1. eSciDoc Overview
Malte Dreyer

2. The Max Planck Society (MPG – Max-Planck Gesellschaft)
78 institutes
265 directors, 4000 PhDs, 4000 PhD students
30 locations
intense cooperation with universities

3. Locations distributed organization
cooperation between different locations is very common
locations outside Germany are not shown (Nijmegen, Florence, Rome, …)

4. Fields diverse set of fields not a broad as many universities
Chemistry, Physics, Technology
Biology, Medicine, Brain Science
Law, Art, History, Cognition
not a broad as many universities
but more interdisciplinary

5. Max Planck Digital Library MPDL
Founded in 2007
Head: Laurent Romary
Departments
Information Provision
Research and Development
Open Access
Complemented by activities in many institutes
Close cooperation MPDL --- Institutes
Link to eResearch activities outside MPG
FIZ, Göttingen, Humboldt, DFG, DANS, NIMS, …

6. Our research infrastructure must match the research ambitions

7. Use of information technology for enhancing research
eResearch =
Use of information technology
for enhancing research
Kurt Mehlhorn, VP, MPG

8. 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

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

10. Collaboration Continuum of Data Idea Exploration Data Acquisition
Experiment
Aggregation
Analysis
Publication
Archiving
eSciDoc Solutions, services, and existing tools
eSciDoc Infrastructure
Continuum of Data

12. eSciDoc Solution 1: Publication Management (PubMan)

13. eSciDoc Solution 2: Photo Collections (FACES)

14. eSciDoc Solution 2: Scanned Books (VIRR)

15. Example of a Network of Interrelated Objects
Metadata
Annotation
Transcription
Metadata
Translation
Metadata
Annotation
© Institut Catholique, Paris, France

16. 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

17. 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

18. eSciDoc Architecture 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

19. eSciDoc as an eScience Environment
Facilitates introspection on
Artifacts and Processes within the Scientific Information Lifecycle
Possible Artifact Aggregations and Relations
Open and Sustainable Formats
Data Curation and Data Stewardship
Institutional eScience Potential
Therefore also supports Scientific Organizational Development

20. eSciDoc Outside View
First Releases available for Download at escidoc.org
Established Open Source License -> CDDL and CC-by
eSciDoc Days 9./10. June 2008 in Berlin
Starting External Community Building
> 100 Participants
External Vital Interest
HU-Berlin, Germany
DANS, Netherlands
NIMS, Japan
GBV, Göttingen, Germany
GFZ Potsdam, Germany
King’s College, UK

21. Results WALS http://wals.info/ Pubman Release 3
Faces Release 1
VIRR Release 1
Erhebliche Verbesserungen der Performance
Item Retrieval 2007: 4-10s, zurzeit: 2ms
Ingest pro Item 2007: 40s, zurzeit: 250ms

22. Architektur

23. Core Services

24. Intermediary Services

25. Application Services

26. Overall Timeline Closed Project “Test Drive” Community Project
MPS/ FIZ Karlsruhe - internal
community process
Evolving community process
Fully fledged open community process
eSciDoc Days
June 10, 2008
eSciDoc project ends
July 31, 2009
Seite eSciDoc Project

27. Thank You for the Attention !
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Thank You for the Attention !