scholarly journals Building Tools to Facilitate Data Reuse

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Stefanie Kethers ◽  
Andrew Treloar ◽  
Mingfang Wu
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Data Reuse ◽  
Data Service ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
National Data ◽  
Software Infrastructure

The Australian National Data Service (ANDS) has been funded by the Australian Government since 2009, with a goal to increase the value of data to researchers, research institutions and the nation. To achieve this goal, ANDS has funded more than 200 projects under seven programs. This paper provides an overview of one of these programs, the Applications Program, which focused on funding software infrastructure to enable data reuse to demonstrate the value of making data available to researchers. The paper also presents some representative projects, a summary of what the program has achieved, and lessons learned. 

scholarly journals Industri dan Perdagangan Gula di Indonesia: Pembelajaran dari Kebijakan Zaman Penjajahan – Sekarang

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Wahyuni ◽  
NFN Supriyati ◽  
Julia Forcina Sinuraya
Keyword(s):  
Future Development ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
The Government ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Sugarcane Industry

<strong>English</strong><br />Sugarcane industry and trade (SIT) in Indonesia is significantly influenced by the government policies. This paper reviewed SIT policies from colonial period up to now to obtain valuable lessons for future development of SIT.  Lessons learned include: (1) During the colonial era, the peak triumph was achieved through farmers’ sacrifice; (2) High financial support for research institutions to produce super varieties, such as POJ 2838 and 3016 with productivity as high as 18 ton/ha of crystal; (3) In the beginning of independence, Indonesia’s institutions and manpower were not exclusively ready to optimally develop SIT; (4) There were no comprehensive policies and several of the existing one were conflicting. Based on these lessons, a comprehensive policy issued by related institutions are strongly required for future development of SIT.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Indonesian</strong><br />Industri dan Perdagangan Gula Indonesia sangat ditentukan oleh kebijakan pemerintah. Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk mereview kebijakan IPG sejak zaman penjajahan sampai sekarang, untuk dijadikan pembelajaran dalam pengembangan IPG ke depan. Pembelajaran yang dapat dipetik antara lain: (1) Kejayaan gula pada zaman penjajahan dicapai dengan mengorbankan petani; (2) Dukungan dana yang kuat, sehingga lembaga penelitian mampu menghasilkan varietas ajaib POJ 2838 dan 3016 dengan produktivitas sebesar 18 ton hablur/ha; (3) Pada awal kemerdekaan, kelembagaan dan sumberdaya manusia Indonesia belum siap untuk mengembangkan pergulaan secara optimal; (4) Kebijakan kurang komprehensif dan kadang-kadang saling bertentangan. Berdasarkan pembelajaran ini, untuk pengembangan pergulaan ke depan diperlukan kebijakan yang komprehensif dari semua pihak yang terkait.

scholarly journals DataCite: Lessons Learned on Persistent Identifiers for Research Data

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Rueda ◽  
Martin Fenner ◽  
Patricia Cruse
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Data Reuse ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Data Publication ◽  
Data Citation ◽  
Share Information ◽  
Insight Into

Data are the infrastructure of science and they serve as the groundwork for scientific pursuits. Data publication has emerged as a game-changing breakthrough in scholarly communication. Data form the outputs of research but also are a gateway to new hypotheses, enabling new scientific insights and driving innovation. And yet stakeholders across the scholarly ecosystem, including practitioners, institutions, and funders of scientific research are increasingly concerned about the lack of sharing and reuse of research data. Across disciplines and countries, researchers, funders, and publishers are pushing for a more effective research environment, minimizing the duplication of work and maximizing the interaction between researchers. Availability, discoverability, and reproducibility of research outputs are key factors to support data reuse and make possible this new environment of highly collaborative research. An interoperable e-infrastructure is imperative in order to develop new platforms and services for to data publication and reuse. DataCite has been working to establish and promote methods to locate, identify and share information about research data. Along with service development, DataCite supports and advocates for the standards behind persistent identifiers (in particular DOIs, Digital Object Identifiers) for data and other research outputs. Persistent identifiers allow different platforms to exchange information consistently and unambiguously and provide a reliable way to track citations and reuse. Because of this, data publication can become a reality from a technical standpoint, but the adoption of data publication and data citation as a practice by researchers is still in its early stages. Since 2009, DataCite has been developing a series of tools and services to foster the adoption of data publication and citation among the research community. Through the years, DataCite has worked in a close collaboration with interdisciplinary partners on these issues and we have gained insight into the development of data publication workflows. This paper describes the types of different actions and the lessons learned by DataCite. 

