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FECYT - Integrating Research Information at a National Scale: The Normalized CV (CVN) Project and beyond
5/11/2012
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Index
• FECYT – Brief presentation– Department of scientific information management
• CVN– Brief presentation
• Previous common scenario• Birth• Present situation
– Problems (2)– Needs
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FECYT
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FECYT – Brief Presentation (I)
• Spanish Fundation for Science and Technology• Public Fundation created in 2001. • Key leader in disseminating, communicating and measuring
science and innovation in order to contribute to the development of a knowledge-based economy
• Reinforce a value chain of knowledge
Promoting its INTEGRATION AND APPROACH to society, by responding to the needs and expectations of the Spanish and Technology System
PROMOTING science and innovation
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• FECYT initiatives:– A Culture of Science and Innovation for All
• To bring science closer to the public through actions at various interest groups
– A Culture of Science and Innovation for Children and Young People
• FECYT mantains an active commintment toward promoting a culture of science and innovation among children and young people
– A Culture of Science and Innovation for the Media (SINC)• FECYT manages a services to provide Science NEWS
– A culture to bring science closer to the community of researchers in other countries
– The Spanish R&D&I observatory (ICONO)• It generates and analyses the most up to date information in relation
to the main indicators in science and innovation– Resources and Services for Researchers*Groups of interest of the FECYT: The Media, Society, European Organisms,
Autonomous Regions, Local Adm. Educational System, SECTE, OPIS, Universities, Science Museums, Ministry, Gen. State Adm.
FECYT – Brief Presentation (I)
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Spanish Scientific Journals Support Program
Open Access projects
Normalized Curriculum Vitae (CVN): Format To exchange research information among systems. Implemented in 38 universities
Support digital repositories infraestructure. OpenScience harvester
Platform suport and encourages open access in all Spanish R+D institutions
Facilitate access to scientific resources (Web of Knowledge and Scopus)
TO PROMOTE VISIBILITY AND POSITIONING OF THE SCIENTIFC
PRODUCTION TO REACH INTERNATIONAL SCOPE
TO FACILITATE THE MANAGEMENT AND EFECTIVE COORDINATION OF
SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
RESOURCES AND SERVICES FOR RESEARCHES
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CVN
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CVN – Brief Presentation - Previous Common Scenario (I)
• Funding institutions store a huge amount of information
Funding institution(Ministry of Economy)Curriculum Vitae
Research InformationResearchers
• But…difficult to process
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CVN – Brief Presentation - Previous Common Scenario (II)
• Let’s use information technologies• Applicants must enter their data through web forms
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CVN – Brief Presentation - Previous Common Scenario (III)
Universities
Funding Institutions
Quality Agencies
• Researchers spend around 2 weeks introducing their data every time they apply for funds, quality evaluations …
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CVN – Brief Presentation - Birth
University Funding Institution
Quality AgencyUniversity II
• CVN: Standardize CV to exchange research information among research information systems
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CVN – Brief Presentation - Present situation
• PDF with embedded XML
University Funding Institution
• Manual exchange
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CVN – Problems (I) – Not updated information
University Ministry of Economy
NOT updated information Typical scenario (National Plan): One application every three years
201220092006
The researcher has to send his data manually
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CVN – Problems (I) – Not updated information - Solution
Solution: Research Network
University
(updated information)
Ministry of Economy
Instead of manually sending the informartion: the institution ask for that data
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CVN – Problems (I) – Not updated information – Need
University Funding Institution
• All CV Items must have a unique ID
=Local research ID: 157 Local research ID C-54
Local publication ID: 1317
Local publication ID: 879
Local publication ID: P-17
Local publication ID: P-1389
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(158) (158)
(P85)
(P87)
(P85)
(P195)
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CVN – Problems (II) - Aggregation
• Duplication problem when all the CVN are put together– Two researchers have the same publication in their CV – Two researches have the same project in their CV– …
Data duplication when aggregating data
=
+ =
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CVN – Problems (II) – Aggregation - Solution
• Duplication problem when all the CVN are put together– Two researchers have the same publication in their CV – Two researches have the same project in their CV– …
Solution: All CV Items must have a unique ID
(451) (451)
(63)
(451)=
+ = (451)
(63)
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CVN - Needs
• CVN– Problem: NOT updated information
• Solution: Research Network -> All CV Items must have a unique ID– Problem: Data duplication when aggregating data
• Solution: All CV Items must have a unique ID
