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| Workshop Title: |
LTER Information Managers Meeting: Information management issues and the LTER Trends project: A drawing board for making cross-site comparisons feasible |
| Report: |
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| Organizer(s): |
Christine Laney - JRN, Ken Ramsey - JRN |
| Abstract: |
The Trends project is looking at long-term trends in ecological data across the LTER Network, USDA-Agricultural Research Service and USDA Forest Service sites. Products of the Trends project include a book and a website that will be maintained and updated into the future. The Trends project website is an LTER Network Information System (NIS) module that will be maintained by the LTER Network Office. This NIS module will also be a model for developing future NIS modules that address cross-site, synthetic, network level research projects in the future.
The LTER Trends project is currently compiling long-term datasets from all 26 LTER sites, as well as several USDA-ARS and USDA-FS rangeland sites. We have found that while many long-term ecological datasets are easily accessed and manipulated online, many others are not. In addition, datasets differ widely in their accessibility, their formats, and their levels of available metadata.
This workshop will be organized in two sessions. First, we will briefly introduce the Trends project, demonstrate a prototype of the Trends website and present the challenges encountered while creating and populating the prototype website. Second, we will break-out into smaller working groups to allow participants to discuss and propose solutions and approaches to problems being faced. The results of this workshop will positively impact the future development and long-term usefulness of the Trends website and future NIS modules. |
| Format: |
Ancillary |
| Sessions requested: |
2 |
| Dates requested: |
None
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| Comments: |
It would be preferable if this workshop were in the morning for 2 consecutive sessions. |
| Working Group disciplines: |
Informatics ,
Information Technology ,
Computer Science |
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| Equipment requested: |
LCD projector, screen, flip chart, and easel. |
| Official Participants: |
None
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