1. CyberInfrastructure in Materials Science Seven Slides to a Provocative CyberInfrastructure John Rumble Information International Associates Oak Ridge TN

2. CyberInfrastructure in Materials Science My Credentials

3. CyberInfrastructure in Materials Science Standards Why For What How

4. CyberInfrastructure in Materials Science Standards - Why To help materials R&D exploit the Information Revolution The NSF CyberInfrastructure wants ideas!

5. CyberInfrastructure in Materials Science Standards – For What The Basics Material  Uniqueness – that specific material  Equivalency – two materials are the same to a specified degree Properties and characteristics Conditions under which that property and characteristic is valid

6. CyberInfrastructure in Materials Science Standards – For What Interoperability of Databases Software Data exploitation (visualization, mining and more) Articles and automated experiment/calculation reporting and deposition Archiving More

7. CyberInfrastructure in Materials Science Standards - How Neutral formats  Allows one to maintain own format  Only requires translation into and out of format Define data elements  Include normal data dictionary (ontology) information  Identify minimum set necessary  Define others in case wanted or needed  Allow extensions (self-definition)  Do not underestimate difficulties in resolving nomenclature problems Separate semantics from syntax

8. CyberInfrastructure in Materials Science Standards - How You must be motivated to build a standard You must have motivation to use a standard Industry builds and uses standards for business reasons If it is hard to build a standard, the motivation is usually lacking Why do scientists build standards?

9. CyberInfrastructure in Materials Science The Opportunities for NSF CyberInfrastructure and Materials Science 1.R&D on the use of MatML in data exploitation – visualization, mining, etc. 2.R&D on metadata requirements and use of MatML in software interoperability – up/down material scale; software components 3.R&D on the theory of measurement uncertainty for modeling and simulation: physical models; algorithm development; coding [perhaps with NIST] 4.R&D on standards for materials data/information archiving: who, what, how, support, deposition, compatibility, international issues [perhaps with CODATA]

10. CyberInfrastructure in Materials Science CyberInfrastructure is in Its Infancy Newgrange – Ireland 6000 years old Aligned to the rising sun in the winter solstice Depended on careful observational data on the rising sun One data point!