The CDGP Repository for Geothermal Data

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Turlure ◽  
Marc Schaming ◽  
Alice Fremand ◽  
Marc Grunberg ◽  
Jean Schmittbuhl
Keyword(s):  
Data Access ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Shared Data ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Data Formats ◽  
Distribution Rules ◽  
Deep Geothermal Energy ◽  
Project Data ◽  
Geothermal Plant

<p><strong>The CDGP Repository for Geothermal Data</strong></p><p>The Data Center for Deep Geothermal Energy (CDGP – Centre de Données de Géothermie Profonde, https://cdgp.u-strasbg.fr) was launched in 2016 by the LabEx G-EAU-THERMIE PROFONDE (http://labex-geothermie.unistra.fr) to preserve, archive and distribute data acquired on geothermal sites in Alsace. Since the beginning of the project, specific procedures are followed to respect international requirements for data management. In particular, FAIR recommendations are used to distribute Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable data.</p><p>Data currently available on the CDGP mainly consist of seismological and hydraulic data acquired at the Soultz-sous-Forêts geothermal plant pilot project. Data on the website are gathered in episodes. Episodes 1994, 1995, 1996, and 2010 from Soultz-sous-Forêts have been recently added to the episodes already available on the CDGP (1988, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005). All data are described with metadata and interoperability is promoted with use of open or community-shared data formats: SEED, csv, pdf, etc. Episodes have DOIs.</p><p>To secure Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) set by data providers that partly come from Industry, an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting Infrastructure (AAAI) grants data access depending to distribution rules and user’s affiliation (i.e. academic, industrial, …).</p><p>The CDGP is also a local node for the European Plate Observing System (EPOS) Anthropogenic Hazards platform (https://tcs.ah-epos.eu). The platform provides an environment and facilities (data, services, software) for research onto anthropogenic hazards, especially related to the exploration and exploitation of geo-resources. Some episodes from Soultz-sous-Forêts are already available and the missing-ones will be soon on the platform.</p><p>The next step for the CDGP is first to complete data from Soultz-sous-Forêts. Some data are still missing and must be recovered from the industrial partners. Then, data from the other geothermal sites in Alsace (Rittershoffen, Illkirch, Vendenheim) need to be collected in order to be distributed. Finally, with other French data centers, we are on track to apply the CoreTrustSeal certification (ANR Cedre).</p><p>The preservation of data can be very challenging and time-consuming. We had to deal with obsolete tapes and formats, even incomplete data. Old data are frequently not well documented and the identification of owner is sometimes difficult. However, the hard work to retrieve, collect old geothermal data and make them FAIR is necessary for new analysis and the valorization of these patrimonial data. The re-use of data (e.g. Cauchie et al, 2020) demonstrates the importance of the CDGP.</p>

Converging Seismic and Geodetic Data Services

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry A Carter ◽  
Charles Meertens ◽  
Chad Trabant ◽  
James Riley
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Geodetic Data ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Data Types ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Data Policy ◽  
Sage Data ◽  
Combined Data

<p>One of the fundamental tenets of the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology’s (IRIS’s) mission is to “Promote exchange of seismic and other geophysical data … through pursuing policies of free and unrestricted data access.”  UNAVCO also adheres to a data policy that promotes free and unrestricted use of data.  A major outcome of these policies has been to reduce the time that researchers spend finding, obtaining, and reformatting data.  While rapid, easy access to large archives of data has been successfully achieved in seismology, geodesy and many other distinct disciplines, integrating different data types in a converged data center that promotes interdisciplinary research remains a challenge.  This challenge will be addressed in an integrated seismological and geodetic data services facility that is being mandated by the National Science Foundation (NSF).  NSF’s Seismological Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (SAGE), which is managed by IRIS, will be integrated with NSF’s Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (GAGE), which is managed by UNAVCO.  The combined data services portion of the facility, for which a prototype will be developed over the next two to three years, will host a number of different data types including seismic, GNSS, magnetotelluric, SAR, infrasonic, hydroacoustic, and many others.  Although IRIS and UNAVCO have worked closely for many years on mutually beneficial projects and have shared their experience with each other, combining the seismic and geodetic data services presents challenges to the well-functioning SAGE and GAGE data facilities that have served their respective scientific communities for more than 30 years. This presentation describes some preliminary thoughts and guiding principles to ensure that we build upon the demonstrated success of both facilities and how an integrated GAGE and SAGE data services facility might address the challenges of fostering interdisciplinary research. </p>

scholarly journals Digital Archaeological Archiving in Baden-Württemberg, Germany: an evolving system

