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1 Spatial Discovery and the Research Library Linking researcher publications and datasets Sara Lafia UCSB Geography

2 Dr. Ben Halpern sea bass counts 2

3 Dr. Ben Halpern sea bass counts Dr. Anabel Ford excavation sites 3

4 Dr. Ben Halpern sea bass counts Dr. Tom Patterson contested borders Dr. Anabel Ford excavation sites 4

5 Bridging Domains Institutional Databases 5

6 Bridging Domains Institutional Databases Domain Repositories 6

7 A Spatial Legacy The 1990s... 7

8 A Spatial Legacy today... 8

9 Current Challenge Publications Datasets research objects 9

10 Current Challenge Publications linked and georeferenced research objects Datasets semantic Metadata spatial 10

11 A Research Nexus + stable links for research objects the reinvented library + location based discovery + cross disciplinary data sharing 11

12 A Research Nexus + stable links for research objects the reinvented library + location based discovery + cross disciplinary data sharing 12

13 A Research Nexus + stable links for research objects the reinvented library + location based discovery + cross disciplinary data sharing 13

14 Handling Queries + Which datasets are referenced by competency questions a particular publication? + Which publications reference a particular dataset? + Which datasets overlap spatially? 14

15 Handling Queries + Which datasets are referenced by competency questions a particular publication? + Which publications reference a particular dataset? + Which datasets overlap spatially? 15

16 Handling Queries + Which datasets are referenced by competency questions a particular publication? + Which publications reference a particular dataset? + Which datasets overlap spatially? 16

17 Research Datasets and Publications Researcher Place Domain Dataset Location Publication Repository Dr. Anabel Ford Guatemala, Belize, Mexico archaeology Archaeological Sites UCSB OpenData Assessing the Situation at El Pilar UCSB escholarship global ecology Science of Marine Reserves: Meta-analysis: Global synthesis Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) Biological effects within no-take marine reserves: a global synthesis UCSB UCeLinks via WorldCat global political science World Boundaries of Disputed Areas EarthWorks Natural Earth SearchWorks 17

18 Research Datasets and Publications Researcher Place Domain Dataset Location Publication Repository Dr. Anabel Ford Guatemala, Belize, Mexico archaeology Archaeological Sites UCSB OpenData Assessing the Situation at El Pilar UCSB escholarship Dr. Ben Halpern global ecology Science of Marine Reserves: Meta-analysis: Global synthesis Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) Biological effects within no-take marine reserves: a global synthesis UCSB UCeLinks via WorldCat global political science World Boundaries of Disputed Areas EarthWorks Natural Earth SearchWorks 18

19 Research Datasets and Publications Researcher Place Domain Dataset Location Publication Repository Dr. Anabel Ford Guatemala, Belize, Mexico archaeology Archaeological Sites UCSB OpenData Assessing the Situation at El Pilar UCSB escholarship Dr. Ben Halpern global ecology Science of Marine Reserves: Meta-analysis: Global synthesis Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) Biological effects within no-take marine reserves: a global synthesis UCSB UCeLinks via WorldCat Dr. Tom Patterson global political science World Boundaries of Disputed Areas EarthWorks Natural Earth SearchWorks 19

20 Data Model Science of Marine Reserves: Metaanalysis: Global synthesis publication 20

21 Data Model Science of Marine Reserves: Metaanalysis: Global synthesis publication DC: references dataset knb Cumulative human impacts: Supplementary data 21

22 Data Model Science of Marine Reserves: Metaanalysis: Global synthesis publication DC: isreferencedby DC: references dataset knb Cumulative human impacts: Supplementary data 22

23 Method Data hosting: research data are published and identified by URIs URIs: retrieved for corresponding publications from repositories associated datasets Vocabularies: OpenRefine with RDF extension generates a graph Implementation: Publication data relationships serialized as triples 23

24 Method Data hosting: research data are published and identified by URIs URIs: retrieved for corresponding publications from repositories associated datasets Vocabularies: OpenRefine with RDF extension generates a graph external repositories Implementation: Publication data relationships serialized as triples internal repository 24

25 Method Data hosting: research data are published and identified by URIs URIs: retrieved for corresponding publications from repositories publication Vocabularies: OpenRefine with RDF extension generates a graph dataset Implementation: Publication data relationships serialized as triples 25

26 Method Data hosting: research data are published and identified by URIs URIs: retrieved for corresponding publications from repositories publication DC: isreferencedby Vocabularies: OpenRefine with RDF extension generates a graph DC: references dataset Implementation: Publication data relationships serialized as triples 26

27 Implementation University of California, Santa Barbara Open Data + Which publications reference a particular dataset? SELECT?data?publication?name?label WHERE {?publication a dcterms:bibliographicresource... 27

28 Implementation + Which datasets are referenced by a particular publication? SELECT?data?publication?name?label WHERE {...?data dcterms:isreferencedby?publication... 28

29 Implementation + Which datasets overlap spatially? SELECT?data?publication?name?label WHERE {... FILTER (?name, Ford ) } 29

30 Next Steps + Who referenced my dataset? my publication? my spatial extent? + How often? In what context? In what domain? 30

31 Next Steps + Who referenced my dataset? my publication? my spatial extent? + How often? In what context? In what domain? 31

32 Dr. Ben Halpern sea bass counts Dr. Tom Patterson contested borders Dr. Anabel Ford excavation sites 32

33 Special thanks to: Jon Jablonski, Werner Kuhn, Savannah Cooley, and F. Antonio Medrano Linking researcher publications and datasets UCSB s Open Data instance:

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