TWCDeep Earth Computer: A Platform for

Linked Science of the Deep Carbon Observatory Community

Xiaogang (Marshall) Ma, Yu Chen, Han Wang, Patrick West, John Erickson, Peter Fox

Tetherless World ConstellationRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA

DCO Early Career Scientist Workshop Feb 18-21 2014, San Jose, Costa Rica

TWC• Do you use DOI to retrieve papers?• Do you use EndNote or Mendeley?• Do you have a ResearcherID or ORCiD?• Do you use ResearchGate or other social media?

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Data science combines aspects of informatics, data management, library science, computer science and physical science using cyberinfrastructure and information technology

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TWCData: opportunities and challenges

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Ma, X. et al., 2011. Data exchange facilitated. Nature Geoscience, 4 (12), 814.

Data: interoperability

Interoperable:“Data should be discoverable, accessible, decodable, understandable and usable, and data sharing should be legal and ethical for all participants.”

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TWCData science for DCO community

Advancing the science of the Communities

EngagementTeam with

Engagement Liaisons

Data ScienceTeam with

Data Science Advisory

Committee

DeepLife

Reservoirs & Fluxes

Deep Energy

Physics & Chemistry

datacuration

DCO Secretariat

DCO Data Portal

data requirements

data publication& reuse

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TWCDeep Earth Computer

• Provides these functions at minimum: – A concept model identifying and linking all key entities,

agents and activities – A repository for datasets, publications, organizations,

projects, etc. and associated metadata– Unique and powerful data and metadata visualization

tools for the dissemination of information– Collaboration tools for scientific efforts– An integrated portal for diverse content and applications

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vivo.cornell.edu

VIVO - represents academic research

communities

DCO ontology: a model for concept types and relationships

DCO ontology extends the VIVO ontology

TWCIdentify and annotate

Information on the landing page of a dataset

TWCLinking to enable forward and backward tracking

Landing page of Deep Energy Community

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Landing page of a person

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TWCRepository for archiving datasets

Archived datasets of ‘Noble gas isotope abundances in

terrestrial fluids’

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TWCTracing and repeatability: a topic of provenance

Example: provenance of the sea level rise scenario

Ma, X. et al., 2014. Capturing and presenting provenance of global change information. Nature Climate Change. In Press

TWCVisualized information viewing

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TWCAll information is linked and traceable!

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TWCCollaboration tools

Group Based CollaborationGroup data deposit and

reporting

Listings of group

contentGroup

management and

messaging

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bibliography

Group task management

Group membership Group event

management

Group shared calendar

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Research activities report dashboard:Results updated in real time as new

member registered, new activities reported, new publication uploaded…

TWCView the disciplinary distribution of

someone’s publications

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TWCBoundary activities: establish data infrastructure interfaces

International Geo Sample Number

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TWCAn integrated portal: deepcarbon.net

If you do not have a ID for it, register now!

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TWCWrap-up

• Deep Earth Computer – A platform for Linked Science of DCO Community– Promote collaborations – Improve openness and reproducibility of Carbon-related

researches– Facilitate accreditation to resource contributors

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max7@rpi.edu

Thank you!