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COSMOS 2024 - Call for - Contributions
-Insee is pleased to invite the +
+ COSMOS 2024 - Call for Contributions +
++ Insee is pleased to invite the statistical community to submit contributions for the first Conference - On Smart Metadata for Official Statistics 2024 (COSMOS 2024), to be held - on 11-12 April 2024 in Paris, France.
-Conference web page: http://cosmos-conference.org/2024.
+ On Smart Metadata for Official Statistics 2024 (COSMOS 2024), to be + held on 11-12 April 2024 in Paris, France. + ++ Conference web page: + http://cosmos-conference.org/2024. +
Context
-The world of data is changing. Official statistics organizations need +
+ The world of data is changing. Official statistics organizations need to find, acquire and integrate data from both traditional and new data - sources at an ever-increasing pace, while maintaining the usability and - quality of outputs. Data cycles are shorter, and AI and ML continue to - accelerate the need for data.
-In this context, the demand for metadata is also changing. Metadata - now needs to support FAIR, the Open Science - vision and other initiatives that require transparency, reproducibility - and data that is not only easy to find and use, but also comparable and - interoperable across domains. To this end, we need “smart” metadata that - is standard, machine-actionable, capable of enhancing data quality and - usability, and rich enough to drive the statistical process.
-Smart metadata and AI technologies can benefit from each other: + sources at an ever-increasing pace, while maintaining the usability + and quality of outputs. Data cycles are shorter, and AI and ML + continue to accelerate the need for data. +
++ In this context, the demand for metadata is also changing. Metadata + now needs to support FAIR, the + Open Science vision and other initiatives that require transparency, + reproducibility and data that is not only easy to find and use, but + also comparable and interoperable across domains. To this end, we need + “smart” metadata that is standard, + machine-actionable, capable of enhancing data quality and usability, + and rich enough to drive the statistical process. +
++ Smart metadata and AI technologies can benefit from each other: metadata can enable better AI capabilities, but AI also be applied to - create and manage better metadata.
+ create and manage better metadata. +Conference Objectives
-The COSMOS conference is a place where the official statistics +
+ The COSMOS conference is a place where the official statistics community can work together to define, share, use, and manage smart metadata. Through sharing of experiences, techniques, and tools, and through forward-looking consideration of the challenges we face as a - community, we can better meet the demands of the modern data landscape. - We encourage official statisticians, metadata experts, data managers, - and those involved in the collection, production, and dissemination of - statistics to attend.
-COSMOS will emphasize the ways in which statistical organizations can - implement smart metadata in their institute, covering areas such as:
+ community, we can better meet the demands of the modern data + landscape. We encourage official statisticians, metadata experts, data + managers, and those involved in the collection, production, and + dissemination of statistics to attend. + ++ COSMOS will emphasize the ways in which statistical organizations can + implement smart metadata in their institute, covering areas such as: +
- Standards
- Business use cases
- Governance
- Best practices definition -
- Tools and implementation systems experiences (lessons learned, +
- + Tools and implementation systems experiences (lessons learned, difficulties encountered, key successes)
This will be the first of a series of conferences, focusing on the - best way forward in the development and use of smart metadata in all its - forms.
++ This will be the first of a series of conferences, focusing on the + best way forward in the development and use of smart metadata in all + its forms. +
Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include, but not limited to:
Metadata standards
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- Lessons learned about implementing standards in your - organization +
- + Lessons learned about implementing standards in your organization
- Any of your own ontologies created for supporting other needs
- Tools used or developed for supporting standards @@ -83,13 +118,16 @@
- Governance
- Sharing knowledge about standards in the community
- Feedback: when do you decide to track changes (versioning)? -
- How far should we go in terms of traceability? / How far do we +
- + How far should we go in terms of traceability? / How far do we version? -
- Any experience about provenance and lineage models and +
- + Any experience about provenance and lineage models and implementations -
- How to collect various kinds of metadata and standardise them for +
- + How to collect various kinds of metadata and standardise them for statistical use?
Metadata standards
Linking
Active metadata
-The use of metadata can extend beyond their function of describing - and helping to understand data. Based on machine-actionable semantically +
+ The use of metadata can extend beyond their function of describing and + helping to understand data. Based on machine-actionable semantically rich standard, metadata can automatically generate components of the - statistical process and/or trigger their executions. They take on a new - role to some extent, no longer simply “information to facilitate - understanding of statistics” but becoming “data used in the statistical - business process”; hence the notion of active metadata.
-Active metadata can serve as an important resource for data - management and security, determining quality, providing appropriate - access, personalizing delivery of data, and developing flexible - “self-serve” systems for better meeting users’ needs.
+ statistical process and/or trigger their executions. They take on a + new role to some extent, no longer simply “information to facilitate + understanding of statistics” but becoming “data used in the + statistical business process”; hence the notion of active metadata. + ++ Active metadata can serve as an important resource for data management + and security, determining quality, providing appropriate access, + personalizing delivery of data, and developing flexible “self-serve” + systems for better meeting users’ needs. +
Experiences of early or mature implementations are welcomed.
