5:15 PM - 7:15 PM
[U06-P05] Research data management of NIES/CGER based on Global Environmental Database (GED) and Global Environmental Research Data Management System (GERDaMS)
★Invited Papers
Keywords:Open science, Open data, Research data infrastructure
The Center for Global Environmental Research (CGER), at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), was established in 1990 as a focal point for Japan’s global environmental research. One of the important roles of CGER has been developing and operating database to support and promote climate change research.
As open science has become international trend, Japanese government actively promotes research data management so that research publications and data funded by public money are accessible to everyone1. The JPGU-RDM Task Force began researching data repositories within the geoscience domain and presented some on the JPGU website, including GED.
NIES/CGER started to operate GED as a web platform for publication and search of global environmental data since 2014. Before then, the database site existed but being rather a collection of links to various data sites, and in many cases, users had to contact researchers to use desired datasets. In 2016, GED started to register DOI (Digital Object Identifier) to research data driven by a request from a researcher colleague. Data DOI leads to better data management by well-defined metadata, versioning, license, and citation manners, as well as facilitating data utilization by providing clear information to data users. Since more and more academic journals request DOI minting to evidential data of submitted papers, more researchers in CGER (and other research units of NIES) chose GED to publish their research data. In August 2022, GED was redesigned with improved site structure, user interface, and additional functions.
To support cooperative research data management, a research data management system (GERDaMS: Global Environmental Research Data Management System) has been developed since 2018 with an emphasis on data release from GED. GERDaMS provides web application-based functions for metadata creation, DOI minting, licensing, and versioning. Through the workflow of GERDaMS, researchers can naturally register information required to manage and publish datasets so that these datasets can be smoothly released via GED when needed. The prototype of GERDaMS has been released in 2022 and is still under development. Our activities to promote the publication and the utilization of research data will be presented.
1. Cabinet Office Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (April 27, 2021)
As open science has become international trend, Japanese government actively promotes research data management so that research publications and data funded by public money are accessible to everyone1. The JPGU-RDM Task Force began researching data repositories within the geoscience domain and presented some on the JPGU website, including GED.
NIES/CGER started to operate GED as a web platform for publication and search of global environmental data since 2014. Before then, the database site existed but being rather a collection of links to various data sites, and in many cases, users had to contact researchers to use desired datasets. In 2016, GED started to register DOI (Digital Object Identifier) to research data driven by a request from a researcher colleague. Data DOI leads to better data management by well-defined metadata, versioning, license, and citation manners, as well as facilitating data utilization by providing clear information to data users. Since more and more academic journals request DOI minting to evidential data of submitted papers, more researchers in CGER (and other research units of NIES) chose GED to publish their research data. In August 2022, GED was redesigned with improved site structure, user interface, and additional functions.
To support cooperative research data management, a research data management system (GERDaMS: Global Environmental Research Data Management System) has been developed since 2018 with an emphasis on data release from GED. GERDaMS provides web application-based functions for metadata creation, DOI minting, licensing, and versioning. Through the workflow of GERDaMS, researchers can naturally register information required to manage and publish datasets so that these datasets can be smoothly released via GED when needed. The prototype of GERDaMS has been released in 2022 and is still under development. Our activities to promote the publication and the utilization of research data will be presented.
1. Cabinet Office Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (April 27, 2021)