scholarly journals Design and Implementation of the Australian National Data Service

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Treloar
Keyword(s):  
International Research ◽  
Data Service ◽  
National Data ◽  
Research Support ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
The Commons ◽  
The Uk

This paper will describe the genesis and realisation of the Australian National Data Service (ANDS). It will commence by outlining the context within which ANDS was conceived, both in the international research and Australian research support domains. It will then describe the process that brought about the ANDS vision and the principles that informed the realisation of that vision. The paper will then outline each of the four ANDS programs (Developing Frameworks, Providing Utilities, Seeding the Commons, and Building Capabilities) while also discussing particular items of note about the approach ANDS is taking. The paper concludes by briefly examining related work in the UK and US.

scholarly journals Digital Archaeological Archiving in Sweden: the Swedish National Data Service perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulf Jakobsson
Keyword(s):  
Original Data ◽  
Data Service ◽  
National Data ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
Funding Agencies ◽  
Mandatory Requirement ◽  
Data Files ◽  
Past Data ◽  
Service Perspective

In the past, data from archaeological investigations, as well as research projects led by universities have not been archived or made publicly accessible. Synthetic publications such as papers, reports and articles have been available, but not the underlying data files containing the original data to be reused or combined with new/other datasets for further research. Archaeological investigations are regulated within Sweden, but it has only recently been possible for that data to be preserved and disseminated in a more streamlined way. The mandatory requirement to archive research data at universities is often not enforced, resulting in a loss of data that is very problematic. This is now slowly changing owing to requirements from both governmental bodies and funding agencies, and therefore the future of archaeological data in Sweden looks a bit brighter.

Cloud Computing for Education and Research in Developing Countries

2012 ◽  
pp. 64-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Linh Truong ◽  
Tran-Vu Pham ◽  
Nam Thoai ◽  
Schahram Dustdar
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Research Activities

Recently cloud computing has offered attractive solutions for academic and research institutions due to several reasons. In this chapter, the authors present a study of how cloud computing can be used for research and teaching activities in higher educational and research institutions in developing countries. Instead of focusing on cloud computing offering for basic IT infrastructures used in daily work of these institutions, the authors concentrate on the use of cloud computing for satisfying ad hoc needs of computing resources in research and teaching activities. Thorough analyses of research and teaching activities, requirements for cloud computing, benefits of utilizing cloud computing, and adoption barriers for these activities are also included. The authors then present the selected challenges in tackling these barriers and discuss possible approaches for solving these challenges and report lessons learned and experiences in utilizing and developing cloud computing solutions for teaching and research activities in Vietnam.

scholarly journals The Zaragoza’s Knowledge Graph: Open Data to Harness the City Knowledge

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Espinoza-Arias ◽  
María Jesús Fernández-Ruiz ◽  
Victor Morlán-Plo ◽  
Rubén Notivol-Bezares ◽  
Oscar Corcho
Keyword(s):  
Open Data ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
City Council ◽  
Data Reuse ◽  
Data Management System ◽  
Knowledge Graph ◽  
Publication Trends ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
The City ◽  
Associated Knowledge

Public administrations handle large amounts of data in relation to their internal processes as well as to the services that they offer. Following public-sector information reuse regulations and worldwide open data publication trends, these administrations are increasingly publishing their data as open data. However, open data are often released without agreed data models and in non-reusable formats, reducing interoperability and efficiency in data reuse. These aspects hinder interoperability with other administrations and do not allow taking advantage of the associated knowledge in an efficient manner. This paper presents the continued work performed by the Zaragoza city council over more than 15 years in order to generate its knowledge graph, which constitutes the key piece of their data management system, whose main strengthen is the open-data-by-default policy. The main functionalities that have been developed for the internal and external exploitation of the city’s open data are also presented. Finally, some city council experiences and lessons learned during this process are also explained.

