@article{6b286b893e4347a2a2bbdc51d0019625,
title = "A metadata model for collaborative experiments and simulations in earthquake engineering",
abstract = "Research projects in earthquake engineering yield a very large amount of complex data from experiments and computer simulations. Understanding and exchanging these complicated and voluminous data sets prompted the development of metadata models that document the processes of data generation, and facilitate the collaboration and exchange of information between researchers. The present metadata model was designed to document and exchange a large number of large data files in earthquake engineering, but is applicable to other fields of engineering and science. The model was conceived based on a series of former data models, which were unduly complicated and limited to few types of experiments. Simpler than its predecessors, the present metadata model applies to all kinds of earthquake engineering experiments. It was developed in the object-oriented framework using Prot{\'e}g{\'e}. Its applications are illustrated with examples from centrifuge experiments.",
keywords = "Data, Documentation, Experiment, Metadata, Simulation",
author = "Bardet, {Jean Pierre} and Fang Liu and Nazila Mokarram",
note = "Funding Information: financial support of the National Science Foundation is acknowledged.” contractID is a Project identifier, e.g., “59A0162”. It identifies a contract number assigned either internally by an Organization or externally by sponsors. description describes the background, objectives and main findings of a Project as an executive summary. It is usually made up of several paragraphs. name describes a Project in a few words which may appear on report cover pages. endDate and startDate are the dates when a Project was scheduled to be completed and initiated, respectively. The actual start and end dates can be calculated from the minimum startDate and maximum endDate of the Tasks of a Project. startDate and endDate are both entered using ISO 8601, and can be used to compute the duration of a Project, which implies that startDate should be earlier than endDate. is_subdivided_in points to instance(s) of Task and Event within a Project. is_granted_to points to instance(s) of Organization that are funded to carry out a Project; e.g., “University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.” is_sponsored_by points to instance(s) of Organization that finance a Project; e.g., “National Science Foundation.” The relations between Project and sponsors (e.g., partial contributions and cost-sharing) can be described using acknowledgements. is_subdivided_in points to instance(s) of Task and Event within a Project. keyWords contains a few keywords that identifies a Project (e.g., Lateral Spread, Liquefaction) as specified for Publication. Keywords are needed for both Project and Publication because the publications originating from a Project may not be available before the Project ends. NEESCode identifies a particular project for the consortium of a specific collaborative project and may differ from contractID. objectives lists the objectives of a Project and is complemented by description. In the case of a centrifuge experiment, objectives may be as follows: 1) Investigate different pile configurations to understand the load distribution on the individual piles of a pile group; and 2) Study particular ground improvement technique for reducing ground displacement and loads on piles.” Funding Information: Subclass of Activity, Project is the highest level of Activity, which organizes all information. As shown in Fig. 7, Project is the root that collects information from all the classes. A Project may include Tasks and Events (i.e., is_subdivided_in) taking place at some Organization (i.e., is_performed_at); performed by a few Organization (i.e., is_granted_to) and Person (i.e., is_performed_by); and sponsored by some agencies (i.e., is_sponsored_by). Table 7 lists the attributes of the Project subclass As listed in Table 7, acknowledgments recognize the financial support of sponsors and the contributions of individuals and organizations to a Project, e.g., “The Copyright: Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2010",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1007/s11709-010-0036-z",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "4",
pages = "133--153",
journal = "Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering",
issn = "2095-2430",
publisher = "Springer Science + Business Media",
number = "2",
}