Introducing KARAR: A FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reproducible) 40Ar/39Ar and K/Ar Geochronology Data Repository Utilizing the FIESTA Domain Repository System
Abstract
NSF has recently funded the development of a domain data repository for the 40Ar/39Ar and K/Ar geochronology community. We are using EarthRef's FIESTA software (http://api.earthref.org) to implement the repository which has been successful in developing the MagIC (rock and paleomagnetism: earthref.org/MagIC) and KdD (partition coefficients: kdd.earthref.org/KdD) data repositories. Starting with the broad consensus for geochronology 40Ar/39Ar data reporting norms as described in Renne et al., 2009 (doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2009.06.005)we are engaging the 40Ar/39Ar and K/Ar dating community in developing an appropriate data model. FIESTA (Framework for Integrated Earth Science and Technology Applications) has all the features needed for a FAIR data repository built-in so that standing up the repository will need much less programming work than creating a bespoke software system, as is usually done when creating a data repository. Some of these featurs include: schema.org data headers included on each dataset's webpage for indexing by Google Dataset Search (datasetsearch.research.google.com) and other data search portals, using FIESTA's ORCID membership for login authentication and author identification, a workspace where data can be uploaded to and shared with editors and reviewers anonymously, and a sophisticated search system enabled by a detailed data model that allows for the combining of search results containing subsets of many datasets. We welcome community input while developing this new and exciting project.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2021
- Bibcode:
- 2021AGUFM.V25B0111J