Technical note: The Linked Paleo Data framework – a common tongue for paleoclimatology
Technical note: The Linked Paleo Data framework – a common tongue for paleoclimatology
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DOI：
10.5194/cp-12-1093-2016
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发表时间：
2015-09
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
N. McKay;J. Emile‐Geay
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作者：
N. McKay;J. Emile‐Geay
摘要。古气候学是一项高度协作的科学事业，越来越依赖于在线数据库进行数据共享。然而，目前还没有一种通用的方法来描述、存储和共享古气候数据：换句话说，没有标准。数据标准通常被科学家视为纯粹的技术细节，尽管它们是许多科学和技术创新的基础，并促进了研究小组之间的合作。在这篇文章中，我们提出了一个初步的古气候数据标准，一般足以适应在大型国际合作（PAGES 2k）中遇到的所有档案和测量类型。我们还为这种结构化数据（关联古数据，或LiPD）引入了一种工具，利用知识表示（关联开放数据）的最新进展。LiPD框架支持快速查询和提取，我们期望它将促进开源社区代码的编写，以访问、分析、建模和可视化古气候观测。我们欢迎社会各界对该标准的反馈，并鼓励古气候学家根据自己的目的对该格式进行试验。
Abstract. Paleoclimatology is a highly collaborative scientific endeavor, increasingly reliant on online databases for data sharing. Yet there is currently no universal way to describe, store and share paleoclimate data: in other words, no standard. Data standards are often regarded by scientists as mere technicalities, though they underlie much scientific and technological innovation, as well as facilitating collaborations between research groups. In this article, we propose a preliminary data standard for paleoclimate data, general enough to accommodate all the archive and measurement types encountered in a large international collaboration (PAGES 2k). We also introduce a vehicle for such structured data (Linked Paleo Data, or LiPD), leveraging recent advances in knowledge representation (Linked Open Data). The LiPD framework enables quick querying and extraction, and we expect that it will facilitate the writing of open-source community codes to access, analyze, model and visualize paleoclimate observations. We welcome community feedback on this standard, and encourage paleoclimatologists to experiment with the format for their own purposes.