1. eSciDoc Introduction
M. Dreyer

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. eSciDoc Solution 1: Publication Management (PubMan)

8. eSciDoc Solution 2: Photo Collections (FACES)

9. eSciDoc Solution 2: Scanned Books (VIRR)

10. eSciDoc Infrastructure

11. 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)

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Thanks!