Building a Canadian National Research Data Management Framework Mark Leggott Executive Director Research Data Canada (RDC)

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National Data Services: Review
Mark Leggott, Executive Director | ReConnect 16| Oct 25, 2016
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> Context

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Publish or Perish
Open by
Default

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Data Input
Data
Enhancement
Data Validation
Reproducibility
Discoverability
Serendipity
Linkages
Innovation
Impact
Training
Reusability

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National Data Services
˃Storage & Preservation Services
˃Computational & Analysis Services
˃Discovery Services
˃Identifier Services
˃Dissemination Services
˃Support and Training Services
˃Policy Rationalization and Development
˃Communication and Coordination

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National Data Services - Level
˃Level
• National
• Regional
• Consortial
• Institutional
• Project
˃Design
• Centralized
• Federated
• Hybrid

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National Data Services - Scope
˃Data has no boundaries
• Data as Research Outputs
• Data as Research Inputs
˃Functions for managing data are pretty much the
same for both
˃Can we use same infrastructure for both?

9. Interoperability
9Linda Naughton, Jisc. June 2016,

10. Jisc - RDM shared services
Linda Naughton, Jisc. June 2016,
Front End/ User Interface
Middle Layer
Storage Layer
Preservation Layer
Basic Metadata Entry
Ingest UI
Registry/catalogue
search function
Data discovery UI
Landing page with DOI, Discovery
Metadata, and metrics
Data Publication UI
Data Registry/ Catalogue/ Repository
API’s CRIS, DataCite,
ORCID, LOD, funders Etc.
Archival Management
Access Data Storage Access Data Storage Archive Data Storage Archive Data Storage
Preservation/ Curation Metadata File Format Identification
tools
File/ media migration/
transformation tools
Emulation tools Other preservation/
Curation tools

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EUDAT Services
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Storage and Preservation - Current
˃Institutional IRs and Domain repositories
• NRC Gateway – Canadian Repositories
• DANS Easy, EUDAT B2SAFE, Research Data Australia
˃Repositories
• CARL Portage Network/Compute Canada FRDR and
integrations with Archivematica and Islandora
• Scholar’s Portal, BC, U of Alberta, Dataverse systems
• Open Science Framework
˃Services
• Cybera/CANARIE/CC DAIR, WestGrid ownCloud

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Storage and Preservation – Possible?
˃Pronom-like authority for identifying/transforming
research data files and outputs.
˃Policy-based replication of all research outputs to
regional and international storage.
˃One-Click acquisition of storage resources from a
national shared infrastructure.
˃Synchronization of Active Data Management Plans
and auto-provision of storage/compute resources.
˃Create preservation storage via backend
allocation of a % of active storage from all
institutions.

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Compute & Analysis Services - Current
˃Integration between HPC and Data platforms
• EUDAT B2STAGE (iRODS/GridFTP)
• VRE4EIC
• Compute Canada Globus Portal
˃Integration of Science Workflow systems for
computation AND RDM
• Taverna, VisTrails, Kepler
˃Visualization Tools
• Ninaliit

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Compute & Analysis Services – Possible?
˃Automatic selection and analysis of slice of big
data based on English language query
˃Virtual Research Data Centres – secure and
accessible
˃EU Open Science Cloud
˃BitTorrent for Live Research Data?

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Discovery Services - Current
˃National/International Federated Metadata Repos
• SHARE, DANS Search, DLI Service
• EUDAT B2SHARE, B2FIND
˃CARL Portage/Compute Canada
• FRDR System, Discovery Paper
• UBC Open Collections system
˃Federal/Provincial/Municipal Data
• GoC Open Data Portal, Alberta OG, DataBC, Toronto

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Discovery Services – Possible?
˃Siri for Research – AI Interfaces to all Outputs
˃Index fulltext/intelligent harvest of all outputs in
domain/region
˃Rich Linked Data repository of all outputs
• ResearchLink
• Research Connection
˃Other Interesting Technologies
• ContentMine, Research Data Switchboard

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Identifier Services - Current
˃Integration of ORCID into wide range of systems
• ORCID CA Project
• ORCID CA Feedback Form
˃Research Networking tools and systems
˃RDC Best Practices Document
• Unique Identifiers: Current Landscape and Future
Trends
˃Canadian Services
• UBC DOI Services
• DataCite Canada

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Identifier Services – Possible?
˃Automatic collaborator detection engine based on
description of new research approach.
˃Auto-selection of peer reviewers attached to open
peer review system.
˃Simpler harvest of disparate research/data
systems via a single API (e.g. ORCID).
˃Development of lightweight ID minting services
that can be integrated into any SW platform.
˃Adoption of ORCID by all Canadian organizations
and uptake by 100% of researchers.

