This document summarizes a webinar for the Research Data Discovery Service Phase 3 project. The webinar agenda included project updates, a review of the latest system status including harvesting and requirements, a discussion of metadata, an overview of next steps for Phase 3, and time for questions. Participants were encouraged to provide feedback and help test the beta version of the system as it is further developed into a production research data discovery service.

1. Research Data Discovery Service Phase 3
Webinar 1 – April 2017
27/04/2017

2. Agenda
» 10:00 - 10:10 Welcome and introductions
» 10:10 - 10:30 Project update and overview
» 10:30 - 11:00 System status - Review of latest updates to the service
» 11:00 - 11:20 Metadata
» 11:20 - 11:40 Phase 3 (next steps)
» 11:40 - 11:55 Questions
» 11:55 - 12:00 Closing comments
http://bit.ly/RDDS3_Webinar1_agenda
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3. Welcome and Introductions
» Phase 3 – first webinar (27 April 2017 10:00 – 12:00)
» Blackboard Collaborate
› Room name: Jisc UK Research Data Discovery Service (UKRDDS) Project
› Guest link: http://bit.ly/RDDS3_webinars
› All recordings link: http://bit.ly/RDDS3_webinars_recs
» ProjectTeam
› Christopher Brown – Project Manager (christopher.brown@jisc.ac.uk)
› Catherine Grout – Project Director (Catherine.grout@jisc.ac.uk)
› Dom Fripp – Metadata Developer (dom.fripp@jisc.ac.uk)
› Ade Stevenson –Technical Innovations Coordinator (adrian.stevenson@jisc.ac.uk)
› MarkWinterbottom –Technical Developer (mark.winterbottom@jisc.ac.uk)
» Participants….
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4. Phase 2 - participating organisations
Pilots - HEIs
» University of Hull
» University of St Andrews
» University of Glasgow
» Oxford Brookes University
» University of Edinburgh
» University of Oxford
» University of Southampton
» University of Leeds
» University of Lincoln
Pilots - Data Centres
» Archaeology DataCentre
» Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
» ISIS/ICAT - STFC
» UK Data Service
» VisualArts Data Centre
» NERC
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Non-funded
» University of Nottingham
» University of Bath
» University of Bristol
» Lancaster University
» University of Sheffield

5. Phase 3 – new participants
HEIs
» Sheffield Hallam
» Royal College of Art
» King’s College London
» University of Cambridge
» University of Stirling
» Aston University
» Cranfield University
» University of Sussex
» University ofWarwick
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» Natural History Museum
» figshare
Other

6. Project Update
10:10 - 10:30 Project update and overview
» Overview…
» Beta version
» Summary of progress
» Technical update (Mark Winterbottom)
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7. UK Research data discovery service
A platform that enables the discovery of research data
from across UK higher education institutions and data
centres
More details: http://jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/uk-research-data-discovery
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8. Benefits of research data discovery
» Increased visibility and transparency of research data helps:
› Promotion of HEI/Data Centre’s research
› Encourage re-use and sharing of data
› Validation of research
» Discovery is an important layer in research data infrastructure
» Reducing the barrier to participation in research
» Satisfying RCUK mandates and policies for open access to publicly-funded research
» Potential increase in cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional research
» Supporting research across the research lifecycle (as part of Research @ Risk)
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9. Pilot to Project
Phase 1 pilot (Oct 2013 – Mar 2014):
› Digital Curation Centre (DCC) and the UK Data Archive (UKDA) pilot
› Evaluation of Australian National Data Service
› Engaged with stakeholders (HEIs and Data Centres)
› Metadata mapping and cross-walks to RIF-CS
Phase 2 (Mar 2015 – Sept 2016):
› Jisc led with DCC and UKDA support
› Engaged with participants and gathered user stories
› Prioritised and implemented requirements
› Evaluated software and chose CKAN
› Developed Alpha system http://ckan.data.alpha.jisc.ac.uk/
› Move to Beta
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10. Phase 2
Outputs
› High level evaluation of ANDS and CKAN with report
› Test instance of CKAN (alpha) with data harvested from HEIs/Data Centres
› HEI and Data Centres Requirements Reports delivered by DCC/UKDA
› User stories and use cases gathered through workshops and refined via advisory groups
› Statement of Requirements extracted from use cases and agreed with Advisory Groups
› JIRA – for tracking requirements, issues
› Ten Advisory Group Meetings
› Three workshops
› Project blog
› Scope of Datasets – Ensuring there is agreement on what datasets are harvested
› Metadata schema and mapping – Finalising the core metadata schema with participants /
advisory groups / research community
› Harvesting status and endpoints
› Alpha System – Agile development of functionality against requirements
› Final reports
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11. Project to Service
Phase 3 (Oct 2016 – Dec 2017 (2018 move to service):
› From test service to production ready
› Harvest from more data sources
› System testing
› Further requirements (refine and implement)
› Develop business case for service
› Deliver a more mature and tested service to Digital Resources
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12. Project Update
10:10 - 10:30 Project update and overview
» Overview
» Beta version - http://researchdiscoveryservice.jisc.ac.uk
» Summary of progress
» Technical update (Mark Winterbottom)
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13. System Status - Harvesting
10:30 - 11:00 System status - Review of latest updates to the service, including:
» Harvesting status
» Harvesting endpoints (http://bit.ly/RDDS3_harvest_status) :
› HEI (Phase 2 pilots, Phase 2 volunteers, Phase 3 new participants) and Data Centres
– HEI (includesOthers)/Data Centres
– Status – Working, Partially working, Harvesting issue, Backlog
– Contact
– JIRA ticket/notes (original and issues)
– Schema (Metadata profile and Harvest Method for Data Centres)
– Endpoint/Repository
– OAI-PMH config
It’s a Google Doc open for comments.
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14. System Status - Requirements
10:30 - 11:00 System status - Review of latest updates to the service, including:
» Requirements update (https://jiscdev.atlassian.net/projects/RDD/)
» Categories:
› 1. Admin
› 2. Harvest/Ingest
› 3. Browse
› 4. Search
› 5. Reporting
› 6. Usability
› 7. Policy
› 8. Syndicate (or machine access)
› 9. Update/Edit
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15. System Status – Requirements
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» MoSCoW prioritisation of user stories
Project / research manager
» Reporting to funders
» Find research outputs of my institution
Researcher
» Discover datasets
» Discover related objects / resources
» Find data across disciplines by location
» Find exemplar data to inspire my research
» Targeted search for topical data
» Visual search for data
» Find linked open data
» Understand metadata quality
» Understand data quality
» Show research impact
Machine
» Harvestable registry
» Show relationships between resources
Data repository
» Show repository impact
» Metadata rights respected
» Show licence and rights of data
» Index to external services
» Force refresh of registry content
System manager
» No duplicate records
» Harvest datasets
» Update platform software
Funder
» Return on investment

