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Designing an Application Profile Using Qualified Dublin Core: A Case Study with Fracture Mechanics Datasets

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Abstract

Metadata production for research datasets is not a trivial problem. Standardized descriptors are convenient for interoperability, but each area requires specific descriptors in order to guarantee metadata comprehensiveness and accuracy. In this paper, we report on an ongoing research data management experience at U.Porto that relies on prior data survey results and also on a set of tools for uploading and describing datasets. We presented two curation tools to a group of researchers from mechanical engineering, to help them manage and describe their datasets. After monitoring their interactions with the solutions and analyzing the needs of the group, we were able to select a subset of qualified Dublin Core, as well as a series of complementary descriptors, to capture the main aspects of their experiments. The resulting application profile combines generic, standardized DC descriptors with descriptors from a different experimental standard, and introduces extra domain-specific ones. The profile has been validated by the researchers and is now being used in the description of their datasets.

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João Aguiar Castro
FEUP & INESC TEC, Universidade do Porto, PT
Cristina Ribeiro
DEI-FEUP & INESC TEC, Universidade do Porto, PT
João Rocha da Silva
FEUP & INESC TEC, Universidade do Porto, PT

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Castro, J., Ribeiro, C., & da Silva, J. (2013). Designing an Application Profile Using Qualified Dublin Core: A Case Study with Fracture Mechanics Datasets. International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, 2013. https://doi.org/10.23106/dcmi.952136244

DOI : 10.23106/dcmi.952136244

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