eSciDoc Introduction M. Dreyer

Project Setup and Mission eSciDoc is as a joint project of the Max Planck Society and FIZ Karlsruhe, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), aimed at building an e-Science platform for multi-disciplinary research organizations. eSciDoc integrates research results and materials in an emerging e-research network, provides effective and comprehensive access to data and information supports collaboration and interdisciplinary research in future e-Science scenarios increases the accountability of research improve the visibility of research institutions and organizations

Project Phases eSciDoc OSS Community 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Solutions Infrastructure Specification

Current Stakeholders Requirements from all Sections within MPS Chemistry, Physics and Technology Section Biology & Medicine Section Human Sciences Section Target Groups Scientists Librarians IT Groups PR and Research Coordination Open Access Digital Curation Long Term Archiving

eSciDoc: What for? Publish, Visualize, Manage and Work with Data Artifacts Publication Data Research Data Across Disciplines Using a Service Oriented Architecture Unified Infrastructure and Specialized Solutions Within the context of Research Questions Integrating existing Solutions While also addressing Aspects of Data Reliability and Data Quality Data Curation and Long Term Preservation Artifact Lifecycle Support Semantic Relations between Artifacts

eSciDoc Architecture General View Infrastructure to ensure sustainability Services to connect and disseminate data Solutions to visualize, publish, manage, work with data Generalized in concepts, processes and technology to develop new and sustainable solutions easily

eSciDoc Solution 1: Publication Management (PubMan)

eSciDoc Solution 2: Photo Collections (FACES)

eSciDoc Solution 2: Scanned Books (VIRR)

eSciDoc Infrastructure

eScience definition “e-Science is about global collaboration in key areas of science and the next generation of infrastructure that will enable it.” John Taylor (former Director General of Research Council, UK)

eSciDoc within the eScience Context eScience is still an evolving and broad field Therefore eSciDoc Integrates findings gradually by cooperation with Institutes Approaches Complex Information by identifying focused scenarios Addresses scientific Artifacts, their Lifecycle and the Solutions to work on these Artifacts cooperatively Tries to stay agnostic to Data, Technologies and Datastructures Aims to be an enabler for addressing eScience step by step Scientific Scenarios are approached one-by-one, seeking for potential Generalizations Some of these findings already made their way into eSciDoc eSciDoc is a Building Block towards eScience for an Organization

eSciDoc as an eScience Environment Facilitates introspection on Artifacts and Processes within the Scientific Information Lifecycle Possible Artifact Aggregations and Relations Open and Sustainable Formats Data Curation and Data Stewardship Institutional eScience Potential Therefore also supports Scientific Organizational Development

eSciDoc as one project among many others in the eScience domain Is not just a Database, a Repository or Fedora a single Application to be deployed a silver bullet for eScience Is a Service Oriented Infrastructure Addresses Artifact Lifecycles and Structures in a dynamic way Aims at providing Tools for building a Scientific Workbench for the end-user Aims to deliver specific Scientific Solutions ongoing By being close to the Scientists Aims to help for Technology Convergence eSciDoc is a Development Instrument

Thanks! Malte.dreyer@mpdl.mpg.de