Metadata Workshop
Timothy Finin <Tim.Finin@cs.umbc.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 20:12:14 -0400
From: Timothy Finin <Tim.Finin@cs.umbc.edu>
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This sounds very relevant to the knowledge sharing effort and to SRKB
in particular. Tim
*********************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION **********************
Workshop on Metadata for Scientific and Technical Data Management
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IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Mass Storage Systems
Specialist Workshop
Chair: Francis Bretherton, Vice-Chair: Otis Graf
May 16-18, 1994
National Archives, Archives II
Washington, D.C.
Increasingly large amounts of scientific and technical data are
being created and saved in digital data storage systems. There
is a need to expedite the access and use of this data, and to
promote interdisciplinary sharing of the data. A variety of
different data types and formats need to be addressed, such as:
images, audio, video, tables, arrays, graphics, algorithms and
procedures, and documents.
The purpose of this workshop is to bring together individuals
with a common interest in managing and using large stores of
scientific and technical data. The focus will be on defining a
framework for metadata (data describing the stored data). It is
a particular goal of the specialist workshop series to produce a
metadata reference model for scientific and technical data
management.
It is expected that the workshop will be of interest to the
following groups:
o Users and managers of scientific & technical databases
- Astrophysics and astronomy
- Biochemistry
- Biological
- Earth Science
- Environmental
- Geographical Information Systems
- Geophysics and Exploration
- High Energy Physics
- Intelligence and surveillance
- Process Control Systems
- Visualization
o Computer scientists
o Hardware and software vendors
o Data system integrators
WORKSHOP SPONSOR:
IEEE Mass Storage Systems & Technology Technical Committee
Bob Coyne, coyne@vnet.ibm.com, (713) 282-7274
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
(1) Create an intellectual framework and guide for metadata.
This can be called a "Metadata Reference Model" for
scientific and technical data management.
(2) Begin a development effort for the Reference Model.
Identify the need for such a model and necessary participants
in its development. Begin to define some of the elements of
the Reference Model.
(3) Identify data providers and data consumers. Determine
how they should influence the Reference Model.
(4) Determine the technology required to implement an
application of the Reference Model.
(5) Identify work in progress and describe how that work
relates the draft Reference Model.
WORKSHOP STRUCTURE
The workshop will begin with a series of keynote speakers to
set the direction for the following days work. Then the
workshop chair and organizing committee will present the
scope and objectives, as well as draft versions of the
reference model and definitions of terms. The heart of the
workshop will be four work groups meeting separately. Prior
to breaking into separate groups, the chair will give
specific topics and directions to each group. The workshop
will conclude with a panel discussion session and a summary
session.
PARTICIPATION
Workshop participation will be limited to 50 persons. It is
expected that all participants are active researchers or
developers, and have an interest in the management of large
stores of scientific or technical data. Participants should
submit position papers through electronic mail (preferred),
regular mail or FAX by no later than April 20, 1994.
Position papers can be a review, original research
contributions, extensions of previous work, or application
briefs. The position papers will be made available to all
workshop attendees.
Participants should also read the three reference papers
listed below. Copies of the first two items can be
downloaded from the anonymous FTP server
ftp.clearlake.ibm.com in the directory pub/IEEE_Metadata.
The third item can be requested in printed form from the
Workshop Coordinator.
Participants will be selected by the workshop organizers
based on the position papers. Please e-mail or send position
papers to the workshop coordinator (Otis Graf) at the address
below.
The registration fee for the 2 1/2 day workshop is $300.00,
which includes breaks and continental breakfasts. Checks or
money orders should be made payable to Jorge Scientific
Corporation. Registration fees will be collected at the
workshop.
WORKSHOP CHAIR
Francis Bretherton
Univ. of Wisconsin, Space Science and Engineering Center
E-mail: fbretherton@ssec.wisc.edu
VICE-CHAIR & WORKSHOP COORDINATOR
Otis Graf
IBM U.S. - Federal
3700 Bay Area Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77058
FAX: (713) 282-7439
Phone: (713) 282-8216
E-mail: ofgraf@clearlake.ibm.com
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Francis Bretherton, Univ. of Wisconsin SSEC
Charles Dollar, National Archives
Dave Fulker, Unidata Program Center
Otis Graf, IBM U.S. - Federal
Paul Kanciruk, Oak Ridge National Lab
Ben Kobler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dave Sebring, IBM U.S. - Federal
Paul Singley, Oak Ridge National Lab
Steve Worley, National Center for Atmospheric Research
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Jim Almond, Univ. of Texas CHPC
John Davis, DOD Ft. George Meade (IEEE MSS&TC EC)
Tom Karl, NOAA NCDC
Bernard T. O'Lear, NCAR (IEEE MSS&TC EC)
Ron Pfaff, LANL
Tom Pyke, NOAA HPCC
Dick Watson, LLNL (IEEE MSS&TC EC)
Greg Withee, NOAA ESDIM
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Monday, May 16, 1994
8:00 Registration
8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:45 Welcome and Introductions
9:00 Keynote Speaker #1: Greg Withee, NOAA
9:30 Keynote Speaker #2
10:00 Break
10:30 Discussion of Workshop and Objectives
11:00 Metadata Definition and System Assumptions
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Discussion on Reaction to Draft Metadata Reference Model
2:00 Specific Guidance to Work Groups
3:00 Breakout into four Work Groups
5:30 Adjourn for the day
Tuesday, May 17, 1994
8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 Breakout into four Work Groups
10:30 Break
10:50 Breakout into four Work Groups
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Breakout into four Work Groups
3:00 Break
3:20 Breakout into four Work Groups
5:30 Adjourn for the day
Wednesday, May 18, 1994
8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 Reports from the four Work Groups
10:00 Break
10:30 Panel session with audience discussion
12:00 Workshop summary, recommendations and forward plans
1:00 Adjourn the workshop
REFERENCE MATERIAL
(1) F. Bretherton, Draft of the Metadata Reference Model
(2) B. Gritton, "Metadata Definitions"
(3) C. Hsu, M. Bouziane and L. Yee, "Information Resources
Management in Heterogeneous, Distributed Environments: A
Metadatabase Approach", IEEE Transactions on Software
Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 6, June 1991.