The document summarizes several projects from Phase 3 of the Research Data Spring initiative. It describes DataVault, a platform for long-term archival of research data. It also discusses DMA Online, a dashboard that aggregates research data management information from multiple sources. Additionally, it outlines Clipper, a tool for creating and sharing clips from audiovisual materials. Finally, it presents a project that aims to incentivize data deposit by enabling researchers to publish "data papers" describing their datasets.
2. What is Research Data Spring
»Initiative to support and develop tools and software for
managing research data February 2015
July- November March - JuneMarch-August 2016
4. Phase 3 projects
» DataVault
– University of Edinburgh
– University of Manchester
» DMA Online
– Lancaster University
» Clipper
– City of Glasgow College
– The Open University
» Giving researchers credit for their
data
– Oxford University
» Filling in the digital preservation
gap
– University ofYork
– University of Hull
» Extending the OPD
– DCC
– University of Southampton
» Artivity – semantic desktop capture
– University of the Arts London
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7. Research Data Management Services
Data Management Support
Data
Management
Planning
Active Data
Infrastructure
Data
Stewardship
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8. Data Stewardship
• DataVault
• Long term archival storage
• First envisaged a few years ago…
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9. What is the DataVault - Analogies
https://www.flickr.com/photos/brookward/8457736952
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10. Where does it sit?
Active Storage
Lab Equipment
Other Media
Archival Storage
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11. What is the DataVault?
• It’s a platform (a bit of web-based software), not a storage system
• You still need an archival storage system
• It is provided via a RESTful API
• But also comes with a default web user interface application
• It’s doesn’t undertake any active preservation activities
• It does collect metadata and package the data for long-term storage
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12. DataVault use cases
• Store golden-copy data so that it can’t be changed
• Storing finalised data that can’t be openly shared (or ‘everything else’)
• Retaining old data in case it can be re-analysed later on
• Retention to meet funder requirements
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13. Information Architecture
Archival Storage
Icons: https://thenounproject.com/edward/, https://thenounproject.com/pixelbazaar/, https://thenounproject.com/useiconic.com/, https://thenounproject.com/bickov/
Users Vaults Deposits Bag
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14. Technical Architecture
Active Storage Archival Storage
datavault-webapp
datavault-broker
RabbitMQ
datavault-worker(s)
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15. Demonstration time…
• Try it yourself…
http://demo.datavaultplatform.org/
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23. »DMAOnline: A dashboard to view RDM information from a
variety of data sources
»Top 3 use cases for DMAOnline
1. Timely reporting of RDM compliance data for appropriate interventions
2. Reducing routine task workload
3. Future business case development
»Lots of interest from community!
› Early adopters include Universities of York, Birmingham
and St. Andrews.
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27. DMAOnline - Lancaster University
Phase III and the future
» Phase III developments
› ArchivematicaAPIs
› DMPOnlineAPIs
› Shibboleth login
› IRUS-UKAPIs
» A national service (or even international)
» DMAOnline as a potential candidate for the reporting lot
for Jisc RDM shared service
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29. Clipper in a nutshell
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»Clipper 1. 2. 3.
1. Clip: Create a virtual clip (i.e.
source file, start and stop
point)
2. Organise: Annotate and store
clips and cliplists
3. Share: Cool URIs for sharing
playable clips and cliplists
30. Clipper roadmap: activities and outputs
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» Proof of concept
» Dissemination and
engagement
» Feedback
» Identify needs
» Prototypes and code
» Community engagement
» User requirements
» Legal implications
» Technical standards
» Research focus
Phase 2:
Co-Design
Prototypes
Phase 1:
Market Research
Ideas
Phase 3:
Co-Development
Pilotprojects
» Pilot projects
› EUSCREEN
› Royal Conservatoire of
Scotland
› Roslin Institute (UoE)
› BUFVC
» Community adoption
» Transforming workflows
32. Community feedback
» Phase 1
› “it’s genius, it’s just what we need”
– Gill Hamilton: Digital Access Manager, National Library of Scotland
» Phase 2
› “with these sort of annotations on the clip, then I would be using nothing
else for the rest of my life”
– Peter Hohenstein: Group Leader, Developmental Biology, Roslin Institute
› “getting that 360 degree picture of a research output would be really useful
if it was easy and not the pain that it is today”
– Marc Silberschatz: Theatre Researcher, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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34. “Carrot” for data deposit
“Submit data paper” button on repository
Researcher gets
–Another publication/citation opportunity
–(Data preserved)
Publisher gets
–More data paper submissions
–Better quality (metadata already curated by
the repo)
–Link referrals from data repositories
Repositories get
–More data deposits
–Better metadata
Funders get
–More re-use
–More impact