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The Central Role of Data ‘Capturing and Sharing Chemistry Research Data’ Simon Coles

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The Central Role of Data ‘Capturing and Sharing Chemistry Research Data’ Simon Coles

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  1. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons LicenceAttribution-ShareAlike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ • The Central Role of Data • ‘Capturing and Sharing Chemistry Research Data’ • Simon Coles • School of Chemistry, • University of Southampton, U.K. • s.j.coles@soton.ac.uk

  2. Current Situation - Data Generation Synthesis Characterisation

  3. Current Situation – Data Management “Data from experiments conducted as recently as six months ago might be suddenly deemed important, but those researchers may never find those numbers – or if they did might not know what those numbers meant” “Lost in some research assistant’s computer, the data are often irretrievable or an undecipherable string of digits” “To vet experiments, correct errors, or find new breakthroughs, scientists desperately need better ways to store and retrieve research data” “Data from Big Science is … easier to handle, understand and archive. Small Science is horribly heterogeneous and far more vast. In time Small Science will generate 2-3 times more data than Big Science.” ‘Lost in a Sea of Science Data’ S.Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education (23/06/2006)

  4. Current Situation – Data and Publishing

  5. Separating Data from Interpretations Intellect & Interpretation (Journal article, report, etc) Underlying data (Institutional data repository)

  6. Smart Labs

  7. Laboratory IRs and Information Management

  8. The R4L Repository Create new compound Add experiment data and metadata Deposit Search / Browse

  9. Blogging Experiments • A repository can… • Allow one to put, store and get digital objects • Provide minimal search and browse functions • NOT provide the presentation and discussion functions essential to a scientific study • Social networking tools and approaches can provide a way…

  10. Facilitating Research • Facilitates ‘geographically distributed collaborative research’ • Useful approach for sharing ‘failed’ experiments?

  11. Machines Blogging Experiments • Automatic upload by scientific instrument

  12. Comments and Annotation • A picture says a thousand words! • Chemists like to sketch! • Need for more advanced Blog tools / technology

  13. Current Situation - Data Deluge 1.5,000,000 30,000,000 450,000

  14. Laboratory Data Management and Archive

  15. The eCrystals Public Data Archive http://ecrystals.chem.soton.ac.uk

  16. NCS Data Publication Policy • Joint publication: Timed release of data tied to conventional journal article • Separate publication: Independent release of data so that it can be cited e.g. from a journal article, grant report, poster • ‘Accidental’ or ‘undesired’ results: Immediate release after agreement with concerned parties • Never to be formally published results: Automatic release after three years • Embargo feature: default 3 years, but timescale can be defined by depositor • Record can be made public at any time (following agreement from all concerned parties) • Roles of all concerned parties defined (originator, etc) • Data citation, DOI, Rights http://www.ncs.chem.soton.ac.uk/pub_pol.htm

  17. Linking and aggregating • Link data and associated ‘publications’ • Dataset annotated with metadata • Semantic publishing on WWW and in journals http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/ProjectProspect/index.asp http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/projects/ebank-uk/pilot/

  18. Publishers: peer-review journals, conference proceedings, etc eCrystals ‘Global Federation’ Model Data discovery, linking, citation Presentation services / portals Data creation & capture in “Smart lab” Data discovery, linking, citation Aggregator services Search, harvest Search, harvest Publication Deposit Validation Subject Repository Data analysis Institutional data repositories Search, harvest Laboratory repository Deposit Deposit Deposit , Validation Curation Preservation Institution Library & Information Services Deposit

  19. Changing Times! Information Consumers Information Providers All I am saying is that now is the time to develop the technology to deflect an asteroid

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