Benjamin Beuster‡, Hilde Orten‡Corresponding author: Benjamin Beuster ( benjamin.beuster@sikt.no ) Corresponding author: Hilde Orten ( hilde.orten@gmail.com ) © Benjamin Beuster, Hilde Orten. This is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Beuster B, Orten H (2023) DDI-CDI-Workflow description of the EOSC Future WP6 Task 3, Science Project 9 ‘Climate Neutral and Smart Cities’. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e116667 |  |
The paper focuses on the technical workflow description of EOSC Future’s Science Project 9 'Climate Neutral and Smart Cities', using reputable data sources such as the European Social Survey (ESS), the European Environmental Agency (EEA), and Copernicus ERA5.
A significant contribution of this project to the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is its demonstration of cross-domain data integration using the DDI-CDI metadata standard. This serves as a practical example of how the DDI-CDI Process model can offer a standardised methodology for detailing integration processes, thereby ensuring clarity for researchers dealing with integrated data and computed variables.
The paper outlines the key elements of the CDI-Process model selected for this approach, which includes around 10 classes such as 'Activity,' 'Step,' and 'Parameter.' These classes form the structural framework for the data integration steps.
Additionally, a tool developed under the project visualises the entire workflow as outlined in the CDI workflow description