A Web-Based Resource Model for eScience: Object Reuse & Exchange

TL;DR

This paper presents a web-based resource model for eScience that standardizes how compound data objects are identified and described, facilitating data sharing and integration across scientific disciplines.

Contribution

It introduces the OAI-ORE specifications for modeling and standardizing compound objects in eScience, aligning with Web and semantic Web principles.

Findings

Defines a data model for compound objects in eScience

Provides implementation standards for object identification and description

Ensures compatibility with Web and semantic Web architectures

Abstract

Work in the Open Archives Initiative - Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE) focuses on an important aspect of infrastructure for eScience: the specification of the data model and a suite of implementation standards to identify and describe compound objects. These are objects that aggregate multiple sources of content including text, images, data, visualization tools, and the like. These aggregations are an essential product of eScience, and will become increasingly common in the age of data-driven scholarship. The OAI-ORE specifications conform to the core concepts of the Web architecture and the semantic Web, ensuring that applications that use them will integrate well into the general Web environment.