Internet of Samples

Journal Article · Wed Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.572· OSTI ID:1827473

Richard, Stephen M. ^[1]; Vieglais, Dave ^[2]; Cui, Hong ^[1]; Davies, Neil ^[3]; Deck, John ^[3]; Gan, Quan ^[1]; Kansa, Eric C. ^[4]; Kansa, Sarah Whitcher ^[4]; Kunze, John ^[3]; Mandel, Danny ^[1]; Meyer, Christopher ^[5]; Orrell, Thomas ^[5]; Ramdeen, Sarah ^[6]; Snyder, Rebecca ^[5]; Walls, Ramona L. ^[1]; Zhou, Yuxuan ^[1]; Lehnert, Kerstin ^[6]

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1. University of Arizona
2. University of Kansas
3. University of California
4. The Alexandria Archive Institute
5. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution
6. Columbia University

Abstract

Material samples are indispensable data sources in many natural science, social science, and humanity disciplines. More and more researchers recognize that samples collected in one discipline can be of great value for another. This has motivated organizations that manage a large number of samples to make their holdings accessible to the world. Currently, multiple projects are working to connect natural history and other samples managed by individual institutions or individuals into a universe of samples that follow FAIR principles. This poster reports the progress of the US NSF‐funded iSamples project, in the context of other efforts initiated by US DOE, DiSCCo, BCoN, and GBIF. By October 2021, we will also be able to present an iSamples prototype. We encourage individual organizations that hold material samples to get to know these projects and help shape these projects to realize the goal of a global linked sample cloud that connects all material samples and is accessible to all.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 1827473
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Journal Name: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 58; ISSN 2373-9231
• Publisher: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English