Managing Research Data at the University of Porto: Requirements, Technologies, and Services

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2013

Authors

da Silva, JR (Author) Other; Cristina Ribeiro (Author) FEUP; João Correia Lopes (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: INNOVATIONS IN XML APPLICATIONS AND METADATA MANAGEMENT: ADVANCING TECHNOLOGIES

Pages: 174-197

Conference on XML, Applications, and Associated Technologies (XATA)

Vila do Conde, PORTUGAL, JUN 01-02, 2011

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Authenticus ID: P-009-CBP

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2669-0.ch010

Abstract (EN): This chapter consists of a solution for the management of research data at a higher education and research institution. The chapter is based on a small-scale data audit study, which included contacts with researchers and yielded some preliminary requirements and use cases. These requirements led to the design of a data curation workflow involving the researcher, the curator, and a data repository. The authors describe the features of the data repository prototype, which is an extension to the widely used DSpace repository platform and introduced a set of features mentioned by the majority of the interviewed researchers as relevant for a data repository. The data repository platform contributes to the curation workflow at the university, with XML technology at its core-data is stored using XML documents, which can be systematically processed and queried unlike its original-format counterpart. This system is capable of indexing, querying, and retrieving, in whole or in part, datasets represented in tabular form. There is also the possibility of using elements from domain-specific XML schemas for the cataloguing process, improving the interoperability and quality of the deposited data. Copyright (C) 2013, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 24