Invited Cross-Cutting Themes

Proceedings
Table of Contents

Keynote Speakers

Invited Cross-Cutting Themes

CODATA 2015

Physical Science Data

Biological Science Data

Earth and Environmental Data

Behavioral and Social Science Data

Informatics and Technology

Data Science

Technical Demonstrations

Large Data Projects

Poster Sessions

Public Lectures

Program at a Glance

List of Participants
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About the CODATA 2002 Conference

Invited Speakers Theme 1:
Preservation and Archiving of Scientific and Technical Data

Invited Speakers Theme 2:
Legal Issues in Using and Sharing Scientific and Technical Data

Invited Speakers Theme 3:
Interoperability and Data Integration

Invited Speakers Theme 4:
Information Economics for Scientific and Technical Data

Invited Speakers Theme 5:
Emerging Tools and Techniques for Data Handling

Invited Speakers Theme 6:
Ethics in the Creation and Use of Scientific and Technical Data

Invited Speakers Theme 1:
Preservation and Archiving of Scientific and Technical Data

1. The Challenge of Archiving and Preserving Remotely Sensed Data
John L. Faundeen
US Geological Survey, EROS Data Center, USA
[abstract] [slides (html)] [slides (pdf)]

2. The Virtual Observatory: The Future of Data and Information Management in Astrophysics
David Schade
Canadian Astronomy Data Centre, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council, Canada
[abstract] [slides (html)] [slides (pdf)]

3. Towards a New Knowledge of Global Climate Changes: Meteorological Data Archiving and Processing Aspects
Alexander M. Sterin
All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information, Russia
[abstract] [slides (html)] [slides (pdf)]

4. Strategies for Selection and Appraisal of Scientific Data for Preservation
Seamus Ross, University of Glasgow and Principal Director ERPANET, UK
[abstract] [paper]

Invited Speakers Theme 2:
Legal Issues in Using and Sharing Scientific and Technical Data

1. Search for Balance: Legal Protection for Data Compilations in the U.S.
Steven Tepp
US Copyright Office, Library of Congress, USA
[abstract] [presentation remarks were based upon these reports]

2. Legal (dis)incentives for creating, disseminating, utilizing and sharing data for scientific and technical purposes
Kenji Naemura
Keio University, Shonan-Fujisawa Campus, Japan
[abstract] [paper]

3. Scientific and Technical Data Policy and Management in China
Sun Honglie
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
[abstract] [paper]

4. A Contractually Reconstructed Research Commons for Scientific Data in a Highly Protectionist Intellectual Property Environment
J.H. Reichman, Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC, USA
and Paul F. Uhlir, The National Academies, Washington, DC, USA
[abstract] [paper]

Invited Speakers Theme 3:
Interoperability and Data Integration

1. Interoperability in Geospatial Web Services
Jeff de La Beaujardiere
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
[abstract] [slides (html)] [slides (pdf)]

2. Expanding Spatial Data Infrastructure Capabilities to Optimize Use and Sharing of Geographic Data: A Developing World Perspective
Harlan Onsrud, University of Maine, USA
[abstract] [paper]

3. Interoperability of Biological Data Resources
Hideaki Sugawara, National Institute of Genetics, Japan
[abstract] [slides (pdf)]

4. The Open Archives Initiative: A low-barrier framework for interoperability
Carl Lagoze
Department of Computer Science, Cornell University, USA
[abstract] [slides (html)] [slides (pdf)]

Invited Speakers Theme 4:
Information Economics for Scientific and Technical Data

1. Legal Protection of Databases and Science in the "European Research Area": Economic Policy and IPR Practice in the Wake of the 1996 EC Directive
Paul A. David
Stanford University and All Souls College, Oxford
[abstract] [paper]

2. Studies on the Economic Impact of the Intellectual Property Protection of Non-Original Databases
Helga Tabuchi
Copyright Law Division, WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland
[abstract] [paper (pdf)] [slides (html)] [slides (pdf)]

3. The Digital National Framework: Underpinning the Knowledge Economy
Keith Murray
Geographic Information Strategy, Ordinance Survey, UK
[abstract] [paper]

4. Borders in Cyberspace: Conflicting Public Sector Information Policies and their Economic Impacts
Peter Weiss
Strategic Planning and Policy Office, National Weather Service, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA
[abstract] [slides (html)] [slides (pdf)]

Invited Speakers Theme 5:
Emerging Tools and Techniques for Data Handling

1. From GeoSpatial to BioSpatial: Managing Three-dimensional Structure Data in the Sciences
Xavier R. Lopez, Oracle Corporation
[abstract] [slides (html)] [slides (pdf)]

2. Benefits and Limitations of Mega-Analysis Illustrated Using the WAIS
John L. Horn, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, USA
David Johnson, Building Engineering and Science Talent, USA
[abstract] [paper]

3. Publication, Retrieval and Exchange of Data: an Emerging Web-based Global Solution
Henry Kehiaian
Institut de Topologie et de Dynamique des Systèmes, Université Denis Diderot, France
[abstract] [paper]

4. Creating Knowledge from Computed Data for the Design of Materials
Erich Wimmer
Materials Design s.a.r.l., France and USA
[abstract] [slides (html)] [slides (pdf)]

Invited Speakers Theme 6:
Ethics in the Creation and Use of Scientific and Technical Data

1. Ethics and Values Relating to Scientific & Technical Data:
Lessons from Chaos Theory
Joan E. Sieber, NSF
[abstract] [slides (html)] [slides (pdf)]

2. Understanding and improving comparative data on science and technology
Denise Lievesley, UNESCO Institute for Statistics
[abstract] [paper]

3. Ethics - An Engineers' View
Horst Kremers, Comp. Sci., Berlin, Germany
[abstract] [paper]

4. Ethics in Scientific and Technical Communication
Hemanthi Ranasinghe, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
[abstract] [slides (html)] [slides (pdf)]