title: Site-based data curation based on hot spring geobiology.
abstract: Site-Based Data Curation (SBDC) is an approach to managing research data that prioritizes sharing and reuse of data collected at scientifically significant sites. The SBDC framework is based on geobiology research at natural hot spring sites in Yellowstone National Park as an exemplar case of high value field data in contemporary, cross-disciplinary earth systems science. Through stakeholder analysis and investigation of data artifacts, we determined that meaningful and valid reuse of digital hot spring data requires systematic documentation of sampling processes and particular contextual information about the site of data collection. We propose a Minimum Information Framework for recording the necessary metadata on sampling locations, with anchor measurements and description of the hot spring vent distinct from the outflow system, and multi-scale field photography to capture vital information about hot spring structures. The SBDC framework can serve as a global model for the collection and description of hot spring systems field data that can be readily adapted for application to the curation of data from other kinds scientifically significant sites.
authors.affiliation: The Information School, University of Washington, Mary Gates Hall, Suite. 370 Seattle, Washington United States of America.
authors.forename: Carole L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.affiliation: School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois United States of America.
authors.forename: Andrea K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Thomer
authors.affiliation: School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois United States of America.
authors.forename: Karen S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.affiliation: School of Information, University of Texas at Austin, 1616 Guadalupe Suite #5.202, Austin, Texas, United States of America.
authors.forename: Karen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Wickett
authors.affiliation: Yellowstone Center for Resources, Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming United States of America.
authors.forename: Christie L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hendrix
authors.affiliation: Yellowstone Center for Resources, Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming United States of America.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodman
authors.affiliation: Yellowstone Center for Resources, Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming United States of America.
authors.forename: Stacey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sigler
authors.affiliation: Department of Geology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois United States of America.|Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 601 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois United States of America.|Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1206 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, Illinois United States of America.|Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2613 Institute for Genomic Biology, 1206 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, Illinois United States of America.|Thermal Biology Institute, Montana State University, Leon Johnson Hall, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America.
authors.forename: Bruce W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Fouke
mesh_terms: D066289:Data Curation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D045482:Hot Springs; D012015:Reference Standards