EERAdata Workshop No. 2: FAIR and Open Metadata for Low Carbon Energy Research (Paper writing workshop)
EERAdata 1st workshop summarized by artist Barbara Bellier
FAIR and Open Metadata for Low Carbon Energy Research is a week-long workshop series taking place between the 30 November and the 7 December. It includes 2 Framing Sessions to collaborate on the community paperand 4 Topical Sessions (throughout the week).
IMPORTANT NOTE: You can select the sessions in which you want to participate. It is not obligatory to participate in all of them. The registrations are therefore independent for each session and you should subscribe to those in which you would like to participate. For joining as co-author in the community paper you do not need to participate in the workshops. For further details about this, see further down: Join us and collaborate interactively!
Framing Sessions
Framing Sessions Day 1 and Day 2 (Paper Writing Sessions):
Day 1: 30 November 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. CET
Day 2: 7 December 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. CET
The objectives of the Framing Sessions are to:
Discuss and develop metadata standards for FAIR and open data in the low carbon energy research community (at top-, medium-, and low-level).
Identify gaps and needs that hinder their standardized realization and implementation.
Jointly work on the "Advancing Metadata for Low Carbon Energy Research" paper.
During the week, some of the EERAdata use cases leaders will organize in-between topical sessions whose input will enrich the framing discussions.
Topical Sessions are:
1 December 10:00a.m. - 2:00p.m. CET: Use Case Session “EU policy and energy research taxonomies” - a practical session to explore how to link existing ontology islands with the help of a software.
4 December 10:00a.m. - 3:00p.m. CET: "Online art project - FAIR data & SDGs". The goal is to jointly produce a piece of art where energy researchers and stakeholders communicate their perspectives on the need for high quality and FAIR data for Sustainable Development. For further information about the inspiring work we will be doing on this day, please check this page.
4 December 4:00p.m. - 6:00p.m. CET: EERAdata will contribute to the International FAIR Convergence Symposium to the session M4M Workshop: Making domain-relevant machine-actionable metadata at scale.
To see the details of the whole workshop agenda, please scroll down.
Recommendations for the Framing Sessions (30 November and 7 December)
Given that one of the objectives of the Framing Sessions aims at jointly working on a paper, the consortium suggests to the interested participants the following material to read and watch ahead the first day.
Obligatory to read and watch ahead:
Participation or watching of preparatory workshop video: This workshop has taken place in the beginning of November. It introduced EERAdata’s recent work on metadata, and it outlined the tasks and procedures for the paper writing workshop(s). To access the preparatory workshop materias, click here.
The first day of the Framing Sessions (30 November) builds on read and watch ahead. Starts with a discussion of the proposed structure of the community paper. Continues with writing teams organized in break out groups. Ends with a report from writing teams.
The second day of the Framing Sessions (7 December), starts with inputs from selected use cases and continues with writing teams organized in breakout groups. Ends with a presentation and discussion of work/open issues.
Output expected: Reviewed and extended draft of the community paper, which will be finalized by the group and ready for submission before end of December 2020.
Join us and collaborate interactively!
Additional details about the Community Paper "Advancing Metadata for Low Carbon Energy Research" and on the modalities to join the writing team are available on the EERAdata Wiki at this link.
Welcome and introduction to the first draft of the planned paper: “Advancing metadata for low carbon energy research - current state and call for action”
Speakers: Valeria Jana Schwanitz & August Wierling, HVL.
10:15 - 10:30
Discussion of the structure, collection of comments and notes
10:30 - 10:45
Creation of writing teams in break out groups. Preferences are collected beforehand if possible
10:45 - 15:00
Work in break out groups
The work-flow, coffee and lunch breaks etc. are organized by the groups themselves.
15:00 - 16:00
Wrap up day 1 of the framing workshop
Reports from the work done in break out groups
Collection of feedback and comments from all.
Suggestions of questions to be investigated in use case workshops.
Use Case “EU policy and energy research taxonomies”
The session focuses on metadata, exploring how to link ontologies used for policy-making and those used in research domains. Using the EU policy taxonomy, Art.2 EU Directive 944 (2019), and the inventory of collective action initiatives of the COMETS project as a starting point, common metadata elements and connections between them are identified. The session will use a specific software to design the ontology, incorporating suggestions from workshop participants. The participants will form one of the writing teams for the community paper.
Welcome and introduction to the topic
Presentation of the methodological aspects related to the collective action initiatives using the example of COMES project
Mind mapping of EU policy taxonomy elements with legal terms in the area of energy policy (starting point EU Directive 944 (2019))
Revision of different definitions of the same terms based on different sources
Choice of terms definitions, from the perspective of their use in the Community Platform
Assigning identifiers to the legal terms being used
Summary of the results
Note: During the session a 45-minute break is planned.
The aim of this session is to build up on discussions that took place in 1st EERADATA workshop together with the participation of the invited experts, utilizing the experience related to the FAIR assessment in order to: a) Highlight main issues with FAIRness, b) Jointly come up with possible remedies and solutions, and d) Identify pointers to metadata standardization, if and how it can be achieved in Buildings Efficiency domain.
10:00 - 10:10
Introduction: What does the “Buildings Efficiency” use case of EERADATA aim?
Speaker: Mehmet Efe Biresselioğlu, IUE
10:10 - 10:25
Standardized Flexibility: FAIR data principles in H2020 projects ECHOES and ENCHANT databases
The goal is to understand how users find, use, and request data. The session connects to functional specifications needed for the EERAdata platform and other infrastructure in support of work flows. Participants will have the possibility to comment mock-ups and try out some functionalities. For example, browsing the ontologies produced during Use Case “EU policy and energy research taxonomies” and the community forum.
10:00 - 10:15
Welcome and Introduction
Aims and intended role of the platform in the community, synopsis - Manfred Paier, AIT
10:15 - 10:30
Platform elements
Status quo (initial mock-ups, Community Forum) - Astrid Unger, AIT
10:30 - 11:30
User stories
Experiences from UC4, UC1, other Use Cases and Gap Analysis
Searching for data
Linking existing datasets
General discussion
11:30 - 11:45
Implications for the data model
Top-down metadata, bottom-up metadata - Michael Barber, AIT
11:45 - 12:00
Way Forward
Way forward for designing and implementing the platform - Manfred Paier, AIT
EERAdata will contribute to the International FAIR Convergence Symposium to the session M4M Workshop: Making domain-relevant machine-actionable metadata at scale. For more information click here.
EERAdata 1st workshop summarized by artist Barbara Bellier