HR: 1330h
AN: U22A-0018    [PDF]
TI: The Living With a Star Scientific Resource Access System: A Concept for Getting the Information to Do Science
AU: * Immer, E
EM: lis.immer@jhuapl.edu
AF: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723 United States
AU: Daley, R
EM: rose.daley@jhuapl.edu
AF: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723 United States
AU: Stock, J
EM: jackie.stock@jhuapl.edu
AF: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723 United States
AU: Fortner, B
EM: brand.fortner@jhuapl.edu
AF: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723 United States
AU: Jen, J
EM: julia.jen@jhuapl.edu
AF: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723 United States
AB: Answering complex science questions often means that a scientist must find and use a variety of scientific resources. These resources can include static data in various formats, complex data assimilation models, and conversion and analysis tools. Although the wide acceptance of the Internet has led to an explosion of accessible scientific resources, it has also created a Babel of incompatible formats, data descriptions, and access methods. At the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, we have devised a concept that uses metadata and commonly understood scientific concepts to provide easier discovery and access to these necessarily heterogeneous resources for "doing science". This concept simplifies the integration of resources in a single system, and enables the interconnection of complex data systems including virtual observatories. Frequently, adding resources to data systems requires the development of specialized software to identify and supply data. Our goal is to eliminate the need to create this specialized software and instead utilize existing protocols, formats, and metadata. We will present the status of our efforts to demonstrate this concept.
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MN: 2003 Fall Meeting