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Papers by Damian Steer
Program, 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to chart the development of research data management servi... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to chart the development of research data management services within the University of Bristol, from the initial Jisc-funded project, through to pilot service and planned core funding of the service. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a case study of the approach of the University of Bristol Library service to develop a sustainable Research Data Service. Findings – It outlines the services developed during the project and pilot phases of the service. In particular it focuses on the sustainability planning to ensure that research data management is embedded as a core university service. Originality/value – The case study provides practical advice and valuable insights into the issues and experiences of ensuring that research data management is properly valued and supported within universities.
British Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
Singapore has many large and educationally valuable digital collections and is planning the devel... more Singapore has many large and educationally valuable digital collections and is planning the development of many more. These digital collections contain historical, cultural and scientific multimedia objects, along with learning objects. At present, school teachers and pupils find it hard to locate many of these resources using traditional search engines. This paper describes a research investigation into the design and subsequent development of a prototype digital resource discovery portal (Digital Content Exchange) based on Semantic Web technologies, and explores some of the educational issues raised. The research project explored how the features of the Semantic Web might offer valuable additional educational benefits and affordances beyond that of those based on existing information retrieval technologies.
programme of projects toestablish a University-wide repository service. The eventual data.bris Re... more programme of projects toestablish a University-wide repository service. The eventual data.bris Research Data Repository Serviceis designed to meet the growing demand from researchers for data-related support and will better alignthe University with the requirements of funders and publishers by fulfilling the following functions.• Construct, maintain and track the usage of an externally accessible digital repository consistingof the University’s research data. Datasets will be cross-referenced with related research outputs(e.g. journal articles) to be listed in Pure, the institutional Research Information System (RIS).• Deliver and maintain an on-demand, professional training course, open to all research staff. Thiscourse will be focused on helping staff meet the Research Data Management (RDM) mandateswhich have recently been introduced by many research funding bodies.• Applicants to RCUK funding councils are expected to provide a detailed Data Management Plan(DMP) explaining how data m...
Project name: Semantic Web Advanced Development for Europe (SWAD-Europe) Project Number: IST-2001... more Project name: Semantic Web Advanced Development for Europe (SWAD-Europe) Project Number: IST-2001-34732 Workpackage name: 12.1 Open Demonstrators Workpackage description: ┥ http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/plan/workpackages/live/esw-wp-12.1.html Deliverable title: Semantic portals demonstrator lessons learnt (demo_2_report) URI: ┥ http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/reports/demo_2_report/ Authors: ┥Dave Reynolds, HP Laboratories, Bristol, UK Paul Shabajee, Graduate School of Education and ILRT, Bristol, UK Steve Cayzer, HP Laboratories, Bristol, UK Damian Steer, (Contractor) HP Laboratories, Bristol, UK Abstract: The Semantic Portals demonstrator is the second of the two open demonstrators which make up workpackage 12.1. In this report we summarize the ideas behind the demonstrator and describe the design, implementation and deployment of the demonstrator. At each stage we try to identify lessons that have been learnt from the demonstrator. The demonstrator itself may be visited at: ┥h...
This paper discusses the user-centred development process within the Collaborative Research Event... more This paper discusses the user-centred development process within the Collaborative Research Events on the Web (CREW) project, funded under the JISC Virtual Research Environments (VRE) programme. After presenting the project, its aims and the functionality of the CREW VRE, we focus on the user engagement approach, grounded in the method of co-realisation. We describe the different research settings and requirements of our three embedded user groups and the respective activities conducted so far. Finally we elaborate on the main challenges of our user engagement approach and end with the project’s next steps.
Project name: Semantic Web Advanced Development for Europe (SWAD-Europe) Project Number: IST-2001... more Project name: Semantic Web Advanced Development for Europe (SWAD-Europe) Project Number: IST-2001-34732 Workpackage name: 12.1 Open Demonstrators Workpackage description: ┥ http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/plan/workpackages/live/esw-wp-12.1.html Deliverable title: SWAD-E Demonstrators Lessons Learnt (demo_lessons_report) URI: ┥┥ http://www.w3.org/2001/SW/Europe/reports/demo-lessons-report/ Author: ┥Dave Reynolds, HP Laboratories, Bristol, UK Steve Cayzer, HP Laboratories, Bristol, UK Paul Shabajee, Graduate School of Education and ILRT, Bristol, UK Damian Steer, (Contractor) HP Laboratories, Bristol, UK Abstract: This report provides an overall summary and update on the SWAD-E open demonstrators work package 12.1. The report serves three purposes. First, it provides a short summary of the two demonstrators produced within the work package. Second, it provides an update on changes in the first demonstrator, semantic blogging, since the time the demonstrator report was written. Third,...
We describe a new open source framework that implements an innovative research data repository la... more We describe a new open source framework that implements an innovative research data repository layer over a petascale storage facility and report on its development as part of the data.bris project at the University of Bristol. Two interesting aspects of the system are: its extensible metadata regime built around a mandatory core over which domain-specific metadata is layered; and its use of Bittorrent for robust transfer of large datasets and for SWORD2 research data deposit.
