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Ti le
The DiSSCo Knowledgebase
Au ho (s)
Pe e sen, Ma eike
on Me ing, Sabine
Glöckle , Falko
Pim Reis, Julia
Iden i ie o he au ho (s)
h ps://o cid.o g/0000-0001-8666-1931 (MP)
h ps://o cid.o g/0000-0003-2982-7792 (S M)
h ps://o cid.o g/0000-0002-7127-2738 (FG)
h ps://o cid.o g/0000-0002-5357-6148 (JR)
A ilia ion
Museum ü Na u kunde – Leibniz Ins i u e o
E olu ion and Biodi e si y Science
(h ps:// o .o g/052d1a351)
Publishe Iden i ie o he publishe
Resou ce ID
Publica ion yea
2020
Rela ed iden i ie s
Is i he i s ime you submi his ou come?
Yes
C ea ion da e
18/012/2020
Ve sion
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Abs ac
As an ini ia i e o med by public esea ch ins i u ions, DiSSCo is commi ed o Open Science. We belie e
ha Open Science no only makes he scien i ic wo k mo e anspa en and accessible bu also enables a
whole new se o collabo a i e and IT-based scien i ic me hods. The e o e, he ou pu s o ou common
esea ch p ojec s a e openly a ailable as much as possible and esea ch da a easily Findable, mo e
Accessible, In e ope able and Reusable (FAIR p inciple).
DiSSCo P epa e (DPP), he p epa a o y p ojec phase o DiSSCo, will build on p o ound echnical
knowledge om a ious sou ces and ini ia i es. In o de o allow o e icien knowledge and echnology
ans e o pa ne s building he DiSSCo echnical backbone, a cen al and eely accessible DiSSCo
Knowledgebase will be designed and implemen ed wi hin he p ojec . The concep ual and de elopmen al
wo k is done unde he Wo k Package “Common Resou ces and S anda ds” and he Task “DiSSCo
Knowledgebase o echnical de elopmen ” (bo h led by he Museum ü Na u kunde Be lin). This hub o
knowledge managemen ele an wi hin he DiSSCo con ex will no only s o e all esea ch ou pu s om
DiSSCo-linked p ojec s in one place bu also ac as a e e ence o u he building blocks ele an o he
DiSSCo Resea ch In as uc u e (RI).
Con en keywo ds
scien i ic
P ojec e e ence
DiSSCo P epa e (GA-871043) WP numbe
WP5
P ojec ou pu
Techno Blog
Deli e able/miles one numbe
MS5.5
Dissemina ion le el
Public Righ s
License
CC0 1.0 Uni e sal (CC0 1.0)
Resou ce ype
Tex
Fo ma
PDF
Funding P og amme
H2020-INFRADEV-2019-2
Con ac email
sabine. onme ing@m n.be lin
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DiSSCo P epa e
WP Lead: Ma eike Pe e sen (M N)
Task Lead: Ma eike Pe e sen & Falko Glöckle (bo h M N)
Au ho s: Ma eike Pe e sen, Sabine on Me ing, Falko Glöckle , Julia Pim Reis (all
M N)
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Abs ac
As an ini ia i e o med by public esea ch ins i u ions, DiSSCo is commi ed o Open Science. We belie e
ha Open Science no only makes he scien i ic wo k mo e anspa en and accessible bu also enables a
whole new se o collabo a i e and IT-based scien i ic me hods. The e o e, he ou pu s o ou common
esea ch p ojec s a e openly a ailable as much as possible and esea ch da a easily Findable, mo e
Accessible, In e ope able and Reusable (FAIR p inciple).
DiSSCo P epa e (DPP), he p epa a o y p ojec phase o DiSSCo, will build on p o ound echnical
knowledge om a ious sou ces and ini ia i es. In o de o allow o e icien knowledge and echnology
ans e o pa ne s building he DiSSCo echnical backbone, a cen al and eely accessible DiSSCo
Knowledgebase will be designed and implemen ed wi hin he p ojec . The concep ual and de elopmen al
wo k is done unde he Wo k Package “Common Resou ces and S anda ds” and he Task “DiSSCo
Knowledgebase o echnical de elopmen ” (bo h led by he Museum ü Na u kunde Be lin). This hub o
knowledge managemen ele an wi hin he DiSSCo con ex will no only s o e all esea ch ou pu s om
DiSSCo-linked p ojec s in one place bu also ac as a e e ence o u he building blocks ele an o he
DiSSCo Resea ch In as uc u e (RI).
