The NSF DataNet Program aims to create exemplar data infrastructure organizations called DataNet Partners to provide researchers with access to data and advance research. SEAD is one such DataNet Partner that provides lightweight data services for sustainability science. It acts as an active content repository and curation service, and is developing tools for community exploration of data. The current focus is on an end-user workshop, conference demonstrations, and interface redesign to refine models for supporting the full lifecycle of research data objects.

1. NSF DataNet Program Update
Dharma Akmon, SEAD
Amber E. Budden, DataONE
David Van Riper, TerraPop
Mary Whitton, Datanet Federation Consortium
RDAP14 March 27, 2014

2. NSF DataNet Program Goal
To create a set of "exemplar national and global data
research infrastructure organizations (dubbed DataNet
Partners) that provide unique opportunities to communities of
researchers to advance science and/or engineering research
and learning"

3. Round 1 Awards (2008)

4. Round 2 Awards (2011)

5. SEAD: Sustainable Environment-
Actionable Data
Lightweight data services designed to meet the needs of
sustainability science
• support the “long tail”
• enable active and social curation
• provide integrated lifecycle support for data
@SEADdatanet

6. SEAD Is An Active Content Repository
@SEADdatanet

7. SEAD Is A Tool for Community
Exploration
@SEADdatanet

8. SEAD Is a Curation and Preservation
Service
@SEADdatanet

9. Current SEAD Developments
• First end-user workshop in early April
• Conference workshops and demos
• JASM, ESA
• Interface redesign
• Refinement of research object lifecycle models and use
cases
@SEADdatanet

10. SEAD Team
Margaret Hedstrom (PI)
James Myers (co-PI)
Nathan Adams
Dharma Akmon
George Alter
Carl Lagoze
Todd Stuart
Marietta Van Buhler
Praveen Kumar (co-PI)
Mostafa Elag
Rob Kooper
Jong Lee
Luigi Marini
Beth Sandore Namachchivaya
Brian Sawicki
Beth Plale (co-PI)
Katy Borner
Kavitha Chandrasekar
Inna Kouper
Robert Light
Robert H. McDonald
@SEADdatanet

11. Keep In Touch with SEAD!
Website: http://sead-data.net/
Twitter: @SEADdatanet
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SEADDataNet
Email me: Dharma Akmon, Education and Outreach
dharmrae@umich.edu @dharmaakmon
@SEADdatanet