Project specification

Context

Data findability in seismology is a complex task using information disseminated in different places. The aim of the project is to build a diagnostic of all the problems and inconsistencies that appears in the process of finding the data.

Typical workflow

Top down scenario

Starting from FDSN networks list

https://www.fdsn.org/networks

For each network start the test:

Does the network have a DOI ?

• no: mark test as failed
• yes: go to next step

Get datacite metadata for the DOI

Check if the landing page works

Check if data is open, if it has a licence

Pass a FUJ-I test for the DOI (optional)

This step is maybe long to pass, but could be very useful

store some metadata

• the publisher
• the licence
• the FUJ-I score

from the routing system at FDSN

get the datacenter hosting the network

ask for the stationXML metadata at the datacenter

Check for the folowing :

• restrictionPolicy
• Identifier (the DOI should be the same)

Implementation

Backend

• run the tests on a regular basis
• store the result in a database
• expose all objects through an API

Interesting tools for this:

• django
• celery

Frontend

• web ui to expose:
• all the tests runs
• for a test run,
  • show global scores
  • show a list of networks with their score
  • for a network
    • show the full report

Other requirements

High test coverage

Let's try to enhance the code quality and aim at 90% of code coverage