TY - JOUR
TI - Tsunami-Related Data: A Review of Available Repositories Used in
Scientific Literature
AU - Nachazel, Tomas
AU - Babic, Frantisek
AU - Baiguera, Marco
AU - Cech, Pavel
AU - and Husakova, Martina
AU - Mikulecky, Peter
AU - Mls, Karel
AU - Ponce,
AU - Daniela
AU - Salmanidou, Dimitra
AU - Stekerova, Kamila
AU - Triantafyllou,
AU - Ioanna
AU - Tucnik, Petr
AU - Zanker, Marek
AU - Bures, Vladimir
JO - Transitional Waters Bulletin
PY - 2021
VL - 13
TODO - 16
SP - null
PB - MDPI
SN - null
TODO - 10.3390/w13162177
TODO - tsunami; repository; data set; data format; review; evaluation; ontology
TODO - Various organizations and institutions store large volumes of
tsunami-related data, whose availability and quality should benefit
society, as it improves decision making before the tsunami occurrence,
during the tsunami impact, and when coping with the aftermath. However,
the existing digital ecosystem surrounding tsunami research prevents us
from extracting the maximum benefit from our research investments. The
main objective of this study is to explore the field of data
repositories providing secondary data associated with tsunami research
and analyze the current situation. We analyze the mutual
interconnections of references in scientific studies published in the
Web of Science database, governmental bodies, commercial organizations,
and research agencies. A set of criteria was used to evaluate content
and searchability. We identified 60 data repositories with records used
in tsunami research. The heterogeneity of data formats, deactivated or
nonfunctional web pages, the generality of data repositories, or poor
dataset arrangement represent the most significant weak points. We
outline the potential contribution of ontology engineering as an example
of computer science methods that enable improvements in tsunami-related
data management.
ER -