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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Nephrol. 2015 May;35(3):291–302. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2015.04.009

Table 6.

Supports for metadata challenges across many research infrastructure categories

Support to augment research capabilities Category of Support
Tool/system with capabilities for data capture and sharing Technical infrastructure
Tools to facilitate/expedite data curation ”
Systems for discovering and accessing metadata
Agreed upon schemes/standards for metadata descriptions Data management
Agreed upon vocabularies, semantics, ontologies ”
Availability of metadata services (e.g. st/repository; standards registry, web-based applications for creating, finding, monitoring reusable metadata, interoperable semantics based on a common data elements and information models)
Stable, documented application programming interfaces (API) ”
Sharable processing workflows ”
Established and shared methods related to metadata Openness
Shared processes for tracking reuse of existing data ”
Interoperable metadata in uses of open source software ”
Stable, documented application programming interfaces (API) ”
Skills in metadata descriptions and identifications Skill and/or training
Easy and timely access to technical expertise Service/resource discoverability