Dr. Pavel Golodoniuc1, Dr. Jens Klump1, Dr. Anusuriya Devaraju1, Dr. Vincent Fazio2, Ms. Neda Taherifar1, Dr. Benyamin Motevalli1, Mr. YunLong Li1
1CSIRO, Kensington, Australia, 2CSIRO, Clayton, Australia
Biography:
Dr. Pavel Golodoniuc is trained in Computer Sciences with an emphasis on system architectures and numerical modelling and holds a PhD in Exploration Geophysics (2016) from Curtin University, Western Australia. Before joining CSIRO in 2008, he gained extensive experience in system design for commercial, industrial, and governmental sectors. He has held technical leadership roles in national spatial data infrastructure projects in Australia involving multi-disciplinary collaborators from Australian geological surveys, government agencies, and universities. His professional focus is on data-intensive cross-disciplinary sciences, data and system integration, scientific data visualisation, Cloud computing, and human/computer interaction.
Abstract:
Physical samples play a crucial role in understanding our complex environment. The idea of a sample identification system was first proposed in 2004 and further developed into the IGSN e.V. in 2011. As a non-profit organisation, it initiated the development of the International Generic Sample Number (IGSN) service to enable globally unique identification of samples across repositories and the sharing of their metadata and derived data. CSIRO, Geoscience Australia, Curtin University, and later Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) were the early adopters and IGSN registration agents in Australia.
Many university departments face challenges in keeping track of samples cited in scholarly publications, with only a handful managing a curated university collection with an online catalogue. Libraries and IT departments at universities often view sample curation as beyond their scope, providing limited support to researchers, thus slowing the adoption of IGSN IDs.
AuScope provides Australia's geoscience community with infrastructure vital to addressing key questions related to national challenges. After identifying gaps in data management practices, AuScope commissioned the development of Sample and Data Repositories to document and curate collected samples and research data.
The AuScope Sample Repository forms part of the AuScope Virtual Research Environment (AVRE) and was created alongside the AuScope Data Repository—a curated research data repository. Both initiatives complement each other, are based on and expand the CKAN open-source software and integrate ARDC’s DataCite Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) minting service for both data and samples. These unique identifiers link catalogued samples to research data and publications.