Metadata Standards Directory WGThe RDA Metadata Standards Directory Working Group is supported by individuals and organizations involved in the development, implementation, and use of metadata for scientific data. The overriding goal is to develop a collaborative, open directory of metadata standards applicable to scientific data can help address infrastructure challengesMetadata Standards Directory WGRDAMSD_a421a010-2cee-11e5-9d0b-412f0684d001Research Data AllianceJane GreenbergChairKeith JefferyChairRebecca KoskelaChairAlex BallChairKathy FontaineSecretariat LiaisonBridget AlmasTAB LiaisonPeter WittenburgTAB LiaisonMetadata Standards Directory WG MembersAdrian OgletreeAjinkya PrabhuneAlejandra Gonzalez-BeltranAlessia BardiAlex BallAlun PreeceAmber LeaheyAmy BartonAmy NurnbergerAndrás MicsikAndrea WesterinenAndrea PeregoAndrea Medina-SmithAndrew TreloarAnna MilanBarbara LafuenteBarbora DrobíkováBarry WarkBert HuizingBertram LudaescherBirgit SchmidtBrandon Costelloe-KuehnBrian MatthewsBrigitte JoergCarlos IglesiasCharles WardChris TurnerChristina HoppermannChristine StaigerChrysi TsinarakiClaire AustinCristina PerezCynthia Hudson VitaleDana ErnstDave ConnellDessi KirilovaDidier LeiboviciDimitrios KoureasDominique MarikoDong Joon LeeErik RadioFrancine BermanFrancis StrobbeGarret McMahonGema Bueno-de-la-FuenteGodwin YeboahHåkan GruddHelen GlavesHerman StehouwerHilary HanahoeHyoungjoo ParkIan ForeJack KellyJan DvorakJane GreenbergJeffrey GretheJeremy CopeJian QinJingbo WangJoachim WackerowJoachim WackerowJohn GraybealJohn KayeJohn-Paul NavarroJuha HakalaJuha MuiluJulia CollinsJulie FukuyamaKarrie PetersonKashif IqbalKate AldereteKate RobertsKathleen FontaineKathrin BeckKatie DunnKeith JefferyKenton McHenryKevin AshleyKimmo KoskinenLaura PaglioneLeif LaaksonenLukasz BolikowskiMargie SmithMarie-Christine Jacquemot-PerbalMarion WittenbergMark MusenMark ParsonsMark LeggottMartin HammitzschMatthew TurkMatthew JonesNaresh KumarNiall GaffneyNikos HoussosPanorea GaitanouPhil JourneauQuentin ReulRafael C JimenezRainer StotzkaRalph Müller-PfefferkornRebecca KoskelaReyna JenkynsRhona PhippsRob HooftRobert HanischRoxanne WynsSandra CollinsSarah PotvinSarah JudsonScott CarlsonSiddeswara GuruSimon HodsonSonia StefanizziStefanie KethersSteven McEachernSusanna-Assunta SansonehTanja FriedricTho NguyenThomas SeveriensThomas ZastrowTimea BiroTobias SpearsTony FastVeerle Van den EyndenVolker HartmannWeihua LuXiaogang MaXiaoli LiYolanda MelecoZaven AkopovZhijie Zhang_a421a254-2cee-11e5-9d0b-412f0684d001To develop a collaborative, open directory of metadata standards applicable to scientific data can help address infrastructure challenges_a421a394-2cee-11e5-9d0b-412f0684d001StandardsValue
Proposition --
A
directory
listing
metadata
standards
applicable
to
research
data
will
be
of
tremendous
benefit
to
the
global
community
facing
data
management
challenges.SustainabilityEfforts
by
Ball
(2010)
and
Qin
et
al.
(2008)
provide
evidence
of
this
need,
although
these
undertakings
were
not
intended
to
be
collective,
sustainable
directories.CommunicationWillis
et
al.
(2012)
reveal
that
discipline-specific
metadata
efforts
have
led
to
duplicative
work
because
of
the
lack
of
communication
across
communities.Cross-DisciplinarityThe
RDA
Metadata
Directory
can
begin
to
address
these
limitations.
The
RDA’s
global
platform
and
cross-disciplinary
reach,
combined
with
the
capacity
to
leverage
social
technology,
can
support
the
development
of
a
community-driven
and
sustainable
RDA
Metadata
Directory.CommunityEndorsementSeek official endorsement for the RDA Metadata Directory and supporting
operational plan_a421a498-2cee-11e5-9d0b-412f0684d0011_a421a5e2-2cee-11e5-9d0b-412f0684d001MetadataSeek consensus on a minimum metadata set supporting the exchange and interoperability of research data resources._a421a6fa-2cee-11e5-9d0b-412f0684d0012Consensus activity requires an evaluation of existing efforts (e.g., DC-SAM, JISC, DCC, euroCRIS/CASRAI/VIVO/LATTES and DataCite initiatives), and
may result in formal endorsement of an existing effort, or the proposal
of an RDA-branded minimum set.Use CasesDefine
and
develop
use
cases
to
analyze
and
document
the
functional
uses
of
metadata
(e.g.
for
discovery,
interoperation,
re-use).
_a421a7fe-2cee-11e5-9d0b-412f0684d0012.1(Section
2.1,
Community
participation
and
benefit,
lists
centers,
agencies
and
initiatives
that
will
submit
information
on
the
metadata
standards
they
oversee
and
maintain.
This
section
also
lists
community
members
who
will
benefit
from
using
the
RDA
metadata
directory).DirectoryExpand the prototype directory for including descriptions for and links to additional metadata standards and content value vocabularies (e.g., ontologies, taxonomies, authority control lists, etc.)_a421a920-2cee-11e5-9d0b-412f0684d0013PrototypeDevelop a prototype wiki-based directory (RDA Metadata Directory) listing metadata standards applicable to scientific data._a421aa38-2cee-11e5-9d0b-412f0684d0013.1The
initial
emphasis
will
be
on
widely-‐used
and
domain
community-‐
endorsed
metadata
standards
and
schemas
with
significant
interoperation
/
re-use
capabilityOperational PlanFurther
develop
an
operational
plan
for
supporting
collective,
sustainable
growth
and
maintenance
of
the
RDA
Metadata
Directory._a421ac54-2cee-11e5-9d0b-412f0684d0013.2(A
sustainable
infrastructure
environment
has been
confirmed
via
a
partnership
involving
DataONE
and
DC-‐SAM—both
with
international
reach.
Section
4.2,
MASDIR
operation,
sub-‐section
‘Sustainability
and
broader
community
engagement,’
further
outlines
these
plans.
Additionally,
the
upcoming
DC-‐SAM/RDA
CAMP-‐4-‐
DATA1
workshop,
September
6,
2013,
Lisbon,
directly
supports
this
goal,
and
will
provide
for
further
hands-‐on
work
and
planning
activities.ForumEstablish as a forum for addressing data management challenges and promoting metadata solutions for the discovery, access, preservation, exchange, manipulation, and use/re-use of scientific data_a421adb2-2cee-11e5-9d0b-412f0684d0014_a421af24-2cee-11e5-9d0b-412f0684d001TerminologyEstablish a resource of re-used terms and blocks of terms of inter-disciplinary interest for public to review and re-use in building new schemes/ontologies._a421b046-2cee-11e5-9d0b-412f0684d0015_a421b172-2cee-11e5-9d0b-412f0684d0012015-07-17https://rd-alliance.org/groups/metadata-standards-directory-working-group.htmlOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net