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Dissemination Services - Current
˃Data Sharing
• EUDAT B2DROP
• Compute Canada Globus Portal
˃Data Publication
• OpenTrials, Open Lab/Note Books, Zenodo, Open Data
Button
• Default publication of all results
– JNRBM, JNR, PLOS Missing Pieces
• Danish Open Access Barometer

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Dissemination Services – Possible?
˃CI service with full compute environment & data
˃Default to Containers for Reproducible Research
• GUIdock, SSI, OSF Container Strategies Workshop,
ReproZip
˃Innovation in data/outputs/alerting/editing
• Biosharing
• nowomics-style updates on the latest outputs
• symplur-style “flattening” of data from all sources
• Dokieli-style article publishing

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Support and Training - Current
˃Support Networks
• Portage
– DMP Tool, RDM Services, Network of Expertise
• GoC Open Data eXchange

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Support and Training – Possible?
˃A modular international curriculum
˃Development of an Open Textbook for RDM
˃Use of Open Notebooks and related Open Data
frameworks as learning platforms

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Policy - Current
˃Principles and Policies
• TC3 OA Policy and RDM Guidelines
• RDC RDM Principles
˃Research Information Infrastructure
• OpenRIF semantic efforts
• CASRAI Community

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Policy – Possible?
˃Allocation of 2% of total R&D annual spend by
public institutions.
˃Adoption of a common set of RDM Principles by
all publicly funded organizations by 2026.
˃Adoption of RDM and Open by Default Policies by
50% of publicly funded institutions by 2020.
˃Synchronization of Canadian policy frameworks
with EU and other partners by 2020.
˃Require immediate data sharing for public health
emergencies

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RDC Portage
CASRAI RDA
Re-Use
Research Data
Research Information
LCDI
CC
CANARIE
NRC
COU
ISED
CUCCIO
CARL CAUL
ODC TC3+
Open Information
Open Data
ONC
Comms & Coordination - Current

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Comms & Coordination – Possible?
˃A single source of coordination for Canada’s RDM
and DRI organizations, with representation from
all core organizations.
˃A coordination of funding for National Data
Services.

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Portage
RDC
LCDI
Coordination

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> Research Data Canada works
with stakeholders to ensure
research data is available to
support innovation that
benefits all Canadians.

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The DCC Curation Lifecycle Model:
http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/viewFile/69/48.
Universities
Federal
Funding
Agencies
Federal
Research
Agencies
Provincial
Funding
Agencies
Provincial
Research
Agencies
Open Data
Organizations
Non-Profit &
NGO Research
Organizations
Commercial
Research
Organizations
International Agencies and Collaborators

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Role of RDC
˃Engage full stakeholder community
• Organizations that receive public research funds
• Organizations that give public research funds
• Organizations that facilitate these efforts
˃Facilitation and Coordination
˃Outreach and Communication
˃Development and Promotion of Best Practices
˃International Liaison

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researchlink.rdc-drc.ca/vivo

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RDC Outputs
National Data
Services
Framework
Requirements &
Best Practices
Mar 2017
Portage/CC/CASRAI
Outputs & Systems
Jul 2016 Jun 2017
RDA Outputs
Federal & Provincial
Outputs
Other Canadian
Outputs
Jisc Outputs
Other International
Outputs
Vision for a
National Data
Services
Framework
Nov 2016
National Data
Services and
Federated
Research Data
Repository
Framework
RDM
Ecosystem
Map
Semantic
Repository
Pilot
ORCID-CA
+ CAF SPs
DOI
Services

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Brainstorming Session
˃Charge
• Where do we want to be in 10 years?
• Let’s Blue Sky, worry about how at the next meeting!
• There will be a prize for the team that generates the
most ideas!
˃Not allowed
• But there are privacy issues…
• That would be so expensive…
• Who would do that?

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Research Data Canada is supported by CANARIE, an organization dedicated to advancing Canada's knowledge and innovation infrastructure.
mark.leggott@rdc-drc.ca | @mleggott