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Delivering Data Packages for Discovery, Analysis, and Preservation
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2018-01-10
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Abstract:The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Plan to Increase Public Access to the Results of Federally-Funded Scientific Research (PA), requires, in part, that “digitally formatted scientific data resulting from unclassified research supported wholly or in part by Federal funding to be stored and publicly accessible for search, retrieval, and analysis.” The PA goes on to require that researchers deliver a Data Management Plan (DMP) which identifies practices they will employ to ensure the long-term access and preservation of the project data.
The National Transportation Library (NTL), of USDOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), is applying the standards and practices required by the PA to new datasets created by BTS. Further, in order to ensure the greatest possible longevity of discovery and preservation, as well as encouraging data interoperability and reuse, NTL is helping BTS staff to create even more robust documentation for datasets. This documentation is collectively known as a “data package.” In addition to the final dataset, and the DMP, a data package includes other documentation, which as defined by NTL, is “needed to contextualize the dataset for any and all users.”
This poster will explore the various elements of data packages, and look at their initial use within BTS and NTL, using the 2016 National Census of Ferry Operators dataset as an example.
(Presented at the Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting; Washington, D.C.; January 10, 2018.)
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