STARS is an open source e-research tool that enables screen arts researchers to browse, annotate ... more STARS is an open source e-research tool that enables screen arts researchers to browse, annotate and replay moving image content in order to better understand its thematic links to those people and communities involved in all aspects of its creation. The STARS software was built using Semantic Web technologies to address the technical challenges of integrated searching, browsing and visualisation across curated core data and user-contributed annotations.
International Journal of Digital Curation, Dec 30, 2017
The economic and societal benefits of making research data available for reuse and verification a... more The economic and societal benefits of making research data available for reuse and verification are now widely understood and accepted. However, there are some research studies, particularly those involving human participants, which face particular challenges in making their data openly available due to the sensitivities of the data. Despite its potential value to society this material is invariably kept locked away due to concerns over its inappropriate disclosure. The University of Bristol's Research Data Service has developed the institutional infrastructure, including policies and procedures, required to safely grant access to sensitive research data in a way that is transparent, secure, sustainable and crucially, replicable by other institutions. This paper looks at the background and challenges faced by the institution in dealing with sensitive data, outlines the approach taken and some of the outstanding issues to be tackled.
International Journal of Digital Curation
Sharing data openly has become a straightforward process at the University of Bristol. The Univer... more Sharing data openly has become a straightforward process at the University of Bristol. The University’s top funders mandate or recommend data sharing as a condition of funding, and many publishers require access to research data to enable results of published articles to be verified. The University has provided a dedicated data repository to support this since 2015, and demand for open publication has risen steadily since its inception. However, an increasing number of requests for sharing data relate to data that has ethical, legal or commercial sensitivities and so cannot be published openly. Rather than discuss the wide-ranging ethical implications of data sharing, this practice paper will focus on the secure sharing of sensitive data that has ethical approval and, where required, has the necessary consent in place, from the perspective of an institution that has already decided to undertake the work inherent in sharing sensitive data. The specific purpose is to detail the workfl...
International Journal of Digital Curation
Many academic disciplines have very comprehensive standard for data publication and clear guidanc... more Many academic disciplines have very comprehensive standard for data publication and clear guidance from funding bodies and academic publishers. In other cases, whilst much good-quality general guidance exists, there is a lack of information available to researchers to help them decide which specific data elements should be shared. This is a particular issue for disciplines with very varied data types, such as engineering, and presents an unnecessary barrier to researchers wishing to meet funder expectations on data sharing. This article outlines a project to provide simple, visual, discipline-specific guidance on data publication, undertaken at the University of Bristol at the request of the Faculty of Engineering.
Program, 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to chart the development of research data management servi... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to chart the development of research data management services within the University of Bristol, from the initial Jisc-funded project, through to pilot service and planned core funding of the service. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a case study of the approach of the University of Bristol Library service to develop a sustainable Research Data Service. Findings – It outlines the services developed during the project and pilot phases of the service. In particular it focuses on the sustainability planning to ensure that research data management is embedded as a core university service. Originality/value – The case study provides practical advice and valuable insights into the issues and experiences of ensuring that research data management is properly valued and supported within universities.
British Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
Singapore has many large and educationally valuable digital collections and is planning the devel... more Singapore has many large and educationally valuable digital collections and is planning the development of many more. These digital collections contain historical, cultural and scientific multimedia objects, along with learning objects. At present, school teachers and pupils find it hard to locate many of these resources using traditional search engines. This paper describes a research investigation into the design and subsequent development of a prototype digital resource discovery portal (Digital Content Exchange) based on Semantic Web technologies, and explores some of the educational issues raised. The research project explored how the features of the Semantic Web might offer valuable additional educational benefits and affordances beyond that of those based on existing information retrieval technologies.
programme of projects toestablish a University-wide repository service. The eventual data.bris Re... more programme of projects toestablish a University-wide repository service. The eventual data.bris Research Data Repository Serviceis designed to meet the growing demand from researchers for data-related support and will better alignthe University with the requirements of funders and publishers by fulfilling the following functions.• Construct, maintain and track the usage of an externally accessible digital repository consistingof the University’s research data. Datasets will be cross-referenced with related research outputs(e.g. journal articles) to be listed in Pure, the institutional Research Information System (RIS).• Deliver and maintain an on-demand, professional training course, open to all research staff. Thiscourse will be focused on helping staff meet the Research Data Management (RDM) mandateswhich have recently been introduced by many research funding bodies.• Applicants to RCUK funding councils are expected to provide a detailed Data Management Plan(DMP) explaining how data m...
Project name: Semantic Web Advanced Development for Europe (SWAD-Europe) Project Number: IST-2001... more Project name: Semantic Web Advanced Development for Europe (SWAD-Europe) Project Number: IST-2001-34732 Workpackage name: 12.1 Open Demonstrators Workpackage description: ┥ http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/plan/workpackages/live/esw-wp-12.1.html Deliverable title: Semantic portals demonstrator lessons learnt (demo_2_report) URI: ┥ http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/reports/demo_2_report/ Authors: ┥Dave Reynolds, HP Laboratories, Bristol, UK Paul Shabajee, Graduate School of Education and ILRT, Bristol, UK Steve Cayzer, HP Laboratories, Bristol, UK Damian Steer, (Contractor) HP Laboratories, Bristol, UK Abstract: The Semantic Portals demonstrator is the second of the two open demonstrators which make up workpackage 12.1. In this report we summarize the ideas behind the demonstrator and describe the design, implementation and deployment of the demonstrator. At each stage we try to identify lessons that have been learnt from the demonstrator. The demonstrator itself may be visited at: ┥h...
