[Sigsti-l] catalogging for scientific data

[Cyndy Chandler]

Hi Joe,

The idea of implementing a FRBR-like system in the scientific research 
community is intriguing.

are you aware of the Marine Metadata Interoperability Project?
http://marinemetadata.org/

and in particular the Sensor Metadata Interoperability (SMI) project
http://marinemetadata.org/examples/mmihostedwork/smi/

While this community is obviously oriented toward ocean science/marine 
research, the online discussions and sponsored workshops may be of 
interest to you.

SMI participants are working on many of the topics you have mentioned -- 
data provenance, granularity, cataloging standards, ontologies, 
controlled vocabularies and more.

best wishes,
cyndy



Joe Hourcle wrote:

>As the list's been quiet lately, and it's only a week or so 'til the 
>Annual Meeting, I thought I'd bring up something that's been bugging me 
>for quite some time in the science informatics field, that I think that 
>some of the folks on this list might be interested in.
>
>(I've also been asked to give a presentation at the Library of Congress, 
>so I'm testing the water to see how interesting the issue is to the 
>library and information science community)
>
>I'll be at the Annual Meeting, so if anyone wants to discuss this in 
>person, just let me know.
>
>
>....
>
>
>Of course, how we go about fixing this issue is another problem.  Quite a 
>few people were interested in the concept once I explained it to them, as 
>it would allow them to build more useful applications and better serve 
>their community ... but most hadn't recognized this as a problem.  A few 
>had seen some of the 'symptoms' of not having the necessary framework, but 
>that was it.
>
>It also doesn't help that I'm not involved in this sort of work directly 
>-- my primary taskings are in software application development.  It's just 
>one of those annoying things I have to deal with.
>
>
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