Research Objects for Interworkability among Global Environmental and Geophysical Data

Abstract

The provisioning and exploitation at a global scale of environmental and geophysical data requires advanced automation and governance mechanisms that enable (meta)data interoperability but also the exchange of formalized scientific concepts and methods. In this paper we introduce recent efforts in such direction, based on scientific workflows and research objects as enablers of such vision. The former enable the integration of different web services in a higher-level data processing artifact while the latter enhances governance around data product validation and consistency, result reproducibility and credit to the principal investigators and data providers. This paper provides a concise overview of our project, current status and next steps.