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Bibby
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Project ◽  
Digital Archive ◽  
Complex Data ◽  
Data Formats ◽  
Evolving System ◽  
Ancillary Staff ◽  
The One ◽  
Project Data ◽  
Commercial Archaeology

Since 2005, the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden-Württemberg has been collecting semi-structured archaeological digital project data with the aim of one day turning that data into a real long-term digital archive. This process is still ongoing. In the last 15 years appropriate data formats have been defined, and the transition from CAD to GIS as the mainstay of project recording in Baden-Württemberg has been made. The research-driven development of the Software Survey2GIS (GNU GPL), initiated by the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden-Württemberg, facilitates on the one hand an easy-to-use transition of field data into GIS and on the other better control of data formats. We are learning to cope with increasingly more complex data - laser scan, LIDAR and sfm data. The recent advent of commercial archaeology in the state of Baden Württemberg is another factor with which we are confronted. We have experimented with the best methods of convincing archaeologists, technicians and ancillary staff of the necessity of saving their data in a central repository - for example friendliness, even occasional coercion, as well as the guarantee of recoverable data if the deposition rules are followed. The boundary of each saved excavation or survey project is uploaded to the State's own cultural heritage GIS-Application - ADAB - where it can be accessed by researchers. A simple click within the polygon will invoke metadata about the project as well as a selection of quintessential photos. The excavation archive in Baden-Württemberg is, as yet, by no means a fully accessible, usable 'real' digital archive. But we are succeeding in saving the data in a structured manner for future transition into that 'real' archive - hopefully as a pilot project within the framework of the federally financed NFDI infrastructure.

scholarly journals Birth companionship in a government health system: a pilot study in Kigoma, Tanzania

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Chaote ◽  
Nguke Mwakatundu ◽  
Sunday Dominico ◽  
Alex Mputa ◽  
Agnes Mbanza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Respectful Maternity Care ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Government Health ◽  
Project Data ◽  
Birth Companion

Abstract Background Having a companion of choice throughout childbirth is an important component of good quality and respectful maternity care for women and has become standard in many countries. However, there are only a few examples of birth companionship being implemented in government health systems in low-income countries. To learn if birth companionship was feasible, acceptable and led to improved quality of care in these settings, we implemented a pilot project using 9 intervention and 6 comparison sites (all government health facilities) in a rural region of Tanzania. Methods The pilot was developed and implemented in Kigoma, Tanzania between July 2016 and December 2018. Women delivering at intervention sites were given the choice of having a birth companion with them during childbirth. We evaluated the pilot with: (a) project data; (b) focus group discussions; (c) structured and semi-structured interviews; and (d) service statistics. Results More than 80% of women delivering at intervention sites had a birth companion who provided support during childbirth, including comforting women and staying by their side. Most women interviewed at intervention sites were very satisfied with having a companion during childbirth (96–99%). Most women at the intervention sites also reported that the presence of a companion improved their labor, delivery and postpartum experience (82–97%). Health providers also found companions very helpful because they assisted with their workload, alerted the provider about changes in the woman’s status, and provided emotional support to the woman. When comparing intervention and comparison sites, providers at intervention sites were significantly more likely to: respond to women who called for help (p = 0.003), interact in a friendly way (p < 0.001), greet women respectfully (p < 0.001), and try to make them more comfortable (p = 0.003). Higher proportions of women who gave birth at intervention sites reported being “very satisfied” with the care they received (p < 0.001), and that the staff were “very kind” (p < 0.001) and “very encouraging” (p < 0.001). Conclusion Birth companionship was feasible and well accepted by health providers, government officials and most importantly, women who delivered at intervention facilities. The introduction of birth companionship improved women’s experience of birth and the maternity ward environment overall.

