Extending the Climate Data Initiative to GeoPlatform.gov
Abstract
The discovery of relevant Earth science data can be a major hurdle for non-domain users, be they expert scientists, journalists, policy makers, or members of the general public. It is therefore increasingly important for data stewards to make their data discoverable and accessible through catalogs and platforms that serve a cross-domain user community. GeoPlatform.gov offers a solution for federal agencies and their partners seeking to maximize the interoperability of the geospatial information they serve. The platform is an online environment in which collections of geographic data, maps, and online services from authoritative sources can be managed and shared with the public. One such data collection is that which resulted from the Climate Data Initiative (CDI). The CDI data collection contains approximately 700 openly available climate-related datasets that were manually curated by subject matter experts into a single trusted collection available at data.gov/climate. The Data Curation for Discovery team at NASA Marshall Space Center has partnered with GeoPlatform to extend the CDI collection's online presence to GeoPlatform.gov. The team is leveraging the GeoPlatform information model to create a network of linked portfolio objects, such as datasets, services, layers, and maps, that can participate in the Semantic Web. This is achieved through the use of GeoPlatform's portfolio curation tool, Object Editor, which also lends the DCD team curatorial control in performing periodic updates to maintain the integrity of the CDI collection and its value to end users. Adding the CDI collection to the GeoPlatform registry will also enable those datasets with compatible web-enabled services to be visualized online with other geospatial data. This presentation will detail the DCD team's process of augmenting CDI dataset and service metadata and share progress on the creation of a digital community to showcase CDI content in the GeoPlatform environment. This effort may also serve as a use case for other data stewards or repository managers interested in extending the online reach of their geospatial data holdings.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018AGUFMIN24B..07S
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- 1904 Community standards;
- INFORMATICSDE: 1908 Cyberinfrastructure;
- INFORMATICSDE: 1916 Data and information discovery;
- INFORMATICSDE: 1936 Interoperability;
- INFORMATICS