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Resource Guide Resource Guide DATA AND INFORMATION Data and Information Management MANAGEMENT IN THE ECOLOGICAL in the Ecological Sciences: SCIENCES: A RESOURCE A Resource Guide GUIDE CONTENTS Preface Edited by Contributors 1. ISSUES AND William K. Michener, John H. Porter, and Susan G. CONCEPTS OF DATA Stafford MANAGEMENT - Susan G. Stafford 2. HARDWARE - Scott E. Chapal This publication should be cited as: 3. TECHNOLOGICAL Michener, W.K., J.H. Porter, and S.G. Stafford. 1998. Data and information UNDERPINNINGS: management in the ecological sciences: a resource guide. LTER Network Office, COMMUNICATION University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. AND NETWORKING - Rudolf Nottrott 4. Publisher: LTER Network Office, University of New TECHNOLOGICAL UNDERPINNINGS: Mexico, Albuquerque, NM SOFTWARE - Karen S. Baker 5. DATA ENTRY - John M. Briggs 6. DATA QUALITY CONTROL / Preface QUALITY ASSURANCE - Don Edwards More than 100 individuals attended a two-day workshop 7. SCIENTIFIC (August 8-9, 1997) entitled "Data and Information DATABASES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL Management in the Ecological Sciences" that was held at the RESEARCH - John University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Objectives of the http://intranet.lternet.edu/archives/documents/reports/Data-and-information-management/DIMES/html/frame.htm[11/2/2010 12:16:54 PM] Resource Guide H. Porter workshop were to: effect technology transfer, especially at 8. ECOLOGICAL METADATA - biological field stations and marine laboratories; facilitate William K. Michener people networking; communicate training needs and 9. DATA opportunities; identify future needs for data management at ARCHIVAL - Richard J. Olson and field stations; and produce hard copy and digital versions of Raymond A. McCord the proceedings. Workshop instructors provided 10. THE WORLD comprehensive overviews of the technological infrastructure WIDE WEB AS A TOOL FOR for a data management system (e.g., hardware, software, ECOLOGICAL communications, and networking), data entry, quality RESEARCH PROGRAMS - assurance, database management systems, metadata, archival, Barbara J. Benson the World Wide Web, and scientific visualization. Additional 11. PROVIDING INFORMATION roundtable discussions focused specifically on software for ON THE WORLD field stations, challenges and opportunities at field stations, WIDE WEB - John H. Porter and site-specific data management implementation. 12. WEB-BASED DATA The editors are grateful to: MANAGEMENT - Matthew B. Jones the National Science Foundation Database Activities in the 13. VIRTUAL WORKING Biological Sciences Program for funding the workshop GROUPS AT (DBI 97-23407); NCEAS: USING THE WEB TO the LTER Network Office, Robert W. Woodruff FACILITATE SCIENTIFIC Foundation, and Long-Term Studies Section of the COLLABORATION Ecological Society of America for additional funding and - Mark P. Shildhauer support; 14. William Michener, James Gosz (University of New VISUALIZATION OF ECOLOGICAL Mexico), Arthur McKee (Oregon State University), and AND ENVIRONMENTAL John Porter for writing the proposal and organizing the DATA - John J. Helly workshop; 15. James Brunt and John Porter for WWW support; INFORMATION ACCESS AND Jack Stanford (Organization for Biological Field Stations) DATABASE and Frank Davis (National Center for Ecological Analysis INTEGRITY AT THE NORTH and Synthesis) for their support and encouragement; TEMPERATE staff members associated with the LTER Network Office, LAKES LONG- http://intranet.lternet.edu/archives/documents/reports/Data-and-information-management/DIMES/html/frame.htm[11/2/2010 12:16:54 PM] Resource Guide TERM Sevilleta LTER Project, and the University of New ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH Mexico who facilitated the workshop; PROJECT - Barbara Jim Beach, Tom Callahan, and Scott Collins (current or J. Benson and Maryan Stubbs former NSF program officers) who have been strong 16. EVOLUTION proponents of enhanced data management and OF THE KONZA computational capabilities at biological field stations and PRAIRIE LTER INFORMATION marine laboratories; MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - John M. Kathleen Parkhurst, Ellie Trotter, Paula Houhoulis, and Briggs Paula Johnson for coordinating onsite logistics; 17. PALMER Paula Johnson, Patty Sprott, Paula Houhoulis, and Jean LTER INFORMATION Turn for technical editing and production of the hardcopy MANAGEMENT - version of the workshop proceedings; Karen S. Baker Jean Turn for design of the Web version of the workshop 18. MANAGEMENT proceedings; OF A LONG- the instructors who all gave 150% effort, particularly TERM WATER QUALITY Hilary Swain whose caricatures of insects and synthetic DATABASE: FLATDAT FOR abilities were sincerely appreciated; and THE FLATHEAD the attendees for their attentiveness and enthusiasm. LAKE BIOLOGICAL STATION - Melissa To all