Birds-of-a-Feather session 2-B
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Theme: Science with data archives: challenges in multi-wavelength and time domain data analysis
Panel members for Best practices in data presentation
- Xiuqin Wu, NED task lead, Caltech, IPAC (PG4gdWVycz0iem52eWdiOmt2aGR2YUB2Y25wLnBueWdycHUucnFoIj5rdmhkdmFAdmNucC5wbnlncnB1LnJxaDwvbj4=) MODERATOR
- Alberto Accomazzi, ADS Program Manager and Principal Investigator (PG4gdWVycz0iem52eWdiOm5ucHBiem5tbXZAcHNuLnVuZWluZXEucnFoIj5ubnBwYnpubW12QHBzbi51bmVpbmVxLnJxaDwvbj4=)
- August (Gus) Muench, Journals Data Editor American Astronomical Society (PG4gdWVycz0iem52eWdiOm5odGhmZy56aHJhcHVAbm5mLmJldCI+bmh0aGZnLnpocmFwdUBubmYuYmV0PC9uPg==)
- G. Bruce Berriman, Caltech, IPAC-NExScI (PG4gdWVycz0iem52eWdiOnRvb0B2Y25wLnBueWdycHUucnFoIj50b29AdmNucC5wbnlncnB1LnJxaDwvbj4=)
- Gilles Landais, CDS (PG4gdWVycz0iem52eWdiOnR2eXlyZi55bmFxbnZmQG5mZ2ViLmhhdmZnZW4uc2UiPnR2eXlyZi55bmFxbnZmQG5mZ2ViLmhhdmZnZW4uc2U8L24+)
Last year, NED (NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database) team members led the effort to work with many archives to publish the paper "Best Practices for Data Publication in the Astronomical Literature" (Chen et al. 2022, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022ApJS..260....5C/abstract) article. The paper provided many guidelines for researchers on how to publish their data accurately and make them more open and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable). Although the published paper was originally geared towards researchers in publishing their data, many guidelines also apply to archives in how to present the data to make them more scientifically accurate, open and FAIR. The BoF will discuss on those guidelines with examples to explain the justification behind these best practices recommendations. We will also showcase how, by following these guidelines, it will not only improve the scientific records, but also help to facilitate new modes of open science discovery. Several coauthors of the Best Practice paper will serve as panel members for this BoF discussion.