The Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework: Coordinating Standards for Scalable, Practical FAIR Sharing
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04 Oct 22 17:15 UTC - Finishes at
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04 Oct 22 18:45 UTC - Venue
- Virtual Conference Room B
- Moderator
- Simon Hodson
Moderator
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Simon Hodson
CODATA, the Committee on Data of the International Science Council
Simon Hodson is the Executive Director of CODATA and is also a member of the DDI Scientific Board.. He is an expert on data policy issues and research data management. Simon has directed and contributed to a number of influential reports: he chaired the European Commission’s Expert Group on FAIR Data which produced the report Turning FAIR into Reality (https://doi.org/10.2777/1524). He was also vice-chair of the UNESCO Open Science Advisory Committee, with an influential role in drafting the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science, which was adopted in November 2021.
Presentations
Overview of Requirements and Potential Candidate Standards for a Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework
This presentation addresses the specific requirements and a possible slate of candidate standards and models for a 'cross-domain interoperability framework (CDIF)" in support of the FDOF.
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Arofan Gregory
CODATA and DDI Alliance
Arofan Gregory works as a standards expert at CODATA, focusing on the Decadal Programme and WorldFAIR projects. He has been involved in the development and implementation of many metadata standards over the past two decades, including the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) the Statistica Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX), the Generic Statistical Information Model (GSIM), and others. He is currently the chair of the DDI Cross-Domain Integration Working Group.
The Structural Description of Data: DDI-CDI and the Variable Cascade
The Data Documentation Initiative Cross-Domain Integration (DDI-CDI) specification provides a model for describing variables as they are used in different ways, and supports their packaging in a variety of ways for reuse and connection to process descriptions and concept systems. This presentation covers the main features of the standard for these purposes.
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Flavio Rizzolo
Statistics Canada and DDI Alliance
Flavio Rizzolo is a systems architect at Statistics Canada. He has been active in the development of many standards both within the domain of official statistics and in research more broadly. He is active in the UN/ECE efforts for the Modernization of Statistics, and is a member of the DDI Technical Committee and the DDI-CDI Working Group.
Examples: The Coordinated Use of Standards for Data Production and Dissemination
The CDIF concept is based on a number of real-world case studies and prototypes. This session looks at the range of standards which are employed together to support dissemination of data coming from a variety of domains, to users of many different types. Both domain-specific and domain-independent standards are involved, implemented with a variety of different technologies.
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Franck Cotton
Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques
Franck is a technology advisor at INSEE, the French National Statistical Institute, where he started as a business statistician, then became project manager for the development of a classifications management system before taking the responsibility of IT infrastructure and IT security. He is particularly active in the fields of metadata standards, linked data, and international cooperation.
Looking Forward: Planned and Needed Work (short presentation and then discussion)
There are currently many different initiatives focused on the exploration and establishment of a practical approach to scalable FAIR data-sharing across domains. This presentation looks at these and aims to situate further discussion. A path forward will be suggested, comprising, inter alia, the exploration of the idea of the cross-domain interoperability framework in the WorldFAIR project, the collaborations around the Global Open Science Cloud initiative and the CODATA Decadal Programme 'Making Data Work for Cross-Domain Grand Challenges' more generally. The session will close with discussion of the ideas presented. We will seek to identify in advance, appropriate respondants from the DCMI community who will be asked to give feedback and to suggest how this approach may intersect with current activities and thinking in the DCMI community and with related initiatives.
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Simon Hodson
CODATA, the Committee on Data of the International Science Council
Simon Hodson is the Executive Director of CODATA and is also a member of the DDI Scientific Board.. He is an expert on data policy issues and research data management. Simon has directed and contributed to a number of influential reports: he chaired the European Commission’s Expert Group on FAIR Data which produced the report Turning FAIR into Reality (https://doi.org/10.2777/1524). He was also vice-chair of the UNESCO Open Science Advisory Committee, with an influential role in drafting the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science, which was adopted in November 2021.