Improving DSDR’s FAIRness Through Improved Infrastructure and Enriched Expanded Metadata Exports

University Of Michigan At Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor MI

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Abstract

Project Summary We propose a one-year project to make the Data Sharing for Demographic Research (DSDR) data holdings, which are housed at the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), more discoverable, while facilitating interoperability with other NIH-funded biomedical data repositories. Specifically, we will: Aim 1: Update ICPSR’s infrastructure to a new application programming interface (API) for improved sharing of DSDR and ICPSR metadata with other data catalogs, especially between other NIH-funded biomedical repositories. The machine-actionability of the new API will expand the volume, granularity, and speed of data shared and exchanged by ICPSR, which is an underlying goal of the FAIR Guiding Principles. Aim 2: Create a wider and more comprehensive range of metadata formats to share DSDR and ICPSR catalog entries with partner repositories, which will expand the discoverability and re-usability of our data. By building on the solid foundation of FAIR and TRUST-worthy infrastructure at ICPSR, this supplement will systematically -- and significantly -- improve the interoperability and discoverability of the data holdings.