This paper discusses the user-centred development process within the Collaborative Research Event... more This paper discusses the user-centred development process within the Collaborative Research Events on the Web (CREW) project, funded under the JISC Virtual Research Environments (VRE) programme. After presenting the project, its aims and the functionality of the CREW VRE, we focus on the user engagement approach, grounded in the method of co-realisation. We describe the different research settings and requirements of our three embedded user groups and the respective activities conducted so far. Finally we elaborate on the main challenges of our user engagement approach and end with the project’s next steps.
Project name: Semantic Web Advanced Development for Europe (SWAD-Europe) Project Number: IST-2001... more Project name: Semantic Web Advanced Development for Europe (SWAD-Europe) Project Number: IST-2001-34732 Workpackage name: 12.1 Open Demonstrators Workpackage description: ┥ http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/plan/workpackages/live/esw-wp-12.1.html Deliverable title: SWAD-E Demonstrators Lessons Learnt (demo_lessons_report) URI: ┥┥ http://www.w3.org/2001/SW/Europe/reports/demo-lessons-report/ Author: ┥Dave Reynolds, HP Laboratories, Bristol, UK Steve Cayzer, HP Laboratories, Bristol, UK Paul Shabajee, Graduate School of Education and ILRT, Bristol, UK Damian Steer, (Contractor) HP Laboratories, Bristol, UK Abstract: This report provides an overall summary and update on the SWAD-E open demonstrators work package 12.1. The report serves three purposes. First, it provides a short summary of the two demonstrators produced within the work package. Second, it provides an update on changes in the first demonstrator, semantic blogging, since the time the demonstrator report was written. Third,...
We describe a new open source framework that implements an innovative research data repository la... more We describe a new open source framework that implements an innovative research data repository layer over a petascale storage facility and report on its development as part of the data.bris project at the University of Bristol. Two interesting aspects of the system are: its extensible metadata regime built around a mandatory core over which domain-specific metadata is layered; and its use of Bittorrent for robust transfer of large datasets and for SWORD2 research data deposit.
STARS is an open source e-research tool that enables screen arts researchers to browse, annotate ... more STARS is an open source e-research tool that enables screen arts researchers to browse, annotate and replay moving image content in order to better understand its thematic links to those people and communities involved in all aspects of its creation. The STARS software was built using Semantic Web technologies to address the technical challenges of integrated searching, browsing and visualisation across curated core data and user-contributed annotations.
International Journal of Digital Curation, Dec 30, 2017
The economic and societal benefits of making research data available for reuse and verification a... more The economic and societal benefits of making research data available for reuse and verification are now widely understood and accepted. However, there are some research studies, particularly those involving human participants, which face particular challenges in making their data openly available due to the sensitivities of the data. Despite its potential value to society this material is invariably kept locked away due to concerns over its inappropriate disclosure. The University of Bristol's Research Data Service has developed the institutional infrastructure, including policies and procedures, required to safely grant access to sensitive research data in a way that is transparent, secure, sustainable and crucially, replicable by other institutions. This paper looks at the background and challenges faced by the institution in dealing with sensitive data, outlines the approach taken and some of the outstanding issues to be tackled.
International Journal of Digital Curation
Sharing data openly has become a straightforward process at the University of Bristol. The Univer... more Sharing data openly has become a straightforward process at the University of Bristol. The University’s top funders mandate or recommend data sharing as a condition of funding, and many publishers require access to research data to enable results of published articles to be verified. The University has provided a dedicated data repository to support this since 2015, and demand for open publication has risen steadily since its inception. However, an increasing number of requests for sharing data relate to data that has ethical, legal or commercial sensitivities and so cannot be published openly. Rather than discuss the wide-ranging ethical implications of data sharing, this practice paper will focus on the secure sharing of sensitive data that has ethical approval and, where required, has the necessary consent in place, from the perspective of an institution that has already decided to undertake the work inherent in sharing sensitive data. The specific purpose is to detail the workfl...
International Journal of Digital Curation
Many academic disciplines have very comprehensive standard for data publication and clear guidanc... more Many academic disciplines have very comprehensive standard for data publication and clear guidance from funding bodies and academic publishers. In other cases, whilst much good-quality general guidance exists, there is a lack of information available to researchers to help them decide which specific data elements should be shared. This is a particular issue for disciplines with very varied data types, such as engineering, and presents an unnecessary barrier to researchers wishing to meet funder expectations on data sharing. This article outlines a project to provide simple, visual, discipline-specific guidance on data publication, undertaken at the University of Bristol at the request of the Faculty of Engineering.