SEAD: Lightweight Data Services for Sustainability Research

Dharma Akmon1, James Myers1, Margaret L. Hedstrom1, Praveen Kumar2, Beth Plale3

1University of Michigan, 2University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 3Indiana University

SECURE PROJECT SPACE

DATA PUBLICATION SERVICES

RESEARCH NETWORK TOOLS SCHOLARLY CREDIT MECHANISMS

A place for your team to work privately with data

•  Upload virtually any data type •  Annotate, describe, and comment on data •  Automatically extract metadata from data •  Preview your data in the web interface •  Add who you want to your space & assign

roles •  See usage statistics •  Create collections of datasets •  Connect derived data to their source •  Add copyright licensing information

To ensure the longevity of your data

To connect you to other researchers To help you get credit for your work

•  Publish data from your project space •  Get DOIs for your published data collections •  Deposit your data in an appropriate

repository •  Make data more findable by registering the

metadata with discovery services, such as DataONE

•  Browse SEAD’s database of sustainability scientists

•  Create a profile that is linked to your data, publications, & conferences

•  Visualize connections between researchers •  View temporal graphs of your research output

DATA DISCOVERY RESOURCES To find data and help others find your data

•  Set up a discovery interface that is branded with your project’s or organization’s identity

•  Take advantage of faceted search tools to find published SEAD data

•  Easily navigate to the published data held with our repository partners

•  Use the DOI that accompanies each published dataset to point others to the data

GEOSPATIALLY-ORIENTED DATA TOOLS

•  Add location information to any dataset •  View a map with pins that represent data with

location information •  Automatically get a map view of data that

contain geospatial information •  From the map, turn layers on or off & adjust

their opacity

To see data according to their location

SEAD is funded by the National Science Foundation under cooperative agreement #OCI0940824

Equipped to help you manage, share, & preserve your aquatics data

•  Encourage others to cite your data with digital IDs that uniquely link to the data

•  Use temporal graphs of your research output to demonstrate your productivity

•  Create a profile that highlights your accomplishments & areas of expertise

www.sead-data.net Twitter: @SEADdatanet

Seeking... ...individuals and groups working on sustainability research to become early adopters of SEAD. Take an active role in sharing

and improving what we have to offer by contacting us: SEADdatanet@umich.edu