ACADEMIC SDI: A PROPOSAL FOR THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ (UFPR)

Abstract Although universities conduct research in the SDI field, they have repeatedly erred when storing, preserving, and sharing their geospatial data. The general objective of this research is to develop a proposal for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the graduate programs of the Department of Earth Sciences at Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). In order to initiate the process of implementing UFPR’s academic SDI, a sample of the theses and dissertations of the aforementioned programs was collected. Subsequently, a survey of the metadata of the spatial study areas and publications was conducted, and finally, these metadata were made available as a catalog through GeoNetwork. The metadata, ISO TC-221, OGC and WC3 standards recommended by INDE-BR were adopted, and free and open source software was used. In this paper, the results of the metadata survey and their availability are presented in the form of a catalog, as well as a synthesis of the reflections made during the execution of the research, in order to help define the characteristics of academic SDIs in the country. The cataloging of historical metadata was found to be viable and to facilitate the dissemination of geospatial data to the scientific community.摘要：尽管各高校在空间数据基础设施（Spatial Data Infrastructure，SDI）领域开展研究，但在地理空间数据的存储、管护与共享环节却屡屡出现疏漏。本研究的总体目标是为巴拉那联邦大学（Federal University of Paraná，UFPR）地球科学系的研究生项目制定一套空间数据基础设施建设方案。为启动UFPR学术型空间数据基础设施的建设流程，研究团队采集了上述研究生项目的学位论文样本；随后针对空间研究区域及相关出版物的元数据（metadata）开展调研，最终通过GeoNetwork将这些元数据以目录形式对外发布。本研究采用了巴西国家空间数据研究所（INDE-BR）推荐的ISO TC-221、开放地理空间信息联盟（Open Geospatial Consortium，OGC）及WC3标准，并使用了免费开源软件。本文以目录形式展示了元数据调研结果及其发布情况，并综合梳理了研究推进过程中的思考，以期为界定该国学术型空间数据基础设施的特征提供参考。研究发现，对历史元数据进行编目具备可行性，且能够助力地理空间数据向科研共同体的传播推广。