scholarly journals Lessons Learned from the NOAA CoastWatch Ocean Satellite Course Developed for Integrating Oceanographic Satellite Data into Operational Use

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara Wilson ◽  
Dale H. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Data ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Financial Barriers ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Course Effectiveness ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Operational Activities

Satellite data are underutilized in many branches of operational oceanography. Users outside of the satellite community often encounter difficulty in discovering the types of satellite measurements that are available, and determining which satellite products are best for operational activities. In addition, the large choice of satellite data providers, each with their own data access protocols and formats, can make data access challenging. The mission of the NOAA CoastWatch Program is to make ocean satellite data easier to access and to apply to operational uses. As part of this mission, the West Coast Node of CoastWatch developed the NOAA Ocean Satellite Course, which introduces scientists and resource managers to ocean satellite products, and provides them tools to facilitate data access when using common analysis software. These tools leverage the data services provided by ERDDAP, a data distribution system designed to make data access easier via a graphical user interface and via machine-to-machine connections. The course has been offered annually since 2006 and has been attended by over 350 participants. Results of post-course surveys are analyzed to measure course effectiveness. The lessons learned from conducting these courses include using the preferred software of the course participants, providing easy access to datasets that are appropriate (fit for purpose) for operation applications, developing tools that address common tasks of the target audience, and minimizing the financial barriers to attend the course.

Data Broadcasting in a Mobile Environment

2011 ◽  
pp. 96-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.R. Hurson ◽  
Y. Jiao
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Mobile Environment ◽  
Retrieval Method ◽  
Shared Data ◽  
Communication Techniques ◽  
Public Data

The advances in mobile devices and wireless communication techniques have enabled anywhere, anytime data access. Data being accessed can be categorized into three classes: private data, shared data, and public data. Private and shared data are usually accessed through on-demand-based approaches, while public data can be most effectively disseminated using broadcasting. In the mobile computing environment, the characteristics of mobile devices and limitations of wireless communication technology pose challenges on broadcasting strategy as well as data-retrieval method designs. Major research issues include indexing scheme, broadcasting over single and parallel channels, data distribution and replication strategy, conflict resolution, and data retrieval method. In this chapter, we investigate solutions proposed for these issues. High performance and low power consumption are the two main objectives of the proposed schemes. Comprehensive simulation results are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of each solution and compare different approaches.

United States and United Kingdom Sign the First Bilateral Agreement Pursuant to the CLOUD Act, Facilitating Cross-Border Access to Data

2020 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-128
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Majority Vote ◽  
Attorney General ◽  
Data Access ◽  
The United States ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Bilateral Agreement ◽  
Efficient Data ◽  
Access To Data

On October 3, 2019, the United States and the United Kingdom reached a bilateral agreement to facilitate more efficient data access between the two countries for law enforcement purposes. The Agreement on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime (U.S.-UK Data Access Agreement) was signed by U.S. Attorney General William Barr and UK Home Secretary Priti Patel. This is the first such agreement made by the United States after the passage of the 2018 Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act, which authorizes and structures future bilateral agreements on data sharing. Pursuant to the CLOUD Act, Congress has 180 days following receipt of a notification regarding the U.S.-UK Data Access Agreement to block its entry into force via a joint resolution, which would require a majority vote in both houses of Congress and either presidential signature or a subsequent congressional override of a presidential veto.

scholarly journals GPU code generation for ODE-based applications with phased shared-data access patterns

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Andrei Hagiescu ◽  
Bing Liu ◽  
R. Ramanathan ◽  
Sucheendra K. Palaniappan ◽  
Zheng Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Code Generation ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Shared Data ◽  
Data Access Patterns ◽  
Access Patterns

scholarly journals PENTINGNYA PEMANFAATAN DATA KEPENDUDUKAN DI ERA DIGITAL

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-21
Author(s):  
Sri Handriana Dewi Hastuti
Keyword(s):  
Population Data ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Cooperation Agreement ◽  
Civil Registration ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Government Work ◽  
User Access ◽  
Access Rights ◽  
Identity Cards ◽  
Public Service Agencies

