| Title |
Development Procedure of Data Organization of Data Repositories for Construction Engineering Research Cyberinfrastructure |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2020.36.10.177 |
| Keywords |
Cyberinfrastructure; Data Repository; Data Organization; Data Model; Class; Attribute; DesignSafe |
| Abstract |
The cyberinfrastructure for construction engineering research provides construction engineering researchers and engineers with a research
environment that includes data repository, tools, and other computing services through the internet. As a main component of the
cyberinfrastructure, the data repository stores the research project data and serves for data curation with data uploads/downloads. Since the
data curation naturally depends on how the data is organized in the data repository, the data organization is important for practically useful
data repositories. This paper uses the notation of classes and attributes of a data model to discuss the procedural steps to develop the
efficient data organization of data repositories such as the data depot of DesignSafe for natural hazards engineering. The procedural
development steps begins with the definition of uses for and the size of data repository. The basic organization of main data of the data
repository is explored, and then the elaboration of data is proceeded. After the usage of data is evaluated by using a number of evaluation
criteria, the data organization is improved based on the evaluation results. These development steps are repeated with various possible
sequences until the efficient data organization is finally developed for data repositories for construction engineering research. |