Despite the methodical and painstaking efforts made by scientists to record their scientific findings and protocols, a knowledge gap problem continues to persist today between producers of scientific results and consumers because technology is performing the exchange of data as opposed to scientists making direct contact. Provenance is a means to formalize how this knowledge is transferred. However, for it to be meaningful to scientists, the provenance research community needs continued contributions from the scientific community to extend and leverage provenance-based vocabularies and technology from the provenance community. Going forward the provenance community must also be vigilant to meet scalability needs of data intensive science
Revised: February 26, 2014 |
Published: June 3, 2013
Citation
Stephan E.G., P. Pinheiro da Silva, and K. Kleese van Dam. 2013.Bridging the Gap between Scientific Data Producers and Consumers: A Provenance Approach. In Data Intensive Science, edited by T Critchlow and K Kleese van Dam. 279-300. Boca Raton, Florida:CRC Press.PNNL-SA-88577.