16. System Status - Requirements
» User stories via workshops
» Sector requirements reports
» Statement of Requirements
› https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lKB3rb_bmYw-
XrDJGudmNFAlUrGJ0QC0I5K4jRPtrO8
» JIRA tickets (the definitive list)
› https://jiscdev.atlassian.net/projects/RDD/issues
» Feedback via comments and workshops
» Implementing via prioritisation post-harvesting (main priority is harvesting and accuracy
of metadata)
› Review existing requirements (M/S/C to be Done and review W)
› Further requirements (from workshop and feedback)
› New requirements
» Will be signing off against beta system
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17. System Status – Current Issues
10:30 - 11:00 System status - Review of latest updates to the service, including:
» Current Issues
› Harvesting
› Metadata mapping
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18. Metadata
11:00 - 11:20 Metadata (Dom Fripp)
» a. Core metadata schema (https://goo.gl/vWCX0z)
» b. Review of voting document
(http://www.tricider.com/brainstorming/2mnbqfgcOJp)
» c. UKRDDS metadata profile mapping document
(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mjatKZKdhp_tFm6xnYJFpBgPLMNDdAue9F
Gy-oKFBYk/edit?usp=sharing)
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19. Next Steps
11:20 - 11:40 Phase 3 (next steps)
» a. Implementation of Requirements (prioritisation and development sprints)
» b. Work still required
» c. Aspirations for the future service (Ade Stevenson)
» d. How you can help and participate in phase 3
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20. Next Steps
11:20 - 11:40 Phase 3 (next steps)
» a. Implementation of Requirements (prioritisation and development sprints)
https://jiscdev.atlassian.net/projects/RDD/
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21. Next Steps
11:20 - 11:40 Phase 3 (next steps)
» b. Work still required
› Moved to Beta - http://researchdiscoveryservice.jisc.ac.uk/
› Resolve all harvesting issues for phase 2 participants
› Harvest all other participants
› Sprints for prioritised requirements listed in JIRA -
https://jiscdev.atlassian.net/projects/RDD/issues
› Regular releases of Beta with details sent via JISC-UKRDDS mailing list
› Improve usability
› Improve search functionality
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22. Next Steps
11:20 - 11:40 Phase 3 (next steps)
» c. Aspirations for the future service (Christopher Brown/Ade Stevenson)
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23. Pilot Shared Service Scope
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Credit for Architecture concepts: John Lewis (Sheffield) & Stuart Lewis (Edinburgh) http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1202230
Pilot Shared ServiceArea Other R@RWork Areas Existing Jisc Services/AgreementAreas

24. Innovation Pipeline
All our projects are managed through our R&D pipeline. It is designed to filter the most
promising ideas and grow them to full Jisc service, and to decommission those services that
are no longer relevant. Each phase of the pipeline fulfils a specific purpose.
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25. Digital Resources
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https://www.jisc.ac.uk/content

26. Participation
11:20 - 11:40 Phase 3 (next steps)
» a. Implementation of Requirements (prioritisation and development sprints)
» b. Work still required
» c. Aspirations for the future service (Ade Stevenson)
» d. How you can help and participate in phase 3
› UKRDDS Phase 3 Advisory Group and sub-groups as required (so far JISC-UKRDDS
mailing list is the main group)
› Active participation by participants
– Check harvested metadata
– System testing and feedback
– Monitor progress, provide advice and guidance
› JISC-UKRDDS mailing list will continue as main communication outlet
› Webinars to update on progress
› Workshops as required for feedback and face-to-face discussions
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27. Further Information
Useful links
» Project page – http://jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/uk-research-data-discovery
» Project blog – http://rdds.jiscinvolve.org/wp/
» Beta – http://researchdiscoveryservice.jisc.ac.uk
» Mailing list – JISC-UKRDDS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
» JIRA – https://jiscdev.atlassian.net/projects/RDD/issues
» #jiscRDDS
» Google Drive -
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1NhScN5QPQ2b3k5WVRhVDlLZ28
» Padlet - http://padlet.com/chris_brown_jisc/ukrdds
» Research Data Network - https://research-data-network.readme.io/
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28. Questions
» 11:40 - 11:55 Questions?
» 11:55 - 12:00 Closing comments (Catherine Grout)
Research Data Network
27-28 June 2017 – Ron Cooke Hub, University ofYork
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/research-data-network-27-jun-2017
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29. Questions
Christopher Brown
Senior Co-design Manager,
Jisc
christopher.brown@jisc.ac.uk
@chriscb
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