Data Curation & Preservation sessions

Data Citation, Identifiers, Open Access Policies

Tuesday, May 14 2013, 16:00–17:30, room 106

We will discuss issues surrounding Data Citation, current discussions within RDA, and issues related to the Open Access mandate in the US and elsehwere.

Useful links:

• RDA Working Group on Data Citation: Making Data Citable proposal
• WDS Working Group on Data Citation WG web cite
• The Amsterdam Manifesto on Data Citation Principles: http://www.force11.org/node/4343
• Thomson-Reuters Data Citation index: http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/dci/
• Bibcode discussion at AAS 2013: https://docs.google.com/document/d/128gdgIvL6N1vFvClpKzMMRv-gPyufiEq51yR2ptcEPY/edit?usp=sharing
• White House OSTP memo on OA: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf

The Unified Astronomy Thesaurus (UAT)

Thursday, May 16 2013, 11-12:30, room 107a

We will have an open discussion on the current effort to create, maintain and curate the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus.

Useful links:

• The UAT website: http://astrothesaurus.org
• Rick Hessman's IVOAT website: http://www.astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~hessman/rdf/IVOAT/
• The Paris Observatory thesaurus: http://dictionary.obspm.fr and http://astroconcepts.obspm.fr
• UAT and IVOAT hierarchy view: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aidbx2pXIZLGdFN0QTlKMlV6ZGdCRkdXSnpITnNEcVE&usp=sharing
• Comparison of UAT / IVOAT / SPIET: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aidbx2pXIZLGdG5ibEhGZ3AyUlZjTjUyS3dIMzhOenc&usp=sharing