CERIF for Datasetscerif4datasets.wordpress.com

Kevin GintyBirmingham 25-26th March 2013

• University of Sunderland• University of Glasgow• University of St Andrews• NERC• EPSRC• euroCRIS

CONSORTIUM

• Develop framework for incorporating research data metadata into CERIF to enable research organisations and researchers to more easily discover and utilise research datasets

• Develop subject specific demonstrator in the area of marine sciences

OVERVIEW

• Contributed to the extension of CERIF to support research data metadata (ongoing)

• Worked with systems providers (including Pure and ePrints) to ensure results are available to as wide a range of institutions as possible (on going)

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Research information management tool

• Supports linking grants – outputs• CERIF compliant (import/export)• irios2.wordpress.com

IRIOS

• Extended IRIOS to support:-– Storage of metadata via manual entry or

CERIF import– Search metadata via ad-hoc queries or

saved parameters– Link metadata to related grants– Export metadata to CERIF for use in

CERIF-compliant systems

ACHIEVEMENTS

ARCHITECTURE

Import / Export

C4D module(metadata)

UNIS

IRIOS module (grants + outputs)

Sunderland(ePrints)

Glasgow(ePrints)

St Andrews(Pure)

Meta data

(CERIF)

Meta data

(CERIF)

Meta data

(CERIF)

1. Create metadata2. Import metadata from CERIF3. Search metadata4. Link metadata to grants5. Export metadata (& linked

grants) to CERIF

CREATE METADATA

IMPORT METADATA

SEARCH METADATA

LINK METADATA TO GRANTS

EXPORT TO CERIF

• Research data management policy proposals

• Framework for research data management policy development

• Sustainability analysis• Guidance notes for researchers• (Project closes June 2013)

ONGOING

Kevin Gintykevin.ginty@sunderland.ac.ukcerif4datasets.wordpress.com

QUESTIONS