1. Block 7: Reports Back to Plenary Group on CE and CI Working Group Activities Tasks and Activities -- October 22 DataONE Kick-off Meeting October 20-22, 2009

2. What are the Federated Security WG’s 5 most important activities? Presenter: Von Welch WG Leads: Randy Butler, Von Welch Activities (ranked) Survey and evaluate security requirements and current and near term future solutions particularly in DataONE relevant communities. Gather and document all requirements from app perspectives (users, resource providers, ….) and identify all stakeholders. Determine the best authentication solution for yr1 and yr 3 (machines and people- and all agents, multi-systems) Define the goals of security. What you want to accomplish with your security system. Defining the minimum licensing (data use policy) requirements to create the lowest barrier to entry.

3. What are the Distributed Storage WG’s 5 most important activities? Presenter: John Cobb WG Leads: John Cobb, Peter Honeyman Activities (ranked) Gather and document all requirements from app perspectives (users, resource providers, ….) and identify all stakeholders. Survey and evaluate distributed storage requirements and current and near term future solutions particularly in DataONE relevant communities Develop a prototype demonstration of cutting edge (emerging) technologies. Specify an API that is agnostic to underlying storage technology Specify different levels of compliance with respect to replication and storage compliance

4. What are the Data preservation, metadata, and interoperability WG’s 5 most important activities? Presenter: Kunze WG Leads: John Kunze, Donald Hobern Activities (ranked) Identify core metadata for discovery, access, and integration Gather and document all requirements from app perspectives (users, resource providers, ….) and identify all stakeholders. Define preservation and spinoff activities Rank 3-tie Mitigation strategies for differences in scientific metadata. Rank 3-tie Survey and evaluate preservation and interoperability requirements and current and near term future solutions particularly in DataONE relevant communities.

5. What are the Scientific Workflows WG’s 5 most important activities? Presenter: Paolo WG Leads: Ewa Deelman, Carole Goble Activities (ranked) Survey and evaluate scientific workflow requirements and current and near term future solutions particularly in DataONE relevant communities. Rank1-tie Gather and document all requirements from app perspectives (users, resource providers, ….) and identify all stakeholders.Rank1-tie Coordinate with EVA to develop example workflows using DataONE tools and data. Rank1-tie Extend existing workflow systems to use DataONE content through a common API. Rank1-tie Develop a strategy for the use of scientific workflows (SWF’s) in data preservation and provenance. Rank5-tie Identify workflow specific meta-data Rank5-tie

6. What are the Data Integration and Semantics WG’s 5 most important activities? Presenter: Line Pouchard WG Leads: Bertram Ludaescher, Line Pouchard Activities (ranked) Gather and document all requirements from app perspectives (users, resource providers, ….) and identify all stakeholders. Survey and evaluate data integration and semantics requirements and current and near term future solutions particularly in DataONE relevant communities. Rank 2-tie Establish a “schema registry” Rank 2-tie In collaboration with EVA define showcase solutions for integration Rank 2-tie Develop a strategy for using KRR (knowledge representation and reasoning) for efficient integration Rank 5-tie Develop methods for data and schema evolution. Rank 5-tie Mitigation strategy for difference in scientific content Rank 5-tie

7. What are the Socio-cultural Issues WG’s 5 most important activities? Presenter: Maribeth Manoff WG Leads: Suzie Allard, Maribeth Manoff Activities 1. Identify communities and identify and examine the sociological and cultural issues that inhibit and encourage effective data sharing and long-term preservation. 2. Evaluate and recommend strategies that overcome socio-cultural barriers and create incentives for data preservation. 3. Explore and make recommendations regarding the roles for libraries, professional societies, funders in training data authors, supporting data curation, and acting as a facilitator of digital preservation practices. (e.g. test through a pilot program. 4. Develop and recommend training and a communication campaign. 5. Develop a strategy to coordinate with software/hardware producers.

8. What are the Community Engagement and Education WG’s 5 most important activities? Presenter: Viv Hutchinson WG Leads: Stephanie Hampton, Vivian Hutchison Activities 1. Identify community input on tools for data providers and users for dissemination to stakeholders. 2. Establish a training program for both science and citizen science initiatives for example a certificate program. 3. Establish metrics that will be used to determine the adoption success and utility of DataONE products 4. Develop and implement an internal and external communication strategy including social media (Web 2.0) 5. Process to feedback into CI and toolkit development 6. Implement a pilot project

9. What are the Citizen Science and Public Outreach WG’s 5 most important activities? Presenter: Jake Weltzin WG Leads: Steve Kelling, Jake Weltzin Activities 1. Create a comprehensive metadata and data management strategy for citizen-based observational networks. 2. Build tools to allow project managers, researchers, educators, networks or the public to develop a customizable web-based data and metadata gathering system. 3. Identify citizen science efforts and what citizen science data exists. 4. Develop examples of how data can be used and misused. 5. Survey non-scientist data users and make sure needs are met – for example land resource and community managers).

10. What are the Usability & Assessment WG’s 5 most important activities? Presenter: Carol Tenopi WG Leads: Mike Frame, Carol Tenopir Activities 1. Develop an internal and external assessment plan for DataONE products, services, and deliverables. 2. Identify DataONE stakeholders and customers. 3. Develop and implement baseline assessment 4. Develop and implement usability analysis and assessment plan (including engagement with DUIG) 5. Develop best practices guide for performing usability analysis and for doing an assessment for DataONE products and services. 6. Develop process for interaction and feedback to the core CI team.

11. What are the Sustainability and Governance WG’s 5 most important activities? Presenter: Jeremy Kranowitz WG Leads: Bill Michener, Jeremy Kranowitz Activities 1. Investigate different organizational models, including a stand-alone non-profit 501(c)(3) organization; 2. Investigate different funding models to ensure long term sustainability; 3. Establish the governance of DataONE and a representative stand- alone organization (i.e., DIUG) to ensure that stakeholders provide direction. 4. Research case studies and characteristics of long-lived and successful organizations. 5. Estimate the market value of DataONE in the future and future DatONE future costs. 6. Identify partners for DataONE (funding and participants) 7. Coordinate and facilitate the identification of DataONE policy issues and the creation of documents.