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RNLI launches an Open Data site! — Esri UK
Open Data and the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World were hot topics at our Esri UK conference last month. We showcased the power of using The Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Open Data and The Living Atlas to perform real-world analysis in our opening plenary.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) provides a 24-hour service in the UK and Ireland and have saved over 142,200 lives since 1824.
The RNLI uses ArcGIS to analyse risk which enables them to save more lives through innovation, data analysis, and new technology. The next step to share knowledge is to make their data public, which is why the RNLI have released Open Data.
CCI Sea Ice Dataset Release (Sea Ice Thickness v2.0) | CCI Open Data Portal
“The CCI Sea Ice team is pleased to announce the release of their updated version of the sea-ice thickness dataset (v2.0). This dataset includes observations, made by two radar altimeter missions – Envisat and CryoSat-2, on polar Winters between October 2002 and April 2017. This dataset, in comparison to the previous dataset (v1.0), provides a number improvements which include improved sea-ice thickness retrievals from Envisat data, an experimental data record in the southern hemisphere, the delivery of trajectory-based Level 2 products and the availability of freeboard data in Level 2 and 3 products.
The sea-ice thickness data is open and publicly available via the CCI Data Portal….”
OSF | Badges to Acknowledge Open Practices Wiki
“A “PA” (Protected Access) notation may be added to open data badges if sensitive, personal data are available only from an approved third party repository that manages access to data to qualified researchers through a documented process. To be eligible for an open data badge with such a notation, the repository must publicly describe the steps necessary to obtain the data and detailed data documentation (e.g. variable names and allowed values) must be made available publicly. This notation is not available to researchers who state that they will make “data available upon request” and is not available if requests for data sharing are evaluated on any criteria beyond considerations for compliance with proper handling of sensitive data. For example, this notation is not available if limitations are placed on the permitted use of the data, such as for data that are only made available for the purposes of replicating previously published results or for which there is substantive review of analytical results. Review of results to avoid disclosure of confidential information is permissible….”
Ocean Tool for Public Understanding and Science
“The Ocean Tool for Public Understanding and Science (OcToPUS) is a research initiative at the University of Oxford located at the Department of Zoology and initiated through the Oxford Martin School Programme on Sustainable Oceans (http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/research/programmes/sustainable-oceans). We aim to support scienti c study, monitoring, policy and decision-making related to the management of the oceans….
OcToPUS relies on established free and open-source geospatial technology to provide interactive access to dynamically updated, multi-dimensional data on the marine environment. A retrospective approach to big data archives allows us to present information on temporal trends and variability in ocean phenomena and to identify hotspots of change in the oceans….”
Childrens Tumor Foundation Data Portal – syn6135075
“Welcome to the Children’s Tumor Foundation data portal. CTF has partnered with Sage Bionetworks to collate all NF-related research funded by CTF to provide a harmonized, usable resource for the NF scientific community.
This portal contains molecular and clinical data coming from the many projects that CTF is managing. In particular, this platform will be used by the Synodos consortia projects to execute their data analysis and integration, releasing their datasets during the length of the project in a timely fashion. You can navigate the project pages from the Wiki menu on the left and see some basic project information and link to the specific project data site….”
What’s the Best Way to Responsibly Collect Ocean Data? – Eos
“Workshop participants determined that the path forward centers on the adoption of the Ocean Best Practices (OBP) “repository,” developed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (UNESCO-IODE). The UNESCO-IODE repository is a sustained, open access, and internationally recognized store of standard operating procedures, manuals, operating guidelines, and documentation of methods. It is focused on offering to the ocean community the best practices that have repeatedly produced superior results relative to other methodologies with the same objective and applied in the same environmental context….”
What’s the Best Way to Responsibly Collect Ocean Data? – Eos
“Workshop participants determined that the path forward centers on the adoption of the Ocean Best Practices (OBP) “repository,” developed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (UNESCO-IODE). The UNESCO-IODE repository is a sustained, open access, and internationally recognized store of standard operating procedures, manuals, operating guidelines, and documentation of methods. It is focused on offering to the ocean community the best practices that have repeatedly produced superior results relative to other methodologies with the same objective and applied in the same environmental context….”
PLOS Criteria for Recommended Data Repositories | EveryONE: The PLOS ONE blog
“In support of Open Data Day 2018, we outline below a set of criteria that explain how we assess repositories for inclusion in this list. (For more from PLOS on the theme of Open Data Day 2018 see here.) These criteria follow FAIR principles on data openness, which we encourage repository owners to adhere to when setting up and managing their repositories. These criteria will also be posted to the PLOS websites in the near future.”