1. Co-ordination & Harmonisation of Advanced e-Infrastructuresfor Research and Education Data SharingCHAIN-REDS second review, Brussels, 11 September 2014www.chain-project.euproj-office@chain-project.euUse Case n. 2 : African Population and HealthResearch Centre Data InfrastructureBruce Becker (CSIR) for Ubuntunet AllianceCo-funded by the European Commissionunder its 7th Framework Programme

2. Outline General information on the Use Case Support activity performed Current achievements Future plan and remaining issues ConclusionsCHAIN-REDS second periodic 2 review, Brussels11/09/2014 3. The African Population Health Research Centre -http://www.aphrc.org APHRC is a leading pan-African research institutionheadquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, that conducts highquality policy-relevant research on population, health,education, urbanization and related developmentissues across Africa. Over the last decade, APHRC has contributed to abetter Africa through quality research, and results-basedstrategic communications and policy engagement. The regions involved: mostly Kenya but also 18 othercountries3 CHAIN-REDS second periodic review, Brussels 11/09/2014 4. APHRC and Open Data in Africa APHRC mandate : better societies and governmentthorugh the use of quality data Donor and mission require that data is open, publiclyavailable and accountable #Data4Dev is a hot topic: African needs a data revolution -http://aphrc.org/blog/you-say-you-want-a-data-revolution/ And there is a plan :http://www.cgdev.org/blog/delivering-data-revolution-sub-saharan-africa4 CHAIN-REDS second periodic review, Brussels 11/09/2014 5. #Data4Dev challenges in Sub-Saharan AfricaReproducibilityAccessibility 6. APHRC and IHSN:software and standards APHRC uses software from InternationalHousehold Survey Network (IHSN) IHSN produces software for various tasks http://www.ihsn.org/home/software Particularly microdata cataloguing tool Uses DDI Alliance metadata Very robust tool for full data lifecycle Somewhat different from other OpenAccessfederations, but interoperablehttp://www.ihsn.org/home/6 CHAIN-REDS second periodic review, Brussels 11/09/2014 7. What can CHAIN-REDS do forAPHRC ? This is a novel area for the application of CHAIN-REDSservices ! How do the CHAIN-REDS proposed solutions fit with theAPHRC and general African Open Data needs ? Standards and Interoperability What standards are being used by APHRC in their data documentation and datarepository ? Are these compatible with others ? Discoverability and Impact Can authors cite the data ? What should they cite ? Will the original authors becredited ? Reproducibility Can we ensure data analysis is using reliable data products and derivatives ?7 CHAIN-REDS second periodic review, Brussels 11/09/2014 8. Summary of support activityperformed Support provided: Consultancy on the benefit of issueing persistent identifiers Access to EPIC PID issuer Reference implementation of PID issuer for existing data sets Much time was dedicated to understanding the context very messy area Success : MoU signed with APHRC: Promotion of standards to widen and simplify the accessto e-Infrastructures worldwide and federation of Big Data archives across continents Standards and Interoperability: Ongoing technical investigation to determine feasibility of integrating IHSN withSemantic Search Engine Availability (APHRC already have a microdata portal) http://aphrc.org/catalog/microdata/index.php/catalog Discoverability and Impact Include in CHAIN-REDS Knowledge Base, issue PIDs to data sets8 CHAIN-REDS second periodic review, Brussels 11/09/2014 9. Discoverability : Inclusion in theCHAIN-REDS KB9 CHAIN-REDS second periodic review, Brussels 11/09/2014 10. Current achievements All data sets inthe APHRCportal have beenissued PIDs The code hasbeen releasedhttp://epic.grnet.gr/10 CHAIN-REDS second periodic review, Brussels 11/09/2014 11. Current achievements11 CHAIN-REDS second periodic review, Brussels 11/09/2014 12. Future plans and remaining issues Ongoing activities Ensure handover of the tool to APHRC Promote the usage of the service amongst health researchersand open access activities Investigate integration with the semantic search engine. Understand interoperability between IHSN harvester, OAI-PMH Investigate whether the semantic search engine can consumeIHSN harvester data12 CHAIN-REDS second periodic review, Brussels 11/09/2014 13. Conclusions Fruitful collaboration created, result of CHAIN-REDS presence inAfrica, support of Open Access and Open Science activies CHAIN-REDS provided support and a concrete demonstration ofa widely-used service in an area of high societal impact. Usage of PID's has been demonstrated and feasibility of using theREST API of the PID consortium confirmed Propose investigation of whether semantic search engine caninteroperate with DDICHAIN-REDS second periodic 13 review, Brussels11/09/2014 14. Co-ordination & Harmonisation of Advanced e-Infrastructuresfor Research and Education Data SharingThank you !http://aaroc.github.io/chain-reds/AAROC-APHRC-PID/www.chain-project.euproj-office@chain-project.euwww.chain-project.euproj-office@chain-project.euCo-funded by the European Commissionunder its 7th Framework Programme 15. Special ThanksAPHRC SSUhttp://aphrc.org/our-work/research-programs/statistics-and-surveys-unit/Donatien BeguyHead (SSU)http://aphrc.org/team/donatien-beguy/Cheikh FayeSenior Researcher (SSU)http://aphrc.org/team/cheikh-mbacke-faye/Paul OderoIT manager (APHRC)http://aphrc.org/team/paul-odero/