Building Capacity in MorphoSource through state-of-art, flexible data storage protocols for broader and more sustainable adoption by museums and other mass-data producers.

通过最先进、灵活的数据存储协议建设 MorphoSource 的能力，以便博物馆和其他海量数据生产者更广泛、更可持续地采用。

• 批准号: 2311380
• 负责人: Douglas Boyer
• 金额: $ 107.14万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-15 至 2027-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2311380&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Capacity; MorphoSource; through; state

The ability to acquire high-quality data is a central challenge to advancing scientific knowledge about biodiversity and natural history. Without such data it is impossible to run analyses that generate meaningful results from which to draw conclusions. MorphoSource, a repository founded by researchers at Duke University in 2013 has begun to revolutionize how researchers and the public can discover, access, interact with and learn from the museum specimens constituting the world’s primary evidence of (or data on) natural history and biodiversity. Cited for data access or archiving in 1,500 papers at the end of 2022, MorphoSource is unique and unprecedented as a publicly accessible web data repository where museum curators, researchers, and scholars can upload, archive, and share 3D, 2D, and audiovisual image data representing physical specimens from museum or lab collections. Currently, MorphoSource hosts over 170,000 datasets regularly used for research, education, and general interest purposes. MorphoSource currently relies on finite commitments to operate, a model that puts constraints on how much data can be hosted and does not adequately ensure the long-term availability of funds for continuing its operations. Therefore, as one part of a larger plan for long-term sustainability, the current project will build features that significantly reduce data storage costs, enable the use of more flexible storage technologies, and recover some costs associated with data deposition, curation, and storage. By its core mission, MorphoSource is an open access repository and all of the data it hosts must always remain accessible to anyone without charge. However, it must ultimately balance demand for data deposition, curation, and storage by its contributors (the users who upload data) with available resources. This project will begin that process by developing site tools that charge contributors for access to certain advanced deposit/curation features and for data deposits based on file size. As an important broader impact, this project will create innovative technologies for storing data in affordable ways that will be usable not just by MorphoSource but will also benefit other repository platforms and storage infrastructures. Further, results of this work will directly contribute to the continued availability of the 170,000 datasets presently in MorphoSource and future data to come, which will, in turn, provide benefits to individuals involved in research, education, art, and general personal edification where these data are essential.To accomplish the goals of this project, MorphoSource’s current file-and-disk storage architecture will be upgraded to support object storage, a more scalable and efficient storage technology used by many cloud storage providers. As part of this upgrade, MorphoSource will be integrated with Duke University’s NSF-supported “CC*Storage Fast” platform (OAC-2232810) that supports storing and moving data between disk, object, and cold cloud storage tiers. Repository data will be moved from disk storage to more affordable object storage. Using the FAST platform, predictive algorithms and storage tiering tools will be implemented to automatically place less frequently used data into much cheaper cold cloud storage. Recovery of operating costs from users will be accomplished through implementation of eCommerce features to improve and scale an existing practice of charging contributors a deposit fee for uploading data. This will result in shift towards contributor-sponsored storage, while still allowing MorphoSource to subsidize certain datasets based on need. MorphoSource will also distill the feature support for contributor users into two kinds of accounts: a basic account, and more powerfully featured, advanced account. While all critical components of depositing and curating a dataset will be possible with the free, basic account, the advanced account will include optional site features useful for frequent site users or user groups who contribute large amounts of data. The advanced contributor account will be associated with a modest annual fee. Advanced accounts will also be made available to organizational management teams without requiring payment by individuals on the team. Intended outcomes by the project end include significant reductions in MorphoSource storage costs, larger scales of data mobilized by contributors due to lower storage costs, more data becoming public over time, and increased interest from various institutional entities in joining a community consortium to help sustain its vision and promise.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

获取高质量数据的能力是促进有关生物多样性和自然历史的科学知识的核心挑战。没有这样的数据，就不可能进行分析，从而产生有意义的结果来得出结论。由杜克大学研究人员于2013年创立的一个存储库Morphosource已开始彻底改变研究人员和公众如何从博物馆标本中发现，访问，互动和学习，这些标本构成了世界上（或有关）自然历史和生物多样性的世界主要证据。在2022年底的1,500篇论文中引用的数据访问或存档，Morphosource是独特的，并且是前所未有的，作为公共访问的Web数据存储库，博物馆策展人，研究人员和学者可以上传，档案和共享3d，档案和共享3d，2d，2d，and ofuerovisal图像数据代表来自博物馆或品牌收藏中的物理样品或品牌收藏的物理样品。目前，Morphosource托管了超过170,000个数据集，定期用于研究，教育和一般利益。 Morphosource目前依靠有限的承诺操作，该模型对可以托管的数据进行了限制，并且无法充分确保资金的长期可用性以继续运营。因此，作为长期可持续性的更大计划的一部分，当前的项目将建立可显着降低数据存储成本，实现更灵活的存储技术的功能，并恢复与数据沉积，策划和存储相关的一些成本。通过其核心使命，Morphosource是一个开放访问存储库，其托管的所有数据必须始终不受控制。但是，它最终必须通过其贡献者（将数据上传的用户）使用可用资源来平衡对数据沉积，策划和存储的需求。该项目将通过开发网站工具开始该过程，该工具为访问某些高级存款/策展功能的贡献者和基于文件大小的数据存款而开始。作为一个重要的广泛影响，该项目将创建创新技术，以可负担的方式存储数据，不仅可以由Morphosource使用，而且还将使其他存储库平台和存储基础架构受益。 Further, results of this work will directly contribute to the continued availability of the 170,000 datasets presented in MorphoSource and future data to come, which will, in turn, provide benefits to individuals involved in research, education, art, and general personal edification where these data are essential.To accomplish the goals of this project, MorphoSource’s current file-and-disk storage architecture will be upgraded to support object storage, a more scalable and efficient storage technology used by many cloud storage providers.作为此升级的一部分，Morphosource将与Duke University的NSF支持的“ CC*存储快速”平台（OAC-2232810）集成，该平台支持磁盘，对象和冷云存储层之间的存储和移动数据。存储库数据将从磁盘存储转移到更负担得起的对象存储。使用快速平台，将实现预测算法和存储分层工具，以自动将较少使用的数据放入更便宜的冷云存储中。通过实施电子商务功能，将实现从用户的运营成本的收回，以改善和扩展现有的惯例，以向贡献者收取上传数据的存款费。这将导致向贡献者赞助的存储转移，同时仍允许Morphosource根据需要补贴某些数据集。 Morphosource还将为贡献用户提供功能支持的两种帐户：一个基本帐户，并且更有力的高级帐户。虽然免费的基本帐户将可以使用存放和策划数据集的所有关键组件，但高级帐户将包括可选的站点功能，可用于经常贡献大量数据的经常站点用户或用户组。高级贡献者帐户将与适中的年费相关联。高级帐户也将提供给组织管理团队，而无需个人在团队中付款。项目末端的预期结果包括大幅降低了形态化存储成本，由于较低的存储成本而动员贡献者动员的数据范围更大，更多的数据随着时间的推移而变得公众，并增加了各种机构联盟加入社区联盟以帮助维持其视野和承诺的社区财团的兴趣。这对NSF的法定任务和审查的审查均通过评估而受到了良好的影响。