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Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering >> 2010, Volume 4, Issue 2 doi: 10.1007/s11709-010-0036-z

A metadata model for collaborative experiments and simulations in earthquake engineering

1.Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531, USA; 2.Key Laboratory of Geotechnical and Underground Engineering of Ministry of Education; Geotechnical Engineering Department, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; 3.2010-07-06 15:14:51;

Available online: 2010-06-05
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Research projects in earthquake engineering yield a very large amount of complex data from experiments and computer simulations. Understanding and exchanging these complicated and voluminous data sets prompted the development of metadata models that document the processes of data generation, and facilitate the collaboration and exchange of information between researchers. The present metadata model was designed to document and exchange a large number of large data files in earthquake engineering, but is applicable to other fields of engineering and science. The model was conceived based on a series of former data models, which were unduly complicated and limited to few types of experiments. Simpler than its predecessors, the present metadata model applies to all kinds of earthquake engineering experiments. It was developed in the object-oriented framework using Protégé. Its applications are illustrated with examples from centrifuge experiments.

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