Projects, data,
tools and technology
This working group aims to formalize a common understanding of interests in the citizen science data space, analyzing problems that citizen science projects face regarding data (e.g. interoperability, reliability, privacy, intellectual property rights). To do so, it collaborates with other technical organizations (e.g. the Open Geospatial Consortium) and other citizen science associations (e.g. CSA, ACSA).
Co-chairs
Earthwatch Europe
The University of Sheffield
Aston University
Working Group
members
- Arne Berre
- Benjamin Dauth
- Bernat Claramunt
- Christos Arvanitidis
- Elzbieta Woloszynska-Wisniewska
- Emmanouella Panteri
- Florian Heigl
- Hai-Ying Liu
- Israel Peer
- Jamie Williams
- Jari Silander
- Johann Zaller
- Linda See
- Stratos Arampatzis
- Thanos Dailianis
- Veljo Runnel
- Vita Lanfranchi
Activity plan
- Spearhead the sharing of resources (projects, data, tools and technologies) for citizen science by providing examples and developing best practices.
- Intensify collaborations with the CSA working group, especially to promote international standards for citizen science data and metadata.
- Contribute to a newly proposed citizen science initiative for GEO.
- Contribute to the wrapping up of the OGC interoperability experiment on citizen science.
- Collaborate with The Things Network, a community that is building a worldwide open, decentralized Internet of Things.
Past achievements
- Working group report, 2016 (PDF)
- The working group has co-organized and attended many meetings and events, including: a workshop on citizen science standards in June 2018; the OGC Citizen Science Domain Working Group meeting in September 2018; CitSci 2019; and a workshop on improving data standardization and interoperability in March 2019.
- The working group has contributed to: the Geneva Declaration on Citizen Science Data and Metadata Standards; a proposal for an update of PPRS-Core; inputs to the proposal for a GEO initiative on citizen science; an initial demonstrator for a citizen science project explorer; initial connectivity demonstration of DIY instruments with The Things Network.
How to get involved
To join this working group, please contact the co-chairs by email, outlining your experience and which activities you are interested in.
Suvodeep Mazumdar: s.mazumdar@sheffield.ac.uk
Luigi Ceccaroni: lceccaroni@earthwatch.org.uk