EAGER: Preparing the Yale Metal Life Cycles Database for Global Distribution

1636509 Graedel，托马斯E.学术研究活动产生的数据库越来越多地存放在可访问的档案中，以便供世界各地的机构和政府使用。然而，这些数据是静态的，没有更新和增强的规定，也没有档案安全和长期保存的保证。就对评估金属使用、再循环、进出口流动和环境损失至关重要的物质流动信息而言，已公布了约60种元素的生命周期定量结果，但很少有公开的辅助信息和/或以方便用户的格式提供详细的基础数据和生成的数据。尽管如此，这些周期构成了与材料可持续性、产品寿命、国际贸易、碳排放和许多相关主题相关的后续研究的基础。从这个角度来看，目前的赠款提供了必要的资源，以充分记录和转换耶鲁大学档案的数据对材料的可持续性的各个方面，从目前的形式许多金属和非金属到一个方便，易于访问，并记录良好的包。然后，它将被转移到美国地质调查局进行数据格式审查，质量评估，实现，安全，更新增强和可访问性。该项目将使公众能够访问在学术环境中创建的独特数据集，主要通过NSF的公共资金。因此，该项目为学术界和多个政府机构之间的成功合作提供了蓝图，这有可能使美国工业，美国政府机构，美国研究界和世界各地的其他人受益。该项目将在耶鲁大学培养一名博士后助理和几名美国地质调查局的物质流分析（MFA）方法学和MFA数据库结构专家。活动的结果将通过出版物和在适当地点的介绍在可能感兴趣的社区内分享。

1636509 Graedel, Thomas E.Databases that result from academic research activities are increasingly deposited in accessible archives for the purpose of making them available for use by institutions and governments worldwide. These data are static, however -- they have no provision for updating and enhancement nor the assurance of archive security and long-term preservation. In the case of material flow information, essential to the evaluation of metal use, recycling, import/exports flows, and losses to the environment, quantitative life cycle results have been published for some sixty elements, but rarely with the supporting information being publicly available and/or the detailed underlying and generated data available in a user-friendly format. Nonetheless, these cycles form the foundations for subsequent research related to materials sustainability, product lifetimes, international trade, carbon emissions, and many related topics. From this perspective, the present grant provides the necessary resources to fully document and transform the Yale archive of data on all aspects of materials sustainability for numerous metals and metalloids from its present form into a convenient, easily-accessed, and well-documented package. It will then be transferred to the U.S. Geological Survey for data formatting review, quality assessment, achieving, security, updating enhancement, and accessibility.This project will enable public access to a unique dataset that was created in an academic setting, largely through public funding from NSF. As such the project provides a blueprint for a successful collaboration between academia and multiple government agencies that has the potential to benefit U.S. industry, U.S. government agencies, the U.S. research community, and others worldwide. The project will train a postdoctoral associate at Yale University and several USGS specialists in material flow analysis (MFA) methodology and MFA database structures. The results of the activity will be shared within potentially interested communities by publications and presentations in appropriate venues.