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Data management
Data management performs the following functions:
- systematic capture and storage of data during MSP expeditions (offshore and onshore phases), using documented procedures, formats and standards using the 'Drilling Information System' (DIS)
- the generation of metadata (a description of the data and its content)
- quality control of the data
- security
- access to the data, initially by the expedition scientists only, and later by the scientific community, via the metadata
- archival of the data for the foreseeable future (WDC-MARE/PANGAEA, SEDIS, LDEO IODP Log Database)
The primary data capture system used on MSP expeditions is the ExpeditionDIS. A user manual for the ExpeditionDIS is available here.
During the Onshore Science Party (OSP) the hardware and software systems will be similar to those used during the offshore phase:
- Database server and client PCs running the ExpeditionDIS for capturing data (core descriptions, photographs, measurements, etc.)
- File Server and Network Attached Storage to store data and documents
- All computers are networked including printers
Additional hardware and software can be installed if appropriate (e.g. seismic-core integration). Extensions of the DIS system are planned or in progress. At the moment the first implementation of the Corewall system is available.
For the period between the OSP and the end of the moratorium (1 year after the OSP), a shared workspace will provide access to all data. This shared workspace, using the BSCW application, is restricted to the expedition scientists.
During the moratorium most data will be migrated to PANGAEA, except for the downhole log data which will be migrated to the LDEO IODP Log Database. All data will be freely accessible to the scientific community after the moratorium.
