 2007 • Renewed 2009 • Now a service in HAKA federation

  4. PaITuli – data sets • Currently includes data sets from: • National Land Survey of Finland • Finnish Road Administration • Geological Survey of Finland • Finnish Meteorological Institute • National Board of Antiquities • 27 different data sets • Some with temporal subsets • altogether 530 GB

  5. PaITuli – screenshot 1

  6. PaITuli – screenshot 2

  7. PaITuli – screenshot 3 User has to accept EULA before downloading

  8. PaITuli – screenshot 4

  9. PaITuli – experiences and future • New servicehasattractedquitemuchusers • 350 differentuserssinceApril 2009 • Over40 000 filesdownloaded • Nextsteps • More data sets • Closecollaborationwithfinnish INSPIRE portaldevelopment

  10. Finnish radio- and TV archive (RTVA) • National audiovisual archive (KAVA) has a mandate to archive radio and TV broadcasts in Finland • The law of storing and preserving cultural material (Lakikulttuuriaineistojentallettamisestajasäilyttämisestä 1433/2007) (came into operation January 1st 2008) • In development KAVA uses subcontractors • CSC’s role is • Act as a technical integrator • Build a storage and VoD subsystems • Maintain the system in production phase • RTVA systemwilllaunced at end of 2009 • Moredetailswillbepublished at sametime

  11. Radio and TV archive: Technical diagram

  12. RTVA: Rough timetable • 1H/2008: • Overall design and procurement process • 2H/2008: • Start of development • capturingsubsystem • Storagesubsystem • Metadata management system (MMS) • 1H/2009: • capturingand storagesubsystemsup and running • First alpha release of MMS • 2H/2009: • Development of VoDsubsystem • MMS final release (december2009) • 31.12.2009 offical release

  13. RTVA: Storagesubsystem • Allfiles on disks and tapes • Data storedsofar: • 130 000 hours of radio and TV broadcast • 200 000 files • 37 TB

  14. RTVA: Nextsteps • Development of VoDsubsystem • Integration and preparationfor productionphase • Offical release of RTVA in december 2009

  15. Thankyou! Questions? kimmo.koivunen@csc.fi

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