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ESAArchivesLong-TermStrategy
GuidoDeMarchi
12.6.18
ESACScienceArchivesStrategy
Enablemaximumscienceexploitationofdatasets
Ensureefficientlong-termpreservationofdata,software,knowledge,usingmoderntechnology
Buildcost-effectivearchives,alsothroughintegrationin,andacross,projects
2Strategydocument
Brainstormingonstrategydocument
• Firstlong-termstrategydiscussedanddefinedin2013,timetoupdateit
• InternalESAforumsagreevisionwith3pillarsisvalid– Wewanttoenablebestscience– Wewanttopreservedata,software,knowledge– Wewantefficientpreservation,henceintegratearchiveswithoperations(whenpossible)
• Needtorevisethewaythesetopicsareaddressedinthe2013strategydocument,toomuchemphasisonIT,VOandmulti-missiontools,notenoughonlegacyandcommunity
3Strategydocument
1.Enablemaximumsciencereturn
• Ensuredataqualityandcompleteness– Ensurecomplete,calibrateddata;alsoancillarydata? – High-levelscienceproductsfromcommunity(H2020)– Linktorelatedgroundbaseddata
• Improvedataaccessandeasedatasearch• WidenESDCusersbase
4Strategydocument
1.Enablemaximumsciencereturn
• Ensuredataqualityandcompleteness• Improvedataaccessandeasedatasearch– Enablefast,reliableaccesstoalldata(e.g.CDNlikeESASky)– DevelopScienceExploitationandPreservationPlatformwithstrongcommunityinteraction
– Developcollaborativeresearchareas(jupyternotebook)– Search/miningtoolsbasedonsciencevalues/themes,acrossspace,time,energy
• WidenESDCusersbase
5Strategydocument
1.Enablemaximumsciencereturn
• Ensuredataqualityandcompleteness• Improvedataaccessandeasedatasearch• WidenESDCusersbase– Engageyounggenerationsthroughresearchproposals– Supportconferences,summerschools,townhalls– Encourageandsupportcitizenscienceprojects– CommunityupdatesthroughESDCNewsletter– Feedbackthroughsurveys,promotehelpdesks,webinars– Monitorexploitationmetrics
6Strategydocument
2.Preservedataandknowledgeforthelongterm
• Maintaindataingestioncapabilitiesinlegacyphase• Maintainsciencesupporttousersoflegacyarchives• Searchandincludemissinglegacydata• Makelegacydatapartofmulti-missiontoolsThismeansthatESDCwillhaveto• Workwithmissionteamsandcommunitytopreparelegacytransition
• Agreewithmissionteamsonwhattokeep/ignore• Preparealegacymanual(alsofor“off-site”archives)
7Strategydocument
3.Encouragearchivesintegrationwithin/acrossprojects
• Goalistoavoidduplicationsandeasetransitiontolegacy,butrecallthat“onesizedoeshardlyfitall”
• WorkearlyonwithSOCstoplanmissionarchives• AgreeearlyonwithconsortiaonESAcoreareas• AgreeearlyonwithPIsoncalibrateddata• Defineminimumsetofmetadataacrossarchives?• Regularlyreviewandassesstechnicalframework• Fosterdialogueacrossarchivesonfunctionalities• Interoperability:standardstaketime,newfeatures?
8Strategydocument
Internalcallforpriorities
• Manyideascollectedinternally(scientistsandsoftwareengineers)
• Somearereadyforimplementation• Ideasrankedinternally,twogroups:– Highimpact,lowcost,mostlyorganisationalwork– Highimpact,substantialdevelopmentwork
• InputsandcommentsbyUGssought
9Strategydocument
Group1Highimpact,lowcost,mostlyorganisationneeded(nodevelopment)
Activelyenabledataexploitation [firstchoice,31points]• Researchproposalstofundyoungscientists(needreviewers)• Visitorprogrammelinkedtodataexploitation• Citizenscienceprojects(needstoolsforanalysis)Advertisement [thirdchoice,19points]• Support/organisesummerschools(alsoatESAC)• Newsletters,townhallmeetingsAssistandfeedback [secondchoice,20points]• Improvedhelpdesks,withvideos,demos,chats• Usersurveys(feedbackonwhatdoes/doesnotwork)
10Newactivities
ArchivalResearchProgramme1. Goalistosupportearly-careerscientistspresenttheir
sciencefromarchivaldata(okifcombinedwithotherdata)2. Postdoc/studentwritesshortapplication(2pages)outlining
scienceidea3. Committeeselectsxmostpromisingideas,ESAallocates
funds(travel,hotel,conferenceregistration;max800euro?)4. Whenpaperisready(draft?submitted?accepted?)
successfulproposercontactsESAfortravelauthorisation5. ProposeraskedtomentionArchivalResearchProgrammein
her/hispresentation(oneslide)6. Afterconference,proposersendstickets/receiptstoESAfor
reimbursement7. Firstyearwillacceptproposalsforrecentlypublishedpapers
ifbasedonarchivaldata
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Group2Considerabledevelopmentrequired,highercosts
Collaborativeareas(proofofconcept) [secondchoice,19points] • Offercollaborativeresearchareas,JupyterLabexample• Code-to-data,movestorage&toolsto“cloud”• ScienceExploitation&PreservationPlatformAnalysistoolsintegratedinarchives [firstchoice,27points]• Dataminingandanalysistoolsaspartofthearchives• Cross-missiondataselectioninspace,energy,time• Archiveinterfacesbasedonsciencethemes• Integratemetadata,withsourcedetails/linksandqualityflags;
encourage/allowuserstodothattoo?Otherideas [thirdchoice,13points]• DOItoimprovelinkingtopapers,identifyunuseddata• Accesstosomehousekeepingdata,priorityforsomemissions• Definemetricsandmonitoring(forR&Dproducts)
11Newactivities
Youropinion
1. Arewemissingsomethingimportant?Anycommentsorideas?
2. Arearchivalresearchproposalsuseful?Ifso,wouldyouhelporsuggestnamesforreviewingtheapplications?
3. DoyouseeascienceusefortheSEPP?OrshouldtheEuropeanOpenScienceCouldbeusedinstead?(whatdoyou/yourcolleaguessayaboutthat?)
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