Data and Metadata Working Group: Members

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The Citizen Science Association Data & Metadata Working Group (CSA Data & Metadata WG) is a central node in a consortium of individuals and organizations working on issues related to citizen science data, metadata, and interoperability.

The CSA Data & Metadata WG is led by two co-chairs. Governance over key goals and objectives is shared with liaisons to sister Citizen Science Associations and Standards Development Organizations (SDOs). The work of the CSA Data & Metadata WG is supported and implemented by Members at Large.
 

Members at Large

If you want to participate, email the data_cochair@citizenscience.org

Co-Chairs

  • Greg Newman, Director, CitSci.org, Research Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, CSU
  • Charmel Menzel, Esri

 Citizen Science Association Liaisons

European Citizen Science Association (ECSA). The CSA and the ECSA have an active MOU to work together on web-based services and resources including project databases, initiatives, and guidelines. In addition, ECSA supports a Projects, Data, Tools and Technology WG. ECSA liaisons:

  • Luigi Ceccaroni, ECSA Board of Directors, 1000001 Labs
  • Jaume Piera, Spanish National Research Council

Australian Citizen Science Association (ACSA). The CSA and the ACSA have an active MOU to work together on web-based services and resources including project databases, initiatives, and guidelines. ACSA liaisons:

  • Peter Brenton, Atlas of Living Australia
  • Jessie Cappadonna, ACSA Management Committee, Queensland University of Technology

Standards Development Organization (and similar) Liaisons

International Council for Science: Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) and World Data System (WDS). A joint CODAATA-WDS Task Group (TG) addresses Citizen Science and the Validation, Curation, and Management of Crowdsourced Data. CODATA-WDS liaison:

  • Caren Cooper, North Carolina State University

Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). OGC supports a Citizen Science Domain Working Group (DWG). OGC liaison:

  • Ingo Simonis, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). TDWG supports a Citizen Science Interest Group. TDWG liaison:

  • Rob Stevenson, University of Massachusetts- Amherst

Previous co-chairs

  • Anne Bowser, CSA Board of Directors, The Wilson Center
  • Justin Schell, Director, Shapiro Design Lab, University of Michigan Libraries