IRIS ( I ncorporated R esearch I nstitutions for S eismology) was a university research consortium dedicated to exploring the Earth's interior through the collection and distribution of seismographic data. IRIS programs contributed to scholarly research, education , earthquake hazard mitigation, and the verification of a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty . Support for IRIS came from the National Science Foundation , other federal agencies, universities, and private foundations . IRIS supported five major components:
8-635: IRIS maintained a Corporate Office in Washington, D.C. IRIS's Education and Public Outreach Program offered animations, videos, lessons, software, posters, and fact sheets to help teachers and the general public learn more about seismology and earth science and understand it better. The goal is to get more people interested in careers in geophysics. IRIS is listed in the Registry of Research Data Repositories re3data.org. On January 1, 2023, IRIS merged with UNAVCO to form EarthScope Consortium. In 1959,
16-491: A legal entity, such as a sustainable institution (e.g., library, university) and clearly state access conditions to the data and repository as well as the terms of use. Additionally, an English graphical user interface (GUI) plus a focus on research data is needed. re3data.org was initiated as a joint project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Current partners in re3data are DataCite ,
24-514: A suitable repository for their data and thus comply with requirements set out in data policies. The registry went live in autumn 2012. In 2023 the registry lists over 3000 research data repositories from around the world covering all academic disciplines. They are described in detail using the re3data.org schema. The service makes all metadata in the registry available for open use under the Creative Commons deed CC0. The majority of
32-950: The Berlin School of Library and Information Science at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , the Helmholtz Open Science Office of the Helmholtz Association , the KIT Library at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Libraries of the Purdue University . Several publishers, research institutions and funders refer to re3data.org in their editorial policies and guidelines as a tool for
40-600: The National Science Foundation . Registry of Research Data Repositories The Registry of Research Data Repositories ( re3data.org ) is an open science tool that offers researchers, funding organizations, libraries, and publishers an overview of existing international repositories for research data . re3data.org is a global registry of research data repositories from all academic disciplines. It provides an overview of existing research data repositories in order to help researchers to identify
48-916: The Defense Department, by 1973 operations were transferred to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). A collaboration with the IRIS Consortium began in 1984 as a result of a need to expand and succeed the WWSSN with the Global Seismographic Network (GSN). The GSN, originally funded entirely by the USGS under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP), is now jointly supported by
56-524: The United States Government launched a research effort aimed at improving national capabilities to detect and identify foreign nuclear explosions detonated underground and at high altitudes. The resultant World-Wide Standardized Seismograph Network (WWSSN) was a program successful beyond its original remit. It provided seismological data for its intended purpose as well as for the emerging concept of plate tectonics . Initially operated by
64-471: The listed research data repositories are described in detail by a comprehensive schema, namely the re3data.org Schema for the Description of Research Data Repositories. Information icons support researchers to identify an adequate repository for the storage and reuse of their data. A repository is indexed when the minimum requirements for inclusion in re3data.org are met: the repository has to be run by
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