Drowning in Data: Digital Library Architecture to Support Scientific Use of Embedded Sensor Networks

被引：34
作者：
Borgman, Christine L. [1 ]
Wallis, Jillian C. [1 ]
Mayernik, Matthew S. [1 ]
Pepe, Alberto [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Informat Studies, Grad Sch Educ & Informat Studies, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA
来源：
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 7TH ACM/IEE JOINT CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES: BUILDING & SUSTAINING THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT | 2007年
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
Scientific data; user-centered design; functional requirements analysis; networked sensing; data deluge; data capture; data use; data preservation;
D O I：
10.1145/1255175.1255228
中图分类号：
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号：
0812 ;
摘要：
New technologies for scientific research are producing a deluge of data that is overwhelming traditional tools for data capture, analysis, storage, and access. We report on a study of scientific practices associated with dynamic deployments of embedded sensor networks to identify requirements for data digital libraries. As part of continuing research on scientific data management, we interviewed 22 participants in 5 environmental science projects to identify data types and uses, stages in their data life cycle, and requirements for digital library architecture. We found that scientists need continuous access to their data from the time that field experiments arc designed through final analysis and publication, thus reflecting a broader notion of "digital library." Six categories of requirements are discussed: the ability to obtain and maintain data in the field, verify data in the field, document data context for subsequent interpretation, integrate data from multiple sources, analyze data, and preserve data. Three digital library efforts currently underway within the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing are addressing these requirements, with the goal of a tightly coupled interoperable framework that, in turn, will be a component of cyberinfrastructure for science.
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