CIF21 DIBBs: Building a Modular Cyber-Platform for Systematic Collection, Curation, and Preservation of Large Engineering and Science Data - A Pilot Demonstration Project

该项目侧重于科学和工程数据的保存和再利用。正在开发一个计算平台，使研究人员能够以更一致和可靠的方式组织、保存和共享他们的数据，从而促进研究团体和整个社会更广泛地使用这些数据。该团队计划创建一个模块化网络平台（MCP），该平台简单可靠，足以将与维护相关的成本降至最低，同时又足够灵活，便于在大量领域或学科中使用。模块化的网络平台将允许社区随时发布系统分类的数据集，允许数据的自动长期管理，并为数据传播，验证（人群审查）和协作创建网络基础设施。虽然该项目的产品将与一系列科学和工程社区有关，但该项目的重点最初将放在与民用基础设施（桥梁、高速公路、建筑物、管道、配电网络）有关的数据上。

This project focuses upon the preservation and re-use of scientific and engineering data. A computational platform is being developed to allow researchers to organize, preserve, and share their data in more consistent and reliable ways, to facilitate broader use by the research community and society as a whole. The team plans to create a Modular Cyber-Platform (MCP) that would be simple and reliable enough to minimize the costs associated with maintenance, yet flexible enough to facilitate use in a large number of domains or disciplines. The modular cyber-platform would allow communities to readily publish systematically classified datasets, permit automatic long-term curation of data, and create a cyberinfrastructure for dataset dissemination, validation (crowd vetting) and collaboration. While the products of this project would be relevant to a range of science and engineering communities, the emphasis of the project will initially be on data related to civil infrastructure (bridges, highways, buildings, pipelines, power distribution networks).