01 Discovery, Access, and Evaluation

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Last updated: Oct 03, 2023 by Laura
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Google Drive folder for this group: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LmUShvtQ7-8d30SXIDYdHJM6LDQQWgn4?usp=drive_link

Existing CDIF draft on this topic: https://github.com/Cross-Domain-Interoperability-Framework/Discovery/blob/main/discoverability.md

Outline of this topic

  • Look at the existing work regarding data discovery and access

  • Extend this to address the related aspects of data assessment and evaluation

  • Much of the metadata required is the same

    • Identify commonalities

    • Describe metadata profiles which build toward a coherent, complete set, based on function

  • Status:

    • Existing discovery draft, reasonably mature

    • Access work has started not as mature

    • Connection to data integration needs to be established

Suggested deliverables

  • Profiles of variable-level information to support discovery, assessment, and access

    • We have a draft mapping between Schema.org, DCAT, and DDI-CDI

    • Ideally, an agreed set of structural metadata could be identified for expression in the needed standards (equivalent across them with “is a” relationships, etc.)

    • Should be the basis of structural metadata for integration

  • Description of metadata profile describing data access