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GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS,
VOL. 4, NO. 1,
1010,
doi:10.1029/2002GC000318,
2003
Scalable models of data sharing in Earth sciences
John Helly
San Diego Supercomputer Center,
University of California, San Diego,
9500 Gilman Drive,
La Jolla,
California
Mail Code 0527,
92093,
USA
Hubert Staudigel
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California, San Diego,
8800 Biological Grade,
La Jolla,
California
92037,
USA
Anthony Koppers
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California, San Diego,
8800 Biological Grade,
La Jolla,
California
92037,
USA
Abstract
Many Earth science disciplines are currently experiencing the emergence of new ways of data publication and the establishment
of an information technology infrastructure for data archiving and exchange. Building on efforts to standardize data and metadata
publication in geochemistry [Staudigel et al., 2002], here we discuss options for data publication, archiving and exchange. All of these options have to be structured
to meet some minimum requirements of scholarly publication, in particular reliability of archival, reproducibility and falsifiability.
All data publication and archival methods should strive to produce databases that are fully interoperable and this requires
an appropriate data and metadata interchange protocol. To accomplish the latter we propose a new Metadata Interchange Format
(.mif) that can be used for more effective sharing of data and metadata across digital libraries, data archives, and research
projects. This is not a proposal for a particular set of metadata parameters but rather of a methodology that will enable
metadata parameter sets to be easily developed and interchanged between research organizations. Examples are provided for
geochemical data as well as map images to illustrate the flexibility of the approach.
Received 25
January
2002;
accepted 15
August
2002;
published 25
January
2003.
Keywords: Data management;
publication;
metadata;
geosciences;
interdisciplinary;
data sharing.
Index Terms: 9810 General or Miscellaneous: New fields (not classifiable under other headings); 1094 Geochemistry: Instruments and techniques; 1594 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism: Instruments and techniques; 3094 Marine Geology and Geophysics: Instruments and techniques; 4594 Oceanography: Physical: Instruments and techniques.
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Citation: Helly, J., H. Staudigel, and A. Koppers
(2003),
Scalable models of data sharing in Earth sciences,
Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.,
4(1),
1010,
doi:10.1029/2002GC000318.
Copyright 2003 by the American Geophysical Union.
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