James Thanks for joining the debate and hopefully I can answer your questions.
Regards James On 27 September 2010 17:43, Passmore, James H <[email protected]> wrote: > A few questions, not sure if they are related purely to the Business, > Processes, and People viewpoint. > > [1] Should A 'single face of NERC' allow discovery of metadata and linkages > to data, for projects which NERC and it's data centres are involved in, but > don't hold all, some, or any of the data. For example ? daem /son of > daem... > If its funded (partly or otherwise) by NERC and considered to be important data (see Data Value Checklist Project - another Science Information Strategy Project) and not commercially sensitive then it should be discoverable via the 'Single Face of NERC'. The example you use is interesting in that on the face of it it appears to be Informatics Research - linking existing models - a new technique I assume? If so, not really relevant to the 'Single Face of NERC' as a dataset. However once the new technique has produced a new model that links CEH and BGS data then this should be discoverable. > > [2] If BGS and CEH are working collaboratively to build a single data set > (for example) would A 'single face of NERC' show only one metadata record? > How or who should manage this. > I believe that this would be one metadata record with potentially several contact names. > > [3] Looking at the all viewpoints as a whole I couldn't work out who should > be describing the concern of the external user/stakeholder of such A 'single > face of NERC'; best candidates seem to be Enterprise or Information. > See answer below - probably a bit of both. > > [4] Who are the likely users / benefactors of A 'single face of NERC' > I think the intention is for the users to be interdisciplinary scientists. If they aren't working across disciplines then they should go to the relevant data centre. Defining exactly who the stakeholders are and what they want is the focus of another NERC Science Information Project (Stakeholder Consultation). There is definitely a corporate angle to this too - knowledge exchange, capability marketing type stuff. > > I don't know the answers, I'm just trying to get my head around what's been > discussed so far, and concentrate my mind on the viewpoints I need to write > to > > thanks > > > ,,, > James (o o) > ======================oOO==(_)==OOo=== > James Passmore > Information Systems > British Geological Survey > Tel: +44 (0)115 936 3125 > Fax: +44 (0)115 936 3215 > http://www.bgs.ac.uk/ > > > > > > > > -- > This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC > is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents > of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless > it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to > NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system. > _______________________________________________ > NDG-technical mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ncas.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ndg-technical > -- James Doughty Director Diass Limited 07985 443973 [email protected]
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