scholarly journals Adding Value by Taking a National and Institutional Approach to Research Data: The ANDS Experience

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Groenewegen ◽  
Andrew Treloar
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Data Service ◽  
National Data ◽  
Institutional Approach ◽  
Current State ◽  
Research Sector ◽  
Data Environment

The Australian National Data Service (ANDS) has been working to add value to Australia’s research data environment since 2009. This paper looks at the changes that have occurred over this time, ANDS’ role in those changes and the current state of the Australian research sector at this time, using case studies of selected institutions.

scholarly journals The Australian science gateways ecosystem

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Barker
Keyword(s):  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Endocrine Disorders ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
Software Infrastructure ◽  
Data Movement ◽  
Research Software ◽  
Science Gateways ◽  
Virtual Laboratories ◽  
Successes And Challenges

This talk examines Australian government initiatives to facilitate the development of science gateways, and identifies the successes and challenges in this approach. Since 2011 the Australian Government has funded the development of science gateways through the National eResearch Collaborative Tools and Resources ( NeCTAR ) program (www.nectar.org.au). NeCTAR has funded the development of twelve science gateways in diverse disciplines that provide highly collaborative, research-domain oriented, integrative research software infrastructure to meet researcher-defined needs. The virtual laboratories enable over 10,000 users to access data, models, analytical and workflow tools through a single online platform. NeCTAR also funds the Research Cloud , which provides computing infrastructure, software and services to enable Australia’s research community to store, access, and run data, remotely, rapidly and autonomously. NeCTAR Cloud’s self-service structure allows over 7,500 users to access their own data at any time and collaborate with others from their desktop in a fast and efficient way. NeCTAR aims to enhance research collaboration through the development of eResearch infrastructure. This paper explores the structure of the NeCTAR Virtual Laboratory program, its successes and challenges, and future plans. Key features of the program include creation of platforms where tools, models and data meeting, enabling automating and sharing of research methodologies and democratisation of access. As such, the Virtual Laboratories deliver transformative research impacts and are exemplars for sector adoption of capability. Virtual Laboratories exist in disciplines including climate and weather science, genomics, characterisation, biodiversity and climate change, astronomy, human communication science, marine studies, geophysics, endocrine disorders, and cultural studies. Some of the enabling factors include governance structures that emphasise ownership of the Virtual Laboratories by the research community, strong user engagement in development and a support program that assists in enabling issues across the Virtual Laboratories. This has run project in areas such as provenance, authentication, security, data movement and user support. Challenges exist in sustaining a strategic approach to research software infrastructure, particularly strengthening the focus on shared research software services, improving research software quality, reliability and sustainability, and building capability within the research communities. This paper will also provide opportunities for comparison and identification of potential alignment with other national/regional/disciplinary programs. Europe and USA have both initiated funding programs that have some similarities to the NeCTAR Virtual Laboratories program; however, these also take some different approaches on some issues.

scholarly journals Babyproofing the House Before the Hurricane: Where We are Missing the Mark

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anokhy Desai
Keyword(s):  
Data Privacy ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Consumer Experience ◽  
National Data ◽  
Informational Privacy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Privacy Problem ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Regulatory Models

Americans have felt the impacts of data breaches annually for over a decade. In the past few years, the impact and number of those breaches have increased, compromising millions of Americans’ informational privacy. This Article examines the privacy protections available to Americans and the issues arising from the lack of regulations that specifically protect data privacy. Section I of this Article offers an overview of privacy in American legal history and case law, global regulatory models, and some notable privacy regulations. Section II explores where those regulatory models and the consumer experience are lacking. Section III takes lessons learned from existing privacy regulations and proposes a suggested mitigation for the national data privacy problem. Finally, Section IV provides concluding thoughts.

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