Reference Frameworks for Assessing Maturity of Earth Science Data Products: Part 2

• The presentations from the panel are attached.
• Presentation #1: "AGU’s Data Management Assessment Program: Pilot Out-brief" by Shelley Stall of AGU
  • Two AGU DMM assessments were completed:
    • USGS ScienceBase - Data Release team
    • The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) Team
  • Shelley shared the key quotes from the actual team members who participated in the assessment process, so that the attendees could get a sense of the assessment experience.
  • Shelley also highlighted the lessons learned from the assessment process to demonstrate the possible outcomes from the assessment process.
• Presentation #2: "Data Stewardship Maturity Matrix – Use Case Study" by Sophie Hou of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
  • Lessons learned and recommendations are presented based on the experience of using the Data Stewardship Maturity Matrix to assess two different use cases (one from the Research Data Archive at NCAR and one from Santa Barbara Costal of Long Term Ecological Research)
• Presentation #3: "ESIP Use Case Update: ACADIS Data" by Ruth Duerr of Ronin Institute
  • The key objective of the assessment was to determine if the data stewardship maturity matrix was applicable to long tail data.
  • The value of a data set is often being asked, but it is not always easy to define "value".
    • However, there are several related areas that need to be considered:
      • Preservation readiness, fitness for purpose, and number of potential user communities.
  • The value of a repository is also difficult to define.
  • For the context of Ruth's assessment, the following terms have specific definitions, and these definitions are included in Ruth's presentation:
    • Curation, preservation, archiving, and storage.
  • ACADIS = Advanced Cooperative Arctic Data & Information Service: includes highly inter-disciplinary datasets.
  • Preliminary assessment of ~40 datasets was completed.
  • Currently, the datasets from ACADIS are in the process of being migrated to the NSF Arctic Data Center.
  • The new NSF Arctic Data Center provides bit-preservation services, requires ORCID, and is being backed up by NOAA.
  • However, potentially, the same maturity issues might still exist for the NSF Arctic Data Center. As a result, it could still be beneficial for the NSF Arctic Data Center to apply Data Stewardship Maturity Matrix for its assessment.
• Presentation #4: "NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)" by Nancy Ritchey of NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
  • NCEI pilot use case study is going well
  • NOAA OneStop Project is requiring DSMM assessment to be a part of OneStop-ready
  • Key features of the Data Stewardship Maturity Matrix were presented including the following links to important resources:
  • DSMM Quick Startup Guide: tinyurl.com/DSMMguide
  • DSMM Self-assessment Template: tinyurl.com/DSMMtemplate
  • DSMM Quick Graphics Tool: tinyurl.com/DSMMgraphics
  • DSMM  Introduction: tinyurl.com/DSMMintro
  • DSMM One Page: tinyurl.com/DSMMslide
  • DSMM Paper: tinyurl.com/DSMMpaper

Questions on usefulness and level of effort of utilizing maturity assessment models were asked. It has been indicated by the DSMM use case study presenters that it is useful. According to the presenters and Peng, the level of effor depends largely on familiarity and experience of evaluators with DSMM and availability and readiness of the information needed for assessment.