Objectives
Provided comprehensive and competent services to ensure focal collection,
distribution, dissemination, project related and external utilisation,
publication, archiving, and final banking of data, results, miscellaneous
information, and documents acquired and produced within the project by
the different research institutions and scientific teams. Moreover, data
and information management shall foster the co-operation of the different
scientific teams and shall optimise project internal communication and
information exchange.
Description
Within LOLEIF project different types of data and information were acquired,
processed and produced, like
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in-situ data measured at lighthouse Norstrømsgrund such as e.g.
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level ice thickness,
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ice forces, raw and analysed data,
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ridge profiles,
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mechanical properties of ice and ridges,
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ice drift velocity and direction,
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meteorological and oceanographic data;
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Laboratory data and results of analysis as e.g.
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mechanical properties of ice,
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structural parameters,
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ice laboratory experimental data;
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aggregated results of structural and mechanical modelling of ice structure
interaction;
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documentation, reports, publications, graphics and other meta data.
All data and information management work allocated for the project are
in compliance with rules and regulations laid down in the MAST Code
of Data Management as well as with international applicable standards
of data management.
The data management services included in particular the following activities:
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Data management set-up
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Identification and classification of data and information acquired / produced
by the project teams,
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identification of project internal requirements for data and information
exchange,
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set-up of project internal data exchange and management procedures.
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Accompanying data management
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Set-up of a project internal focal point for merging, exchange, and retrieval
of data and information,
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provide communication and dissemination support to the project teams,
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set-up, maintenance and operation of the project's web site,
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maintenance of data and information handled via the LOLEIF web site and
through other links provided.
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Data merging and archiving
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Elaboration of LOLEIF file system design and of project tailored specifications
for data and information handling tools,
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merging of LOLEIF data, aggregated model and test results, and basic meta
data on a CD-ROM combined with PC-tools for data and information retrieval
including (if required a security tool allowing the implementation of access
restrictions),
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adaptation and compilation of tools for LOLEIF data retrieval (including
tools for display and linkage of data and information),
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production of a master CD-ROM and documentation,
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if applicable, delivery of public LOLEIF data (hydrography, meteorology)
to a National (Oceanographic) Data Centre for final banking.
Responsibilities
The responsibility for the data management and the data handling lies
at the project co-ordinator HSVA
who has subcontracted HYDROMOD
to conduct major parts of the work described above. The project co-ordinator
was also responsible for the post-project data handling and exploitation
of results.
Deliverables
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Data and information management support services as required and continuously
during the course of the project,
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the LOLEIF project web site (dynamically during the ongoing project, thereafter
static),
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LOLEIF database / file system specifications,
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LOLEIF final data catalogue (*),
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LOLEIF final CD-ROM and documentation (*).
(*) These deliverables
are scheduled to become available approximately six months
after all materials have
been delivered by the project teams and approved by the
project management in their
final form.
Interdependence and links with
other tasks
The data management worked as a horizontal activity interacts per
se with all tasks of the project and requires co-operation with and
input from all project teams. |
