A conceptual framework for managing very diverse data for complex, interdisciplinary science

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 555-569

  Parsons, Mark A ^a   Godøy, Øystein ^b   Ledrew, Ellsworth ^c   De Bruin, Taco F ^d   Danis, Bruno ^e   Tomlinson, Scott ^f   Carlson, David ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility   (Belgium)

^f Government of Canada   (Canada)

^g UNAVCO ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Arctic; data archives; data casting; data discovery; data documentation; data management; data preservation; data sharing; interdisciplinary science; international collaboration; International Polar Year; linked data; long tail of science; metadata; ontology; open data; polar regions; research data; socio technical systems; standards; World Data System

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC; ARCTIC; DATA ARCHIVES; DATA DISCOVERY; DATA DOCUMENTATION; DATA SHARING; DATA SYSTEMS; INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; LINKED DATUM; LONG TAIL; OPEN DATA; POLAR REGIONS; RESEARCH DATA; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METADATA; ONTOLOGY; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 83555178924     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551511412705     Document Type: Article

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