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Ontologies is one of those words I hear people toss about in conversations about computing, programming, and development. I usually nod and smile, pretending I know…

With the clarity of the New Year, I realized I broke a promise to you DCXL readers… in my post on data policies, I stated…

If you are like me, you begrudgingly read Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey in high school, but remember very little.  I would like to remind you…

Unless you live in a cave, you are probably aware that NSF started requiring that researchers submit a two-page supplement to all proposals titled “Data…

Recently, I found myself wondering What the heck is data governance?  I was asked to participate in a workshop on Data Governance, supported by DataONE…

The concept of data publication is rather simple in theory: rather than relying on journal articles alone for scholarly communication, let’s publish data sets as…

This past week, 20,000 Earth scientists gathered in San Francisco for the American Geophysical Union’s Fall 2011 Meeting.  Like most conference attendees, I had grand plans…

Just in time for the holidays (and the AGU Fall 2011 Meeting)- a list of the overarching requirements we are working on for the Excel…

Over the last couple of months I have seen a lot of scientists’ Excel spreadsheets.  Approximately 150 spreadsheets, to be exact.  All of this important…

It’s American Thanksgiving this week, and I’m feeling a bit nostalgic and wistful.  In honor of this occasion, I thought I would list a few…