Workshop for Metamorphic Petrology Database

该提案要求为一个关于开发变质岩石学数据库(MetPetDB)的讲习班提供资金。研讨会将于2004年5月20日在蒙特利尔举行的2004年春季AGU会议期间举行。讲习班的目的是为MetPetDB的发展制定一项工作计划，讨论围绕这一努力的许多问题(见案文)，确定这一数据库所需的功能，说明需要结合数据库建设开发的工具类型，并设计一项计划，以确保与地球科学其他分支的类似努力以及与诸如GEON等重点广泛的努力相结合和兼容。讲习班的成果将包括讲习班调查结果报告、数据库要求和工具包功能的详细说明、成果传播计划、作为MetPetDB活动门户的网站建设计划以及未来数据库开发时间表。变质岩石学数据库(以及地球科学中的其他类似数据库)的重要性怎么强调都不为过。在完全投入使用后，这些措施可能会改变个人研究人员进行科学研究的方式，将极大地促进合作研究工作，将提高研究效率，将提高赞助研究的成本效益，将加强学生研究合作努力，并将确保地质数据的寿命和全球可获得性。这一努力以及其他相关努力将服务于整个全球地质界，将提高本科生和研究生的教育体验，并将为公众提供一种获得赞助研究成果的途径。

This proposal seeks funds for a workshop on development of a database for metamorphic petrology (MetPetDB). The workshop is to be held on May 20, 2004 during the spring, 2004 AGU meeting in Montreal. The purpose of the workshop is to develop a working plan for the development of MetPetDB, to discuss the numerous issues that surround such an effort (see text), to define the desired functionality of such a database, to describe the types of tools that will need to be developed in conjunction with database construction, and to design a plan to ensure integration and compatibility with similar efforts in other branches of the geosciences, as well as with broadly focused efforts such as GEON. Outcomes of the workshop will include a report of workshop findings, a detailed description of database requirements and toolkit functionality, a plan for dissemination of results, a plan for the construction of a website to serve as a portal for MetPetDB activities, and a schedule for future database development. The significance of a metamorphic petrology database (and other similar databases in the geosciences) cannot be overemphasized. When fully operative, these are likely to change the way science is conducted by individual researchers, will greatly facilitate collaborative research efforts, will enhance research efficiency, will enhance cost effectiveness of sponsored research, will enhance student research collaborative efforts, and will ensure the longevity and global accessibility of geological data. This, and other related efforts, will serve the entire global geological community, will enhance educational experiences of undergraduate and graduate students, and will provide a means of public access to sponsored research results.