Open Collections

Goodwin, Mark; Dante, Paul; Stathis, Kelly; Barsky, Eugene

Presentation for Government Information Conference 2021 With the rapid proliferation of research data, including governmental data, it is vital to create innovative tools for data discovery and access. The Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) is addressing this need by making research data discoverable via complementary map-based and text-based search interfaces. FRDR offers a Canadian national discovery platform that aggregates metadata from over 80 repositories. Powered by the open-source software Geodisy, the map search interface provides access to dataset records with geospatial information using an interactive map. Data is discoverable based on its location, and individual geospatial files are previewed as visual overlays. Geospatial files can be downloaded or exported in various formats, and ISO 19139 metadata is made available for all records. A project that aims to enhance the FRDR discovery platform’s search capabilities by integrating the map-based and text-based search interfaces in an overhaul of the service has recently begun. This work is being supported by a working group of experts from across Canada in an effort to create a service that meets the varying needs of researchers working with Canadian data. For any research that relates to a geospatial location, this evolving tool provides a new and useful form of discovery. In this presentation, we will share an update on the existing map search tool and plans for discovery interface redesign.

Canada

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2022-01-21

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/80703

Unreviewed

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