Earth Science Data Community Perspective on Data Publication

Erin Robinson Information and Virtual Community Directorerinrobinson@esipfed.org

The fabric of science is changing, driven by a revolution in digital technologies that facilitate the acquisition and communication of massive amounts of data. This is changing the nature of collaboration and expanding opportunities to participate in science. If digital technologies are the engine of this revolution, digital data are its fuel. But for many scientific disciplines, this fuel is in short supply.

Vincent S. Smith, “Data publication: towards a database of everything”, 2009

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The ESIP Federation is

A broad-based, distributed community of Earth science data and information technology practitioners

FormalityLeast Most

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The ESIP Federation is

A broad-based, distributed community of Earth science data and information technology practitioners

Partner Types & Governance

Type I: data centers (23) NASA DAACs NOAA (NGDC, NODC,

NCDC)

Type II: researchers and tool developers (72)

Academia Government labs

Type III: application developers (61)

Commercial Nonprofit Educational

Type IV: strategic partners (2) NASA NOAA

ESIP Assembly• 1 partner, 1 vote• Annual Business Meeting at ESIP Winter Meeting• Leadership elected from Assembly representatives

Tao of ESIP We are...

➜ Community-driven Members are the authority Voluntary

No requirements No remuneration “For the good of the order”

Distributed Geographically Topically Functionally

Open Collegial Neutral forum

We value... Participation

Share your expertise Leverage others’ expertise Encourage free flow of

ideas Exposure → opportunities

Collaboration “Communities of practice”

Innovation No institutional barriers Results for $5K!

Community Initiatives in Support of Data Publication

Consensus: Data Citation Guidelines (AKA Chicago Manual of Style for Earth Science data) Created by Data Stewardship Committee and approved by

ESIP Assembly Jan. 2012 Adopted by NASA, NOAA, NSF GEO and Group on Earth

Observations ESIP endorsed Joint Data Citation Principles Currently working guidelines for editors, authors & publishers

Training: Data Management Short Course for Scientist Modular training designed to teach scientist data mgmt basics Given at AGU Fall Meetings, AMS as well as online

Forum: Sustainable Science Data Infrastructure Since Jan 2013 ESIP has been forum for discussions on

unifying vision

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Community Forum

Consensus

Science/Data

Connections

Rewards & Incentives

Utilize community forums like ESIP to create consensus on how to publish Earth science data

Community provides guidance on publication best practices

Better connect to scientist to curators to support data publicationDecide what to curate

Increase incentives to share

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Community Forum

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Science/Data

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Rewards & Incentives

Change (or revert) science culture -

towards publishing data products as a recognized part of scholarly

research