A Data Management System and Portal for Access to Ecological and Biogeochemical Ocean Data

该项目的主要目标是满足对数据管理系统的需求，该系统可以方便地传播、保护和提供海洋生物地球化学和生态数据的短期和中期存储。目标是为研究科学家和其他人员提供必要的工具和系统，以便更有效地处理来自不同来源的海洋生物地球化学和生态数据。这一目标的实现将从两个前数据管理办公室（来自美国JGOFS和美国GLOBEC）的基础上开始，并将更好地为NSF海洋科学、化学和生物海洋学部门的资助研究人员提供电子数据/元数据和其他信息，以便在他们的研究过程中以及完成研究后通过万维网公开分发。现有的JGOFS/GLOBEC客户端/服务器分布式数据管理系统软件将被用于为每个调查人员提供数据和信息，而不考虑计算平台。此外，数据办公室将为数据发现建立网络服务，并开发机器对机器应用程序编程接口（API），以允许网络上数据系统之间的互操作性。在项目期间，该办公室将管理来自个人科学研究者和合作研究小组的现有和新的数据集，并将继续通过任何标准网络浏览器提供这些数据集。该办公室将与主要调查人员就数据质量控制进行合作；维护严格定义的字段名称的库存和程序辞典；生成联邦机构要求的元数据目录交换格式（DIF）记录；确保尽可能向国家数据中心提交数据；通过提供新的、在线的、基于网络的显示工具，支持和鼓励数据综合；促进不同数据入口之间的互操作性；促进区域、国家和国际数据和信息交流。数据管理从根本上涉及人与人之间的交互，而不管自动化数据处理的进展如何。作为与参与的科学家建立和促进合作关系的有效方式，该办公室将定期参加国家和国际会议（例如AGU， AGU/ASLO/TOS海洋科学，海洋等）。它还将利用科学会议作为交流正在进行的活动成果的机会，特别是传播在数据管理最佳做法方面获得的知识。所有这些交流也将通过网络呈现给那些无法前往会场的科学家。该项目的一个重要部分将是出版与参与研究人员合作制定的教程和最佳实践指南，以帮助他们简化和改进数据报告过程，特别是关于元数据的报告过程。外联还将采取积极参与合作的形式，以解决综合海洋观测系统（IOOS）和更广泛的国际社会的质量保证和质量控制问题，并与海洋元数据互操作性（MMI）项目合作。该项目将通过向各级教师和学生提供高质量的文献完备的科学数据和基于网络的工具，加强研究和教育的基础设施。

The primary objective of this project is to address the requirement for a data management system that can easily disseminate, protect, and provide short and intermediate term storage of marine biogeochemical and ecological data. The goal is to provide research scientists and others with the tools and systems necessary to work with marine biogeochemical and ecological data from heterogeneous sources with increased efficacy. The accomplishment of this goal will start from the basis of the two former data management offices (from U.S. JGOFS and U.S. GLOBEC) and will better provide for funded investigators in the NSF Ocean Science Chemical and Biological Oceanography sections to submit their electronic data/metadata and other information for open distribution via the World Wide Web both during the course of their research and once they have completed it. The extant JGOFS/GLOBEC Client/Server distributed data management system software will be used to enable the serving of data and information to every investigator, regardless of computing platform. In addition, the data office will establish web services for data discovery, and development of a machine-to-machine application programming interface (API) to allow interoperability between data systems on the web. During the project, the office will manage existing and new data sets from individual scientific investigators and collaborative groups of investigators, and will continue to make these available via any standard web browser. The office will work with principal investigators on data quality control; maintain an inventory and program thesaurus of strictly defined field names; generate metadata Directory Interchange Format (DIF) records required by Federal agencies; ensure submission of data to national data centers as possible; support and encourage data synthesis by providing new, online, web-based display tools; facilitate interoperability among different data portals; and facilitate regional, national, and international data and information exchange.Data management fundamentally involves interactions between people regardless of progress made in automated data handling. As an effective way to establish and foster collaborative relationships with participating scientists, the office will participate in regularly scheduled national and international meetings (e.g. AGU, AGU/ASLO/TOS Ocean Science, OCEANS, etc.). It will also use science conferences as opportunities to communicate results of ongoing activities, especially the dissemination of knowledge gained concerning data management best practices. All of these communications will also be available via the web presence for those scientists unable to travel to the meeting venue. An important part of this project will be the publication of tutorial and best practice guidelines developed in collaboration with participating researchers to help them streamline and improve the data reporting process, particularly with respect to metadata. Outreach will also take the form of active participation in collaborations to address quality assurance and quality control issues of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and the broader international community, and in working with the Marine Metadata Interoperability (MMI) project. This project will enhance the infrastructure for research and education by providing high-quality well-documented scientific data and web-based tools to teachers and students at all levels.