G an Ag eemen numbe : 871043 — DiSSCo P epa e — H2020-INFRADEV-2018-2020 / H2020-
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INFRADEV-2019-2
The DiSSCo Knowledgebase
Au ho s: Ma eike Pe e sen*, Julia Pim Reis*, Sabine on Me ing*, Falko Glöckle *
* Museum ü Na u kunde Be lin, Ge many
In oduc ion
As an ini ia i e o med by public esea ch ins i u ions, DiSSCo is commi ed o Open Science. We
belie e ha Open Science no only makes he scien i ic wo k mo e anspa en and accessible bu also
enables a whole new se o collabo a i e and IT-based scien i ic me hods. The e o e, he ou pu s o ou
common esea ch p ojec s a e openly a ailable as much as possible and esea ch da a easily Findable,
mo e Accessible, In e ope able and Reusable (FAIR p inciple).
DiSSCo P epa e (DPP), he p epa a o y p ojec phase o DiSSCo, will build on p o ound echnical
knowledge om a ious sou ces and ini ia i es. In o de o allow o e icien knowledge and echnology
ans e o pa ne s building he DiSSCo echnical backbone, a cen al and eely accessible DiSSCo
Knowledgebase will be designed and implemen ed wi hin he p ojec . The concep ual and de elopmen al
wo k is done unde he Wo k Package “Common Resou ces and S anda ds” and he Task “DiSSCo
Knowledgebase o echnical de elopmen ” (bo h led by he Museum ü Na u kunde Be lin). This hub o
knowledge managemen ele an wi hin he DiSSCo con ex will no only s o e all esea ch ou pu s om
DiSSCo-linked p ojec s in one place bu also ac as a e e ence o u he building blocks ele an o
he DiSSCo Resea ch In as uc u e (RI).
App oach
As a i s s ep, he ex en o in o ma ion ypes expec ed o be s o ed in he knowledgebase was
collec ed. To ge he mos comple e pic u e we discussed his opic wi hin he espec i e p ojec ask
g oup and wo k package, bu also oge he wi h p ojec o e a ching bodies such as he DiSSCo
Technical Team. As a las p epa a o y s ep, we sen a su ey o all ask and wo k package leads o DPP
o e alua e which in o ma ion ypes pa ne s a e planning o make a ailable ia he knowledgebase. The
eedback was included in he discussions and planning s eps. The la es o e iew o desi ed in o ma ion
ypes is gi en in Figu e 1.
Figu e 1: In o ma ion Types in he DiSSCo Knowledgebase. Expec ed clus e o in o ma ion ca ego ies
(blue do s) based on DPP P ojec ou comes and ele an ex e nal esou ces. The o ma o esou ces
a ies wi hin and among in o ma ion ypes.
As he e m knowledgebase adi ionally was used in a con ex o p o iding machines wi h a da abase o
ac s o easoning p ocesses, he pa ne s ag eed ha we would use he e m wi h a main ocus on
human eadabili y in he DiSSCo Knowledgebase in he i s place. The impo ance o machine
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eadabili y a ies amongs di e en in o ma ion ypes. Howe e , he me ada a will be machine- eadable
in a consis en manne .
Acco ding o ou indings, he di e en in o ma ion ypes a y in o ma s and sys em equi emen s and
canno be s o ed in one single sys em. Whe eas o some in o ma ion ypes he a ge sys em is mo e o
less se (e.g. Gi Hub o so wa e code), o o he s a well conside ed decision is necessa y. Task
pa ne s ocused on a decision abou a so wa e sys em o he mos common in o ma ion ype “Public
Documen s and Ex e nal Resou ces” in o de o agg ega e e e ences o dis ibu ed documen s and
sou ces in a single poin o en y. A comp ehensi e landscape analysis wi h sho p esen a ions o each
sys em ook place du ing wo ask g oup mee ings. Fo he decision p ocess, equi emen s o he
knowledgebase we e collec ed and p io i ised.
C i e ia o op p io i y o he decision o an app op ia e componen o he knowledgebase o se e he
in o ma ion ype “Public Documen s and Ex e nal Resou ces” we e:
Capabili y o s o ing documen s and ee ex o e e encing deli e ables, publica ions and
Ques ions and Answe s / FAQs
Ex ensibili y & cus omiza ion (plugins o ex ensions)
Comp ehensi e public echnical documen a ion and use documen a ion
Comp ehensi e REST API
Mechanisms o s able e sioning o con en
Sea ch index (including he capabili y o indexing o cus omizable me ada a)
Hie a chical s uc u ing o pages and o he en i ies
Capabili y o s uc u ing he con en by ca ego ies, ags o labels
File upload, s o age and download
Use - iendly sea ch unc ionali y
Regula secu i y upda es
View and download unc ionali y o common documen and image ile o ma s
Op ion o un an ins ance in a cloud en i onmen ( a he han a So wa e as a Se ice app oach)
Sus ainabili y o he so wa e p oduc (e.g. o ganisa ion in place o suppo and main ain)
Based on he equi emen s, he mos p omising sys ems we e DSpace, CKAN, and Al esco. All h ee
p oduc s mee he equi emen s o he espec i e in o ma ion ype “Public documen s and ex e nal
esou ces” in he knowledgebase acco ding o he p io i ized c i e ia. So, he ollowing addi ional aspec s
wi h espec o he implemen a ion and main enance ha e been included in he decision p ocess: la es
eleases, size o use communi y, egula suppo and good so wa e main enance allowing he
co ec ion o possible bugs, and egula secu i y upda es. Thus, he eam chose DSpace, an open
sou ce eposi o y so wa e package o ich and powe ul ea u es ha ocus on long- e m s o age,
access and p ese a ion o digi al con en . I is a ailable as ee so wa e unde an open-sou ce license
in a public Gi Hub eposi o y and has a huge use communi y and a e y ac i e g oup o de elope s. I
o e s cus omizable in e aces, a ull- ex -sea ch whe e he p o ided me ada a o con en is indexed o
be sea chable and accessible wi h he use o a REST API enabling he da a o be FAIR. A eliable
sea ch unc ionali y allows he end-use s o ind he con en wi hou delay e en o huge amoun s o da a
which is essen ial ega ding scalabili y wi h an inc easing amoun o linked in o ma ion. A lis o mo e
con incing key ea u es o DSpace can be accessed a he o icial websi e.
