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CREAM #3METADATA MEANS MORE
CREAM identified a novel concept – the active use of metadata.
This requires researching to understand. We can now offer guidance and prototype tools.Data creation, visualisation, analysis, integration.
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM? WHERE’S THE IMPACT?
Regrettably typical ELN entry
Link is metadat
a
No attempt to find a solution §
Potentially active metadat
a
§ New metadata value: http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.13860434.html
ACTIVE USE OF METADATA: GEOSMETA EXAMPLE
Documents [circles] hold
metadata for run
Active use:Process chain
Active use:Status change
=> No reuse
Files [squares] are generated by
a run
Status:Red => Error
Status:Orange =>
Downstream of error
ACHIEVEMENTS IN PHASES 1 AND 2:• COLLABORATION BETWEEN PARTNERS NEW COMMUNITY FORMED• UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF TACIT AND MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS IN
MAKING DECISIONS INVOLVING THE ACTIVE USE OF METADATA• RECOGNISING THE BROAD SCOPE FOR ACTIVE USE IN A VARIETY OF DOMAINS• SCIENTISTS AND ARTISTS WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER• EVOLVING A RELIABLE SHARED LANGUAGE (AKA GLOSSARY)• EVOLVING A METHODOLOGY FOR CHARACTERISING ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL ACTIVE
USE• ARTICULATING REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO SPECIFYING THE TOOLSET• APPRECIATING IMPORTANCE OF ADOPTING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON DATA• INVESTIGATING TECHNIQUES FOR VISUALISING METADATA USAGE
CREAM GOAL: ENABLE, DURING A PROJECT/TASK, COLLECTION AND USE OF METADATA THAT INFORMS FUTURE DECISIONS
CREAM FOCUS: ENCOURAGE GATHERING OF METADATA THROUGH EMPOWERING RESEARCHERS BY ITS ACTIVE USE
• IN THE BEGINNING…• IDENTIFYING AND UNDERSTANDING USE OF METADATA ACTIVELY • DEVELOP A COMMON VOCABULARY / SCHEMA – USING • PROVIDING EXEMPLARS TO PROMOTE AND ILLUSTRATE THE VALUE OF ACTIVE
METADATA• As a result of this work, we find we now need…
• A framework to develop and support the concept• Building communities that use and support the active use of metadata• A Reliable Shared Language• A toolset to support and enable identification, capture, manipulation and reuse of
metadata used actively
DELIVERING THE RELIABLE SHARED LANGUAGE
• A TOOL FOR THE COMMUNITY AND BY THE COMMUNITY IS REQUIRED• A SEED: HTTPS://BLOG.SOTON.AC.UK/CREAM/GLOSSARY/
DELIVERING TOOLSETS: ASSEMBLE (PROTOTYPES) TO:
• CAN BE APPLIED AT ANY SCALE IE AN INDIVIDUAL PIECE OF WORK OR ACROSS ENTIRE PROJECTS/PROGRAMMES.
Capture
• Flexible tools to capture context and tacit information dynamically
Structure
• Generate structured interpretation of this information (ontologies)
Align• Align vocabularies/terms from different sources: coherent view
across overall processVisuali
se• View and pivot to generate/accommodate different perspectives
Share• Make available in a form that can be consumed and built on
PATHS TO DELIVERY
RELIABLE SHARED LANGUAGE SOTON; UAL
TOOLSET STFC; 9X9; SOTON
STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK STFC; 9X9; SOTON; FORMING CONCRETE COMMUNITIES UAL; EDINBURGH
COORDINATION SOTON
COMMUNITY
GUIDANCEPROTOTYPES
CREAM
FUNDING & SUSTAINABILITY• RELIABLE SHARED LANGUAGE -> JISC• TOOLSET (INCLUDING 3RD PARTY SOFTWARE) -> GITHUB• DOCUMENTATION DELIVERABLES -> JISC REPOSITORY• CONCRETE COMMUNITIES DELIVERABLE -> SEED THEIR FORMATION?• BUILD ON PRESENCE AT IDCC16 (NOTABLY WORKSHOP)• PROJECT PARTNERS WILL CARRY THIS INITIATIVE ON…
• EMBEDDING IN PARTNERS’ SYSTEMS, PROCESSES, COMMUNITIES, ETC• ANNALIST INDEPENDENT
FURTHER DETAILS
• MUCH OF THE REAL DATA WE HAVE EXAMINED TENDS TO FOCUS ON SPECIFIC ARTIFACTS USED BY INDIVIDUAL STEPS OF A PROCESS, WITH A TENDENCY TO FOCUS ON VERY PROCESS-SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTES. • PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE IS TO SEE THESE
PROCESS STEPS AND VALUES IN THE CONTEXT OF A WIDER PROCESS (OR WORKFLOW?) COMPRISING A NUMBER OF STEPS, AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH DECISIONS MADE BY A PERSON CONTROLLING THE PROCESS. • THROUGH THIS, WE AIM TO UNDERSTAND BETTER HOW VALUES
RECORDED IN ONE STEP OF A PROCESS IMPACT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF VALUES AND DECISIONS IN OTHER STEPS OF THE SAME PROCESS.
PROTOTYPES• STFC LASERS FOR SCIENCE - IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
GENERATED ACTIVELY; EXTEND THE TOOLSET AND ICAT TO SUPPORT.• ECRYSTALS - REQUIRES WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH SOFTWARE
GENERATING THE DATA TO EXPORT IN-PROCESS INFORMATION.• GEOSMETA – DESIGNED TO SUPPORT ACTIVE USE , SO FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT WILL INCORPORATE CREAM PHILOSOPHY• ‘SMOKE’ GETS IN YOUR ‘FOG’ – ACTIVE TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE
FROM ONE PROJECT TO ANOTHER; SUPPORT FOR PROCEDURAL BLENDING