FAIR
-FAIR data meet the principles of findability, accessibility, - interoperability, and reusability.
++ FAIR data meet the principles of findability, accessibility, + interoperability, and reusability. +
- How to assess the compliance FAIR principles?
- How to implement FAIR principles in an organization? -
- What are FAIR and transparent metadata for confidential data that are - shared under restrictions? -
- What role do smart metadata play in providing access to protected data? +
- + What are FAIR and transparent metadata for confidential data that + are shared under restrictions? + +
- + What role do smart metadata play in providing access to protected + data? +
- What does “reusable” mean for statistical data?
- How does provenance metadata help in being FAIR?
Important Dates
Submission Guidelines
-We invite the submission of original results related to the focus - areas of the conference in one of the three categories given below:
++ We invite the submission of original results related to the focus + areas of the conference in one of the three categories given below: +
- Full papers (up to 15 pages)
- Short papers (6-8 pages)
- Posters and demos (up to 4 pages)
All submissions must be written in English and submitted +
+ All submissions must be written in English and submitted non-anonymously using the EasyChair conference management system at - https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cosmos2024.
-All submitted papers will be subject to a peer-review process and + https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cosmos2024. +
++ All submitted papers will be subject to a peer-review process and evaluated according to their originality, technical content, style, - clarity, and relevance to the conference. At least one co-author of each - accepted paper is required to register to COSMOS and present the - paper.
-The conference proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for - online publication. Contribution authors should refer to instructions at - https://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html to see what this implies. In - particular, all contributions must be formatted according to the - CEUR-ART style for writing papers to be published with CEUR-WS. Style - files and templates are available online: - https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip. The format adopted by COSMOS - 2024 is: 1-column style.
+ clarity, and relevance to the conference. At least one co-author of + each accepted paper is required to register to COSMOS and present the + paper. + ++ The conference proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for + online publication. Contribution authors should refer to instructions + at + https://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html + to see what this implies. In particular, all contributions must be + formatted according to the CEUR-ART style for writing papers to be + published with CEUR-WS. Style files and templates are available + online: + https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip. The format adopted by COSMOS 2024 is: 1-column style. +
Scientific Committee
- George Alter (University of Michigan) diff --git a/2024/index.html b/2024/index.html index 54b8758..425de4f 100644 --- a/2024/index.html +++ b/2024/index.html @@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ + + + + + + +
- interoperable and linked concepts
- standardized description and representation of data @@ -37,14 +80,26 @@
- standard: they can be understood and used everywhere -
- active: they are machine-actionable and drive the statistical process -
- FAIR: they make data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable +
- + active: they are machine-actionable and drive the statistical + process + +
- + FAIR: they make data findable, accessible, interoperable and + reusable +
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Smart Metadata Manifesto
-Data is a major asset for all organizations, and this is particularly true in Official Statistics.
-In Europe, the European strategy for data aims at creating a single market for data that will ensure global competitiveness and data sovereignty.
-Internationally, the Open Data Charter aims at enabling open data to support transparent, accountable, efficient and effective public and private sectors.
-Globally, the FAIR movement aims at making data easier to find and use.
-Many other initiatives embrace the same goals accross the world of scientific and policy research.
-All these support the Open Science vision of open publication and access to scientific knowledge to enable collaborative networks at all levels of society.
-But realisation comes soon that data is unusable without metadata and that the FAIR principles actually boil down to requirements on metadata:
++ Data is a major asset for all organizations, and this is particularly + true in Official Statistics. +
++ In Europe, the + European strategy for data + aims at creating a single market for data that will ensure global + competitiveness and data sovereignty. +
++ Internationally, the + Open Data Charter aims at + enabling open data to support transparent, accountable, efficient and + effective public and private sectors. +
++ Globally, the + FAIR movement aims at making + data easier to find and use. +
++ Many other initiatives embrace the same goals accross the world of + scientific and policy research. +
++ All these support the Open Science vision of open publication and + access to scientific knowledge to enable collaborative networks at all + levels of society. +
++ But realisation comes soon that data is unusable without metadata and + that the FAIR principles actually boil down to requirements on + metadata: +
Smart Metadata Manifesto
We need metadata that are:
Rich metadata explain what data are and what they can do; they enhance data quality and usability.
++ Rich metadata explain what data are and what they can do; they enhance + data quality and usability. +
We propose to brand these “Smart Metadata”.
-The COSMOS conference is a place for the Official Statistics community to envision how to best define, share, use and manage smart metadata, to fully realize data’s potential.
++ The COSMOS conference is a place for the Official Statistics community + to envision how to best define, share, use and manage smart metadata, + to fully realize data’s potential. +