ChemConnect

With the advent of the explosion of data produced within a project and with the increasing pressure to have an efficient means to communicate and disseminate this data, the role of a well-defined data management plan within a proposal is expanding and the requirement becoming mandatory.

An essential part of a data management plan is a sustainable and manageable repository of data.

CHEMCONNECT and its fundamental principles and extensive knowledge base represents the next generation of data repositories. Data files are not just stored. The data within those files are interpreted and put into the context of the extensive domain knowledge. CHEMCONNECT provides the framework for extensive documentation of the entire scientific process from thorough descriptions of the measurement devices (including subystems, components and sensors), documentation of the methodologies, from calibration to measurement to manipulation to final results, and research protocols linking together all aspects of the scientific process.

The goal of CHEMCONNECT is the be the tool at the center of the research ecosystem and to promote FAIR of Findable, Accessable, Interoperable and Reusable data. The further goal of CHEMCONNECT is to provide the framework of experimental documentation, with protocols, methodologies and device descriptions, for Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) trend in scientific publishing.

A further goal of CHEMCONNECT is to provide a natural framework for data entry. The framework is meant to adapt to the researcher needs. CHEMCONNECT should accept data, including units and formats, as the researcher naturally presents them. The extensive knowledge base of CHEMCONNECT plays an essential role in achieving this.

ChemConnect is a smart cloud-based repository of experimental, theoretical and computational data. ChemConnect goes beyond traditional data repositories in that the data is parsed and analysed with respect to an extensive chemical and combustion knowledge base. The parsed data is then linked allowing for efficient searching and comparison of combustion data. The goal is to have all data associated with experiments, from a device description, to the intermediate data (both computed and measured) and to their associated interpretations and the procedures and methodologies to the final published results and references to be available. Having published data linked to its dependent measurements and constants, devices, subsystems, sensors and even people and laboratories provides an effective accountability and more confidence in the data. Data entry and availability can range from private user, to user defined consortia to general public.

Knowlege Base

CHEMCONNECT distinguishes itself from other repositories by having an extensive knowledge base of experimental devices, protocols and data, created in collaboration with experimentalists and modelers in the field. This knowledge base is represented in an extensive interconnected network of concepts and data. These concepts allow for convenient uploading of data, its subsequent interpretation and efficient search of chemical information.

Adapts to user

The knowledge base gives context and meaning to the data that is uploaded to the database. It also allows the experimentalist and modeler to upload data in their format convenient to them. The goal of CHEMCONNECT is not to restrict input to any particular format. The knowledge-base puts all data, regardless of the original input format, on a common foundation.

Interconnection of data

The interlinking of data and concepts within CHEMCONNECT facilitates efficient and thorough search for data within the repository. The interface promotes linking data to the devices (even sensors and subsystems of the device), protocols (methodologies and procedures used to generate the final results), researchers (the institution, the lab and even who performed the experiment) and external sources and references (websites and publications).