Community recommendations for geochemical data, services and analytical capabilities in the 21st century
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The majority of geochemical and cosmochemical research is based upon observations and, in particular, upon the acquisition, processing and interpretation of analytical data from physical samples. The exponential increase in volumes and rates of data acquisition over the last century, combined with advances in instruments, analytical methods and an increasing variety of data types analysed, has necessitated the development of new ways of data curation, access and sharing. Together with novel data processing methods, these changes have enabled new scientific insights and are driving innovation in Earth and Planetary Science research. Yet, as approaches to data-intensive research develop and evolve, new challenges emerge. As large and often global data compilations increasingly form the basis for new research studies, institutional and methodological differences in data reporting are proving to be significant hurdles in synthesising data from multiple sources. Consistent data formats and data acquisition descriptions are becoming crucial to enable quality assessment, reusability and integration of results fostering confidence in available data for reuse. Here, we explore the key challenges faced by the geo- and cosmochemistry community and, by drawing comparisons from other communities, recommend possible approaches to overcome them. The first challenge is bringing together the numerous sub-disciplines within our community under a common international initiative. One key factor for this convergence is gaining endorsement from the international geochemical, cosmochemical and analytical societies and associations, journals and institutions. Increased education and outreach, spearheaded by ambassadors recruited from leading scientists across disciplines, will further contribute to raising awareness, and to uniting and mobilising the community. Appropriate incentives, recognition and credit for good data management as well as an improved, user-oriented technical infrastructure will be essential for achieving a cultural change towards an environment in which the effective use and real-time interchange of large datasets is common-place. Finally, the development of best practices for standardised data reporting and exchange, driven by expert committees, will be a crucial step towards making geo- and cosmochemical data more Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable by both humans and machines (FAIR).
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta |
| Vol/bind | 351 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 192-205 |
| ISSN | 0016-7037 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 2023 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:
Data infrastructure in crystallography is funded through a variety of mechanisms including research grants, subscription and licensing, and governmental support ( Bruno et al., 2017 ). The development of standards in crystallography is supported by IUCr, with the checkCIF service being supported by sponsorship from publishing organisations. Standard activities also rely heavily on volunteer effort as the scientific unions are limited in the level of support and coordination they can provide. The work of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB) in structural biology is primarily supported by direct funding from government. Conversely, data organisations supporting chemical crystallography do not receive direct public funding and must generate their own revenue, which is typically done by charging industry and academia for access to value-added software and services.
Funding Information:
This manuscript is the result of a workshop held at the Goldschmidt 2022 conference hosted by the Geochemical Society. We thank Jerry Carter (IRIS) and Rob Casey (EarthScope) for helpful comments on the history of the development of data standards in seismology. Jay Pearlman, Rachel Przeslawski and Pauline Simpson provided valuable background information on OBPS. Richard Hartshorn and Leah McEwen provided detailed feedback on the practices in chemistry and crystallography. Michael Badawi, Jieun Kim and Nicolas Randazzo are thanked for their contributions to the Goldschmidt 2022 workshop. We thank Olivier Pourret for helpful comments on the preprint and are grateful to Tao Wen, Penny Wieser and Jamie Farquharson for their thoughtful and constructive reviews. We especially thank Jeff Catalano for the opportunity to publish this review in GCA and for expert editorial handling of the manuscript. MK is supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG grant 437919684). KL and LP acknowledge funding from US NSF Award Number 2148939 and NASA Grant Number 80NSSC19K1102. BW, AMP, and the AuScope Geochemistry Network are supported by AuScope and the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). AMP is supported through AuScope which is a beneficiary in the WorldFAIR project, coordinated by CODATA, and funded by the European Union's HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme (grant agreement 101058393). SL was supported by the NSF (EAR grant 1946346). NDB acknowledges funding from the NERC Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET), The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Grant Number OPP1144), and the Gates Cambridge Trust. HB was supported by DFG CRC TRR 170 (project number 263649064). MB and HK are supported by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) grant 13/RC/2092 and co-funded by iCRAG industry partners. HK is further supported by SFI grant 16/RP/3849. KD thanks the support by the ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Fellowship 20-1 FEL-24. DCH is supported through the NFDI4Earth funded by the DFG (project number 460036893). BK was supported by NSF grant OIA1545903. AWL was funded by the Geological Society of Australia - Victorian Division, the German Research Exchange Service (DAAD Grant No. 57507869) and the Australian Government Research Training Program (Allocation No. 2018177). WS was funded by DFG grant KE 2395/3-1 (project number 447528294). MKT was supported by Geocenter Danmark (grant nr. GC4-2019). This is contribution 1760 from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems and 1529 in the GEMOC Key Centre.
Funding Information:
Core funding for OBPS is provided jointly by co-sponsors IODE and GOOS (both in turn funded through the International Oceanographic Commission, IOC). Any technological developments and implementation of the OBPS objectives and community recommendations has to be supplemented by external project funding, such as IMOS. The work of OBPS is overseen by a UNESCO-funded project manager and 24 volunteer steering group members.
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