Opening Research Data

Tracey P. Lauriault, Amos Hayes, D. R. Fraser Taylor

Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (CGRC) Carleton University

(http://gcrc.carleton.ca, tlauriau@gmail.com)

Creative Commons Salon - Open Data

CIPPIC & the Creative Law Society

Research, Business & Journalism: Data in the Professional Sphere (Panel)

Fri. March 30, 15:00-16:00, Fauteux bldg. rm FTX 147B, University of Ottawa

Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre

• GCRC is an official Research Centre, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University

• Research focus is on the application of geomatics to the understanding of

• socio-economic issues,

• the theory of cartography and

• cartographic education in an international context.

• It has capacity in a broad range of activities in the field of GIP

• The centre currently focuses on 12 interrelated research themes

• Cybercartography

• Archiving and Preservation

• Law and Policy

• Geospatial Information Management

• Interoperability

• Global Map

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Overview

• Indigenous Knowledge

• Northern Research

• Nunaliit

• Open Source

• Sound

• Cinema

Atlases

http://arcticbayatlas.ca/index.html

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Living+Cybercartographic+Atlas+of+Indigenous+Perspectives+and+Knowledge

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/CAA+Project+Description

Public Funding

GRCR Research Centre Funding

• SSHRC

• Partnership De

• Initiative on the New Economy (INE) Major Collaborative Initiative Grant

• Image, Text, Sound and Technology (ITST) Strategic Grant

• INE Outreach Grant & Standard Research Grants

• International Polar Year Canada • NSERC

• Indian & Northern Affairs

• Canadian International Polar Year Secretariat Office

• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

• Inukshuk Wireless

• Government of Nunavut

• Inuit Heritage Trust

• Kitikmeot Heritage Society (NPO)

• Government of Canada

• HRSDC - Data Development Projects on Homelessness Program

• Heritage Canada - Gateway Fund

• Statistics Canada, Geography Division

• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Grant

• Natural Resources Canada

• Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Overview

Participatory Research Data

ISIUOP – Participatory Data Collection

Data & Software

- Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework (BSD)

- Geogratis Framework & Topographic Data (Unrestricted terms of use)

- Flow lines collected by different hunters (Shared rights)

- More sensitive data – e.g. Bear Dens, sacred sites, environmentally sensitive data are for viewing & use by the community only

- Data will become part of IPY Canada

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/ISIUOP/Inuit+Sea+Ice+Use+and+Occupancy+Project+(ISIUOP)

Inuit Siku (sea ice) Atlas – Cape Dorset

http://sikuatlas.ca/sea_ice_map.html?module=1

Law and Policy

Mapping the Legal and Policy

Boundaries of Digital Cartography

(SSHRC Partnership Project)

Traditional knowledge and “volunteered” geographic information

- informed consent,

- intellectual & cultural property

- and privacy

- Centre for Law, Technology and Society & CIPPIC

- Natural Resources Canada

- Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre

Ethics and Consent in Arctic Digital

Research

- Interdisciplinary, historical & cultural study of consent

- Examine Consent Models in the North

- Consult w/ northern data contributors

- Consult w/ researchers & officials

- GCRC & CLTS will Develop a data consent model

- GCRC to Build a data collection consent framework into data collection technology

- Funded by IPY Data Legacy

Nunaliit iPad Data Capture app

Community:

• Wished access was faster and atlas and data were housed in community

• Wished adding content was easier

• Needed flexibility for types of data and metadata to be saved and how to present it

Nunaliit:

• Distributed network of replicating nodes, including nodes in communities, and on mobile

• Simplified data collection app replaces half a dozen devices for offline data collection

• Document oriented database with data and applications loosely connected via flexible schema system

Data Portals - RNCan / NRCan

http://www.geoconnections.org/fr/resourcelibrary/keyStudiesReports

http://geodiscover.cgdi.ca

http://www.geobase.ca

http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/

Data Partnerships

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Atlases

Data & Software - Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework ( BSD)

- Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) Statistics Canada (Restricted use)

- FCM QoLRS (Viewing only)

- City Neighbourhood framework data files (Viewing only)

- Toronto Community Housing (Viewing only)

Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness

– Partnership Data Sharing

City of Toronto – Aging Social Housing Stock

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Atlases

Social Data Portals

http://hifis.hrsdc.gc.ca/index-eng.shtml

Data are inaccessible to researchers

Data access is controlled

http://www.municipaldata-donneesmunicipales.ca/Site/Collection/en/index.php

Technology

Accessible Technology

http://sikuatlas.ca/technology.html

SVG – Audio Visual Open Source

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Sound

Nunaliit

http://nunaliit.org/about.html

The development team behind Nunaliit believes strongly that all the outputs of publically funded research and development should be freely available for use, modification, and re-distribution with minimal

restrictions. We feel this open sharing of ideas and data is going to have huge positive impacts on society as a whole. With this license, everyone is free to use and expand upon this technology.

Managing Research Data

IPY – Research funding and data management

http://www.ipy-api.gc.ca/pg_IPYAPI_052-eng.html

Canadian Institute for Health Information

http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/35664.html

Policy on Access to Research Outputs http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/34846.html

Research Data Canada

Infrastructure: “Canada supports a national, coordinated network of repositories and services for collection, preservation and dissemination of research data, which make use of green storage facilities wherever possible. Canadian services are linked to the global research data ecosystem and are interoperable with other national, international and disciplinary networks. Data quality, integrity, and interoperability are ensured through adherence to international discipline and metadata standards”.

http://rds-sdr.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/news/data_summit_report.html

GCRC Guiding Principles

GCRC – Guiding Principles

• Products produced w/public funds belong to the public

Whenever possible open access comes first

BSD License

Use data from open access sources

Creative Commons

Share as much as possible

Publish in Open Access Journals

Create and use open source software, tools, widgets, etc.

Design for open source browsers

Participate in open access, open data, open source for a

Build in consent and data access protocols into data collection tools

Conduct research on access to data, consent, law and policy

Encourage these principles in public consultations

Education & Capacity building

Adhere to interoperability standards and specifications

Data Preservation