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8 Office of Data and Informatics
Pages 68-71

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... The mission of the ODI is "to build the infrastructure for next-generation data science tools and the management of complex data sets needed to support scientific innovation and advance open data concepts."1 The ODI serves several functions which include the following: supporting national needs, such as the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) and biological and chemical data integration, as well as the modernization of current NIST reference data services for use in state-of-the-art computer paradigms (i.e., virtual computing, parallel analysis, interoperability, semantic web, etc.)
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... The ODI has contributed to SRD delivery by modernizing the existing NIST reference data services, providing community consultation and support, and participating in the global open data science community. The ODI has provided guidance and assistance to the MML for archiving research data in order to meet government-mandated rules and regulations on open data.
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... PORTFOLIO OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE Accomplishments The ODI has assembled a strong team with complementary expertise in scientific data management, materials science, informatics, and analytics. In particular, the director of the ODI is a recognized authority in scientific data management for astronomy, which is a poster child for state-of-the-art scientific data management.
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From page 71...
... As part of the NIST MGI effort, it is operating the Material Measurement Laboratory Repository Server,3 which is a data repository for data sharing. It is also developing the NIST Materials Resource Registry, a federated network of catalogs containing information about materials science resources that will be delivered in the summer of 2017.
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  • materials data
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  • data challenges
  • community engagement

  • laboratory repository
  • materials genome
  • academies assessment
  • genome initiative
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  • engineering division
  • midas supports
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  • increasingly complex
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