(Invited) Connecting the Hydrogen Datahub to Scientists and the World

Abstract

The Energy Materials Network (EMN) is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) initiative bringing together consortia of national laboratories, industry, and academia towards a common goal of accelerating energy materials development. HydroGEN is an EMN consortium of six DOE national laboratories that is focused on advanced water-splitting materials challenges. In coordination with the other consortia in the EMN, HydroGEN has created a data portal, or DataHUB, based on the free/open source Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN). Core capabilities include storage, discovery, and access of data generated by experimental and simulation studies. From our experience developing user-facing data portals such as the Materials Project and the Hydrogen Effects Database, we know that the usage and utility of data portals can be increased with dedicated development of end-user software tools focused on making data upload, processing, and visualization more powerful and easier to use in scientists’ existing working environments. In addition, we are working to introduce robust dataset revision control, data and metadata value entry validation, and linking of datasets and resources across a project. We hope that these capabilities will enhance the scientific value of the datasets in the HydroGEN DataHUB, and provide a basis for the broader vision of data sharing processes with other EMN and repositories (Citrine, Granta, Materials Project, etc.). This talk will provide an overview of our progress and vision in building these capabilities for the HydroGEN DataHUB.