Government Work Units to use a one data policy approach. The purpose of using this data includes the use of data for schools, taking care of data licensing, managing social assistance, all of which must be the same as the data sources in the Population and Civil Registration Office so that no more people have different identities. Based on the Minister of Home Affairs Regulation No. 61 of 2015 concerning Requirements, Scope and Procedures for Granting Access Rights and Utilization of Population Identification Number, Population Data, and Electronic Resident Identity Cards, data utilization access permits are granted by the Regent / Mayor. After submitting the permit to the Regent / Mayor, then the Cooperation Agreement (PKS) is signed. Furthermore, the Regional Apparatus Organization or public service agencies form a Technical Team implementing the cooperation. Furthermore, data access will be given according to their needs and usage. The user access institution will be monitored by the Regent / Mayor through the Department of population and civil registration, and periodic control, supervision and evaluation will be conducted.

scholarly journals Non-Monotonic Ontology-based Abstractions of Data Services

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianluca Cima ◽  
Maurizio Lenzerini ◽  
Antonella Poggi
Keyword(s):  
Great Majority ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Expressive Power ◽  
Domain Ontology ◽  
Simple Extension ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Data Layer ◽  
Technical Details ◽  
The One

In Ontology-Based Data Access (OBDA), a domain ontology is linked to the data sources of an organization in order to query, integrate and manage data through the concepts and relations of the domain of interest, thus abstracting from the technical details of the data layer implementation. While the great majority of contributions in OBDA in the last decade have been concerned with the issue of computing the answers of queries expressed over the ontology, recent papers address a different problem, namely the one of providing suitable abstractions of data services, i.e., characterizing or explaining the semantics of queries over the sources in terms of queries over the domain ontology. Current works on this subject are based on expressing abstractions in terms of unions of conjunctive queries (UCQs) over the ontology. In this paper we advocate the use of a non-monotonic language for this task. As a first contribution, we present a simple extension of UCQs with non-monotonic features, and show that non-monotonicity provides more expressive power in characterizing the semantics of data services. A second contribution is to prove that, similarly to the case of monotonic abstractions, depending on the expressive power of the languages used to specify the various components of the OBDA system, there are cases where neither perfect nor approximated abstractions exist for a given data service. As a third contribution, we single out interesting special cases where the existence of abstractions is guaranteed, and we present algorithms for computing such abstractions in these cases.

scholarly journals Regulating Statistics in the Age of Data Abundance

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Bromley
Keyword(s):  
Data Sharing ◽  
Data Linkage ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Data Governance ◽  
Code Of Practice ◽  
Regulatory Guidance ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Regulatory Approach ◽  
Major Review

Background with rationaleThe Office for Statistics Regulation is the UK’s independent regulator of official statistics produced by public sector bodies. The Code of Practice for Statistics sets out our expectations for statistics to be produced in a trustworthy way, be of high quality, and to serve the public good by informing answers to society’s important questions. We now live in a world of increasingly abundant data. Statistics producers need to adapt to this environment, and so do we as regulators. ApproachThe Code of Practice was updated in 2018 with new provisions to maximise the potential use of data for both citizens and organisations, and to make data available for wider reuse with appropriate safeguards. We have supplemented our commitment to these provisions with a review of data sharing and linking in government, new regulatory guidance on data governance, an increased focus on data access challenges (particularly users of English health data), and by putting data at the heart of our regulatory vision (published in summer 2019). These steps build on our existing work around admin data quality. OverviewThe National Statistician’s response to our data sharing and linkage review included many welcome commitments and a major review of data linkage methodology is now underway. A data linkage community is developing across government. However, we have raised concerns about ongoing difficulties with admin data sharing between departments, resource constraints, and the limited extent of public engagement about data sharing and use. ConclusionsOur regulatory approach to data is evolving and we are building new relationships with organisations with an interest in data beyond the statistics world. Our work to support users to access admin data may yet require more direct interventions to bring about the outcomes we desire. We are keen to share our experiences with admin data users.

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