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Polar Metadata Profile and Recommended Vocabularies SAON Task 2

Explore the updates, considerations, and coordination strategies for metadata profiles and vocabularies within the polar research context as presented by John Huck from the University of Alberta Libraries in Potsdam, Germany. Learn about the importance of technical interoperability, vocabulary role in discovery, and collaboration across networks and platforms. Discover ways to enhance access to data and promote open data policies.

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Polar Metadata Profile and Recommended Vocabularies SAON Task 2

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  1. Polar Metadata Profile and Recommended VocabulariesSAON Task 2 Presented by John Huck, University of Alberta Libraries Potsdam, Germany, October 1-2, 2012

  2. Task Update • Comparison of ISO profiles completed (January 2012) • Survey of vocabularies begun (2011) • New task leader appointed (May 2012) • Task team reconvened (September 2012)

  3. Profile Considerations • Technical interoperability will be straightforward • ISO profiles are meant to be interoperable • May be less important for higher level aggregation • e.g., brokering approach (Nativi, et al., 2011) • Data centres are already working on interoperability • A polar profile could address other functions and support semantic interoperability • Web services • Data citation standards (e.g., CODATA) • Content standards (e.g., Researcher IDs)

  4. Vocabulary Considerations • Vocabularies play a key role in effective discovery • Challenges • Require commitment for ongoing maintenance • Domain scope and granularity • Mono or multi-lingual • Alternatives • Authorizing or contributing to existing vocabularies • Developing an evaluation framework to assess or create vocabularies

  5. Coordination Across Networks & Platforms • Help identify and prioritize functional requirements for metadata beyond discovery • Help develop links between networks and data centres • Help tasks locate resources to complete their work

  6. Access to Data • Continue to advocate for open data policies • Encourage deposit of data in data centres • Promote innovations that emerge from other areas of data management, eScience, and semantic web

  7. Acknowledgements • Travel supported by • Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta • University of Alberta Libraries • Contact Information John Huck Metadata & Cataloguing Librarian University of Alberta Libraries Edmonton, Canada john.huck@ualberta.ca

  8. References • CODATA Data Citation Standards and Practices Task Group • http://www.codata.org/taskgroups/TGdatacitation/Description.html • Nativi, S., Khalsa, S., Domenico, B., Craglia, M., Pearlman, J., Mazzetti, P., & Rew, R. (2011). The brokering approach for earth science cyberinfrastructure. White paper retrieved from http://www.eurogeoss.eu/broker/Pages/AbouttheEuroGEOSSBroker.aspx

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