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

eSciDoc as an eScience Environment Requires introspection on Artifacts and Processes within the Scientific Information Lifecycle Doesn’t define Artifacts statically, but addresses their lifecycles and structures in a dynamic way Facilitates reflection on Open and Sustainable Formats Data Curation and Data Stewardship Institutional eScience Development Therefore also supports Scientific Organizational Development

eSciDoc 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: 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 Solution 1: Publication Management (PubMan)

eSciDoc Solution 2: Photo Collections (FACES)

eSciDoc Solution 2: Scanned Books (VIRR)

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

eSciDoc Infrastructure

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

Current Community Model Pubman Early Adopters Vital Interest to use PubMan soon Help on Prioritization Provide very specific Requirements Pubman Pilotgroup To shape PubMan and provide Expertise To help for PubMan dissemination To Contribute in Functional and GUI Working Groups Partner Institutes Identified needs for Solutions In Context of Research Questions Clusters of Institutes with similar Solution Interest Workshops and presentations at the Institutes

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