ICALEPCS2013 - List of Authors (Felzmann, C.U.)

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ANSTO, Australian Synchrotron, Metadata Catalogues and the Australian National Data Service

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N. Hauser, S. Wimalaratne
ANSTO, Menai, Australia
C.U. Felzmann
SLSA, Clayton, Australia

Data citation, management and discovery are important to ANSTO, the Australian Synchrotron and the scientists that use them. Gone are the days when raw data is written to a removable media and subsequently lost. The metadata catalogue *MyTardis is being used by both ANSTO and the Australian Synchrotron. Metadata is harvested from the neutron beam and X-ray instruments raw experimental files and catalogued in databases that are local to the facilities. The data is accessible via a web portal. Data policies are applied to embargo data prior to placing data in the public domain. Public domain data is published to the Australian Research Data Commons using the OAI-PMH standard. The Commons is run by the Australian National Data Service (ANDS), who was the project sponsor. The Commons is a web robot friendly site. ANDS also sponsors digital object identifiers (DOI) for deposited datasets, which allows raw data to now be a first class research output, allowing scientists that collect data to gain recognition in the same way as those who publish journal articles. Data is being discovered, cited, reused and collaborations initiated through the Commons.

Slides TUMIB05 [1.623 MB]

Poster TUMIB05 [1.135 MB]

WECOBA03

eResearch Tools for the Australian Synchrotron Research Community

C.U. Felzmann
SLSA, Clayton, Australia

Funding: NeCTAR is an Australian Government project conducted as part of the Super Science initiative and financed by the Education Investment Fund.
The Australian Synchrotron (AS) supports a large and growing sector of the Australian and New Zealand research communities. Research conducted at the facility strongly enhances programs in a broad range of sciences including fields as diverse as medicine, materials science, electronics, clean fuels, agriculture, art conservation and forensics. The steady growth in user numbers and rise in synchrotron applications and science output can only be maintained with matching growth in information technologies. In particular, collaborative approaches for data analysis are needed to account for the geographic spread of synchrotron users. As a consequence, the AS is a recognized pioneer in the use of cyber-infrastructure in Australia. Currently the AS is in partnership with “NeCTAR”, an Australian Government project to develop “eResearch Tools for the Australian Synchrotron research community”. The project focuses on automating technique-specific workflows for data processing, heavily utilizing local HPC and Cloud resources, and making these capabilities remotely accessible. Here we present the deliverables, the impact on the research community, and the measured uptake of this project.

Slides WECOBA03 [1.933 MB]

Paper	Title	Page
TUMIB05	ANSTO, Australian Synchrotron, Metadata Catalogues and the Australian National Data Service	529
	N. Hauser, S. Wimalaratne ANSTO, Menai, Australia C.U. Felzmann SLSA, Clayton, Australia
	Data citation, management and discovery are important to ANSTO, the Australian Synchrotron and the scientists that use them. Gone are the days when raw data is written to a removable media and subsequently lost. The metadata catalogue *MyTardis is being used by both ANSTO and the Australian Synchrotron. Metadata is harvested from the neutron beam and X-ray instruments raw experimental files and catalogued in databases that are local to the facilities. The data is accessible via a web portal. Data policies are applied to embargo data prior to placing data in the public domain. Public domain data is published to the Australian Research Data Commons using the OAI-PMH standard. The Commons is run by the Australian National Data Service (ANDS), who was the project sponsor. The Commons is a web robot friendly site. ANDS also sponsors digital object identifiers (DOI) for deposited datasets, which allows raw data to now be a first class research output, allowing scientists that collect data to gain recognition in the same way as those who publish journal articles. Data is being discovered, cited, reused and collaborations initiated through the Commons.
	Slides TUMIB05 [1.623 MB]
	Poster TUMIB05 [1.135 MB]

WECOBA03	eResearch Tools for the Australian Synchrotron Research Community
	C.U. Felzmann SLSA, Clayton, Australia
	Funding: NeCTAR is an Australian Government project conducted as part of the Super Science initiative and financed by the Education Investment Fund. The Australian Synchrotron (AS) supports a large and growing sector of the Australian and New Zealand research communities. Research conducted at the facility strongly enhances programs in a broad range of sciences including fields as diverse as medicine, materials science, electronics, clean fuels, agriculture, art conservation and forensics. The steady growth in user numbers and rise in synchrotron applications and science output can only be maintained with matching growth in information technologies. In particular, collaborative approaches for data analysis are needed to account for the geographic spread of synchrotron users. As a consequence, the AS is a recognized pioneer in the use of cyber-infrastructure in Australia. Currently the AS is in partnership with “NeCTAR”, an Australian Government project to develop “eResearch Tools for the Australian Synchrotron research community”. The project focuses on automating technique-specific workflows for data processing, heavily utilizing local HPC and Cloud resources, and making these capabilities remotely accessible. Here we present the deliverables, the impact on the research community, and the measured uptake of this project.
	Slides WECOBA03 [1.933 MB]