of the above, we offer a heart-felt THANKS! E. Holmes and Geoffrey C. Poole 19. THE H. J. ANDREWS CLIMATOLOGICAL FIELD MEASUREMENT PROGRAM - Donald L. Henshaw, Frederick A. Bierlmaier and Hazel E. Hammond 20. CLIMATE DATABASE PROJECT: A STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING INFORMATION ACCESS ACROSS RESEARCH SITES - Donald L. Henshaw, Maryan Stubbs, Barbara J. http://intranet.lternet.edu/archives/documents/reports/Data-and-information-management/DIMES/html/frame.htm[11/2/2010 12:16:54 PM] Resource Guide Benson, Karen S. Baker, Darrell Blodgett and John H. Porter 21. DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN THE ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES: SYNOPSIS FROM A FIELD STATION PERSPECTIVE - Hilary M. Swain and William K. Michener http://intranet.lternet.edu/archives/documents/reports/Data-and-information-management/DIMES/html/frame.htm[11/2/2010 12:16:54 PM] DIMES_title_prefaceA Data and Information Management in the Ecological Sciences: A Resource Guide Edited by William K. Michener, John H. Porter, and Susan G. Stafford This publication should be cited as: Michener, W.K., J.H. Porter, and S.G. Stafford. 1998. Data and information management in the ecological sciences: a resource guide. LTER Network Office, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Publisher: LTER Network Office, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Preface More than 100 individuals attended a two-day workshop (August 8-9, 1997) entitled "Data and Information Management in the Ecological Sciences" that was held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Objectives of the workshop were to: effect technology transfer, especially at biological field stations and marine laboratories; facilitate people networking; communicate http://intranet.lternet.edu/archives/documents/reports/Data-and-information-management/DIMES/html/DIMES_title_prefaceA.htm[11/2/2010 12:17:46 PM] DIMES_title_prefaceA training needs and opportunities; identify future needs for data management at field stations; and produce hard copy and digital versions of the proceedings. Workshop instructors provided comprehensive overviews of the technological infrastructure for a data management system (e.g., hardware, software, communications, and networking), data entry, quality assurance, database management systems, metadata, archival, the World Wide Web, and scientific visualization. Additional roundtable discussions focused specifically on software for field stations, challenges and opportunities at field stations, and site-specific data management implementation. The editors are grateful to: the National Science Foundation Database Activities in the Biological Sciences Program for funding the workshop (DBI 97-23407); the LTER Network Office, Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, and Long- Term Studies Section of the Ecological Society of America for additional funding and support; William Michener, James Gosz (University of New Mexico), Arthur McKee (Oregon State University), and John Porter for writing the proposal and organizing the workshop; James Brunt and John Porter for WWW support; Jack Stanford (Organization for Biological Field Stations) and Frank Davis (National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis) for their support and encouragement; staff members associated with the LTER Network Office, Sevilleta LTER Project, and the University of New Mexico who facilitated the workshop; Jim Beach, Tom Callahan, and Scott Collins (current or former NSF program officers) who have been strong proponents of enhanced data management and computational capabilities at biological field stations and marine laboratories; Kathleen Parkhurst, Ellie Trotter, Paula Houhoulis, and Paula Johnson for coordinating onsite logistics; Paula Johnson, Patty Sprott, Paula Houhoulis, and Jean Turn for technical editing and production of the hardcopy version of the workshop http://intranet.lternet.edu/archives/documents/reports/Data-and-information-management/DIMES/html/DIMES_title_prefaceA.htm[11/2/2010 12:17:46 PM] DIMES_title_prefaceA proceedings; Jean Turn for design of the Web version of the workshop proceedings; the instructors who all gave 150% effort, particularly Hilary Swain whose caricatures of insects and synthetic abilities were sincerely appreciated; and the attendees for their attentiveness and enthusiasm. To all of the above, we offer a heart-felt THANKS! http://intranet.lternet.edu/archives/documents/reports/Data-and-information-management/DIMES/html/DIMES_title_prefaceA.htm[11/2/2010 12:17:46 PM] PALMER LTER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CONTRIBUTORS Karen S. Baker Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0218 Barbara J. Benson Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 680 N. Park Street, Madison, WI 53706 Frederick A. Bierlmaier Forest Science Department, Oregon State University,
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