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，该系统能够方便地传播、保护和提供海洋生物地球化学和生态数据的短期和中期储存。目标是为研究科学家和其他人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原数据管理办公室的基础上开始（来自美国JGOFS和美国GLOBEC），并将更好地为NSF海洋科学化学和生物海洋学部门的受资助研究人员提供电子数据/元数据和其他信息，以便在研究期间和研究完成后通过万维网公开分发。将使用现有的JGOFS/GLOBEC客户/服务器分布式数据管理系统软件，以便向每一位调查员提供数据和信息，而不论其使用何种计算平台。此外，数据办公室还将建立网络服务，用于数据发现，并开发机器对机器应用程序编程接口（API），以实现网络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科学调查人员个人和调查人员协作小组的现有和新的数据集，并将继续通过任何标准的网络浏览器提供这些数据集。该办公室将与主要调查人员合作进行数据质量控制;维持一个严格定义的字段名称的清单并编制术语词库;生成联邦机构所需的元数据目录交换格式记录;确保尽可能向国家数据中心提交数据;通过提供新的网上显示工具支持和鼓励数据综合;促进不同数据门户之间的互操作性;促进区域、国家和国际数据和信息交换。数据管理从根本上涉及人与人之间的互动，无论自动化数据处理的进展如何。作为与与会科学家建立和促进合作关系的一个有效途径，该办事处将参加定期安排的国家和国际会议（例如AGU、AGU/ASLO/TOS海洋科学、OCEANS等）。它还将利用科学会议的机会，交流正在开展的活动的成果，特别是传播在数据管理最佳做法方面获得的知识。所有这些通信也将通过网络提供给那些无法前往会议地点的科学家。该项目的一个重要部分将是出版与参与研究人员合作编写的教程和最佳做法指南，以帮助他们简化和改进数据报告程序，特别是元数据报告程序。外联活动还将采取积极参与协作的形式，以解决综合海洋观测系统和广大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项目合作。该项目将通过向各级教师和学生提供高质量、有据可查的科学数据和网络工具，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.