SedDB, The Online Information System for Sediment Geochemistry Continued Operation and Development

知识价值：该项目实施了创建在线数字数据收集(SedDB)的第二阶段，该数据库以一种新的、用户友好的方式对沉积物的地球化学数据进行存档、管理和获取。它允许用户创建自定义数据集，集成来自任何数量的出版物和未发布来源的数据。SedDB提供对NSF资助的数据集的有效访问，这些数据集对地球科学中与地球历史、构造、大气、生命和气候相关的许多领域具有根本意义；从而最大限度地利用这些数据。通过其与数据可视化产品的接口和链接，SedDB使研究人员能够轻松地发现、访问和分析数据，将其与其他数据类型集成，并开发新的跨学科方法来解决重要的科学问题。第二阶段的目标是通过继续汇编文献中的数据和增加新的重点网站来扩大数据持有量，为调查人员实施方便用户的数据提交程序，并制定认证程序，使用户能够添加和整合其未公布的数据和受限访问。优先事项是与世界各地的其他数据库和地理信息学建立联系和协作，以便利用协同作用，确保尽可能广泛地获取数据，并促进全球数据网络的发展。更广泛的影响：该项目主要在地球科学领域建立关键的基础设施。将开展短期课程和讲习班等外联和教育活动，以促进该系统的使用，寻求潜在用户社区的支持和反馈，目的是将SedDB纳入研究和教育，并确定和回应社区的需求和关切。研究生和本科生都将接受地理信息学培训。

Intellectual Merit: This project implements Phase II of the creation of an on online digital data collection (SedDB) that archives, manages, and makes accessible geochemical data of sediments in a new, user-friendly way. It allows users to create customized data sets that integrate data from any number of publications and unpublished sources. SedDB provides efficient access to NSF-funded datasets that are of fundamental interest to many fields in the Geosciences associated with Earth history, tectonics, the atmosphere, life, and climate; thereby maximizing the utility of these data. Through its interface and linking with data visualization products, SedDB allows researchers to easily discover, access, and analyze data, integrate it with other data types, and develop new cross-disciplinary approaches to important scientific questions. Goals for Phase II are to expand the data holdings through continued data compilation from the literature and addition of new focus sites, to implement user-friendly data submission procedures for investigators, and to develop authentication procedures that will allow users to add and integrate their unpublished data with restricted access. Linking and collaborating with other database and Geoinformatics world-wide are a priority in order to take advantage of synergies, insure the broadest possible access to data holdings, and contribute to the development of global data networks. Broader Impacts: This project primarily builds crucial infrastructure in the geosciences. Outreach and education activities such as short courses and workshops will be conducted to advance use of the system, seek buy-in and feedback from potential user communities with the goal to integrate SedDB into research and education, and identify and respond to community needs and concerns. Students at both the graduate and undergraduate level will be trained in geoinformatics.