Fi s Ve sion
The implemen a ion o DSpace as a i s e sion o he DiSSCo Knowledgebase co e will ha e a
cus omized layou wi h he DiSSCo b anding. I will allow o c ea e a hie a chy o DiSSCo-linked p ojec s
and hei espec i e collec ions o documen s and e e ences. In o de o s o e con en like F equen ly
Asked Ques ions (FAQs), bes p ac ices, guidelines, ecommenda ions and documen ed decisions on
he RI, he DiSSCo pa ne s will be enabled o ex end he knowledgebase wi h hei con en (being ee
ex o iles) wi h he help o easy- o-use web- o ms ha include a ich ex edi o . An edi o ial wo k low
modelled in he sys em will allow he pla o m adminis a o s o e iew he con en p io o publica ion ia
ole based access. This will also allow o p epa ing documen s p i a ely be o e publishing hem and
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conduc ing a p o ound quali y assu ance.
The i s e sion o he DiSSCo Knowledgebase will be launched by end o Janua y 2021
a h p://know.dissco.eu
Nex S eps
As a nex s ep, he cu en esul s o he implemen a ion o he DiSSCo Knowledgebase will be
p esen ed a he i s All Hands ( i ual) Mee ing o DiSSCo P epa e (18 – 22 Janua y 2021). This is an
e en ha will b ing oge he leade s and pa ne s o he p ojec , wi h he objec i e o p esen , discuss
and p oduce key elemen s o wha will become Eu ope’s leading na u al science collec ions Resea ch
In as uc u e, DiSSCo RI. In a dedica ed session, he pa icipan s will ha e he oppo uni y o es he
i s e sion o he knowledgebase by b owsing he so wa e and es ing he ea u es, allowing us o
collec eedback and equi emen s om he p ojec pa ne s.
The DiSSCo Knowledgebase, in i s inal e sion, will p o ide s uc u ed echnical documen a ion o
iden i ied DiSSCo echnical building blocks, such as web se ices, PID sys ems, con olled ocabula ies,
on ologies and da a s anda ds o bio- and geo-collec ion objec s, collec ion desc ip ions, digi al asse s
s anda ds as well as domain-speci ic so wa e p oduc s o quali y assu ance and moni o ing; an
assessmen o hei echnical eadiness o DiSSCo as well as speci ica ions on hei ele ance o he
o e all DiSSCo echnical in as uc u e and he DiSSCo da a model.
Ou look
DiSSCo uses a DOI namespace p o ided by Da aCi e o assigning DOIs o documen s like public
deli e ables and epo s. This p ocess will be au oma ed wi h he help o a DSpace plugin on he
documen ’s submission. In addi ion, deposi ing and linking documen s on Zenodo will be in eg a ed.
To inc ease he indabili y o con en he me ada a will be linked and en iched by c oss- e e ences o
ela ed con en and ex e nal esou ces (e.g. ORCID). In o de o op imize he indabili y e en ou side he
sea ch in e ace o he knowledgebase he JSON-LD o ma will be embedded in he landing pages, so
he isibili y o DiSSCo ou come and knowledge is maximized in he big sea ch engines.
O e he cou se o he upcoming yea 2021 all he o he in o ma ion ypes will be accommoda ed o
linked in he DiSSCo Knowledgebase. This can be assu ed by submi ing a leas a me ada a desc ip ion
abou in o ma ion ha will be managed ou side o DSpace (e.g. so wa e code on Gi Hub o con olled
ocabula y in WikiBase). Bu by p o iding machine- eadable o ma s, cus om plugins in DSpace will
allow e en iche connec ions be ween di e en componen s o he DiSSCo Knowledgebase.
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