Title: Internet of Samples
Material samples are indispensable data sources in many natural science, social science, and humanity disciplines. More and more researchers recognize that samples collected in one discipline can be of great value for another. This has motivated organizations that manage a large number of samples to make their holdings accessible to the world. Currently, multiple projects are working to connect natural history and other samples managed by individual institutions or individuals into a universe of samples that follow FAIR principles. This poster reports the progress of the US NSF‐funded iSamples project, in the context of other efforts initiated by US DOE, DiSCCo, BCoN, and GBIF. By October 2021, we will also be able to present an iSamples prototype. We encourage individual organizations that hold material samples to get to know these projects and help shape these projects to realize the goal of a global linked sample cloud that connects all material samples and is accessible to all.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2004562 2004642
PAR ID:
10627380
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Volume:
58
Issue:
1
ISSN:
2373-9231
Page Range / eLocation ID:
813 to 815
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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