Paper No. 79-5
Presentation Time: 9:00 AM
SPARROW: A DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT TARGETED AT GEOCHRONOLOGY LABORATORIES
QUINN, Daven P.1, SCHAEN, Allen2, SUNDELL, Kurt E.3, GEHRELS, George4, GORING, Simon5, MARCOTT, Shaun A.6, MEYERS, Stephen R.7, PETERS, Shanan E.8, ROSS, Jake9, SCHMITZ, Mark D.10, SINGER, Bradley S.7 and WILLIAMS, John W.11, (1)University of Wisconsin – Madison Department Of Geoscience, 1215 W Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, (2)Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (3)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (4)Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (5)Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706, (6)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (7)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, (8)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (9)New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM 87801, (10)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, (11)Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706
Data accessibility, archiving, and reusability are a key concern within geochronology; community-level standards and archival facilities (e.g.
Geochron.org and IGSN) attempt to further these goals. Meanwhile, a new generation of time-integrated digital Earth models (e.g. Macrostrat and Neotoma) require calibration against robust, global age datasets. The uncompensated work required to transform, contextualize, and upload analytical data for repositories and consumers is a major barrier to the reuse of geochronology data. Purpose-built software can automate these integrations and reduce strain on laboratory workers.
Sparrow (https://sparrow-data.org), a new open-source software component funded by NSF EarthCube, provides a standard access layer for measurements produced by individual geochronology laboratories. The system can be deployed atop current, lab-specific systems and workflows for data collection, reduction, and storage. The standardized application programming interface (API) provided by Sparrow can be accessed by end users and centralized archives.
Sparrow also includes an extensible, web-based management interface that streamlines laboratory metadata management tasks such as controlling embargo, identifying and linking geologic and publication metadata, and generating aggregate summaries. The software straightforwardly implements FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) data management principles for host labs; it is built to be lightweight, flexible, and standards-compliant.
Sparrow is now being deployed atop several distinct data-reduction pipelines at laboratories specializing in U-Pb, 40Ar/39Ar, and cosmogenic nuclide dating. Where implemented, the software will provide a robust, structured data store for laboratory output and automate the incorporation of curated geochemical data into synthesis and archival facilities.
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