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Using Provenance for Research Object Publications

Using Provenance for Research Objects Publications

Background

Research objects are self-contained logical units that include information about the data sets, tools, metadata and research results that are used and/or produced by a scientist during his/her investigation.

The creation and publication of a research object can be time and resource consuming.

Objective:

Assist in the creation and publication of research objects using provenance that logs information about the activities undertaken by a scientists.

Using Provenance for Research Objects Publications

Problems and limitations

How to capture provenance

What is the granularity of collected provenance

How to identify research objects boundaries (scope)

Requirements for Provenance

To observe and record the scientists activities and the objects used or produced

Identifying relationships with other research objects