IDCC4

What makes up data curation?

13 December, 2008

Following some discussion at the Digital Curation Conference in Edinburgh, how about this:Data Curation comprisesData managementAdding value to dataData sharing for re-useData preservation for later re-useIs that a good breakdown for you? Should data creation be in there? I tend to think that data creation belongs to the researcher; once created, the data immediately falls into the data management and adding value categories.

IDCC4: DCC Blawg "consent" post

10 December, 2008

Just a little plug here; my colleague Mags McGeever, who provides legal information for the DCC, has her own blog (The DCC Blawg), and has recently been providing a bit more comment and opinion rather than just information (that's not legal opinion, mind!). Her recent post on the variant of "informed consent" used by Generation Scotland, mentioned by David Porteous in his opening Keynote at the Digital Curation Conference, is interesting, and some of her other recent articles are worth a look, too.

Comments on OAIS responses to our comments on OAIS

9 December, 2008

Yes, it sounds weird and it was, a bit. One of the workshops at the International Digital Curation Conference was to consider the proposed "dispositions" to the DCC/DPC comments on OAIS, made around two years ago! Sarah Higgins of the DCC and Frances Boyle of the DPC had an initial look and tried to work out which proposed dispositions we might have an issue with.

IDCC4 afternoon research paper session

9 December, 2008

I really want to write about the afternoon research papers at the International Digital Curation Conference, but I start from a great disadvantage. First, I wanted to hear papers in BOTH the parallel sessions, so I ended up dashing between the two (and of course, getting lost)! Then my battery went flat, so no notes, and I left the laptop in the first lecture room while going off to the second… and of course, near the end of that paper, someone came in saying a couple of laptops had been stolen. Panic, mine was OK, thank goodness (when did I last do a proper backup? Ahem!).

Strand B1 research papers at IDCC4

9 December, 2008

In the morning parallel session B at the International Digital Curation Conference, the ever-interesting Jane Hunter from the University of Queensland began the session speaking about her Aus-e-Lit project (linked to Austlit) The project is based on FRBR, and offers federated search interfaces to related distributed databases.

Martin Lewis on University Libraries and data curation

9 December, 2008

Martin Lewis opened the second day of the International Digital Curation Conference with a provocative and amusing keynote on the possible roles of libraries in curating data. It was very early, with his presentation [large PPT] starting at 8:40 am, and the audience after the conference dinner in the splendid environs of Edinburgh Castle was unsurprisingly thin. However, absentees missed an entertaining and thought-provoking start to the day.

Wilbanks on the Control Fallacy: How Radical Sharing out-competes

8 December, 2008

Closing the first day of the International Digital Curation Conference, and as a prelude to a substantial audience discussion, John Wilbanks from Science Commons outlined his vision and his group’s plans and achievements. His slides are available on Slideshare and from the IDCC web site.

Bryan Lawrence on metadata as limit on sustainability

5 December, 2008

Opening the Sustainability session at the Digital Curation Conference, Bryan Lawrence of the Centre for Environmental Data Archival and the British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC), spoke trenchantly (as always) on sustainability with specific reference to the metadata needed for preservation and curation, and for facilitation for now and the future. Preservation is not enough; active curation is needed.

International Digital Curation Conference Keynote

4 December, 2008

I'm not sure how much I should be blogging about this conference, given that the DCC ran it, and I chaired quite a few sessions etc. But since I've got the scrappy notes, I may try to turn some of them into blog posts. I've spotted blog postings from Kevin Ashley on da blog, and Cameron Neylon on Science in the Open, so far.

IDCC 4 paper deadline fast approaching

15 July, 2008 | in DCC News

This is a reminder that the closing date is fast approaching for submission of full papers, posters and demos for the conference (details below). The deadline is 25 July 2008. We invite submissions from individuals, organisations and institutions across all disciplines and domains engaged in the creation, use and management of digital data, especially those involved in the challenges of curating and preserving data in eScience and eResearch.