The I-ADOPT Variable Modeling Challenge

Author

Barbara Magagna

Published

October 31, 2024

Winners of the I-ADOPT Variable Modeling Challenge (First and Second Challenge)

I-ADOPT aims to facilitate data interoperability by offering a common framework to
describe variables and connect terminologies used to name variables.
The I-ADOPT recommendations, endorsed by RDA, are now a candidate OGC standard.

The First Challenge took place from 16 to 29 September 2024, the Second Challenge from 14 to 18 October 2024.

1st prize - €400 plus 2 virtual attendance fees for RDA 23: Anne Fouilloux and Jean Iaquinta (212.75 points)

2nd prize - €300 plus 1 virtual attendance fee for RDA 23: Andrea Tarallo, Martina Pulieri, Christina Di Muri, and Jessica Titocci (208.5 points)

3rd prize - €200: Jörg Klausen, Morgan Silverman and Gao Chen (170.6 points)

The RDA TIGER Programme sponsored the attendance fees for the winners.

The following participants qualified for the Second Challenge and will each receive €100:

Margherita Martorana, Samantha Blakeman, Petra ten Hoopen, Naouel Karam, Juliana Menger, Saurav Kumar, and Norbert van Dijk

Results

We have put valid models of all 30 variables from the Challenge in the (examples repository). Be aware that other models might also be fulfilling the criteria.

We invite to discuss different variants in the (issues).

Find all contributions and detailed evaluation results in this (sheet).

We will analyse the results further and will present interesting outcomes at the RDA Plenary Meeting 23 in Costa Rica on Wednesday, 13 November 2024 (14:00-15:30 UTC) in this session: (Challenging I-ADOPT) (Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 40, University of Costa Rica).

Reviewer Team

I-ADOPT Core team:

  • Barbara Magagna (GO FAIR Foundation, NL)
  • Gwenaëlle Moncoiffé (National Oceanography Centre - British Oceanographic Data Centre, UK)
  • Anusuriya Devaraju (CSIRO, AU)
  • Maria Stoica (University of Colorado, Boulder, US)
  • Sirko Schindler (German Aerospace Center, DE)
  • Alison Pamment (Centre for Environmental Data Analysis/Sience and Technology Facilities Council, UK)

External reviewers:

  • Markus Stocker (TIB - Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, GER)
  • John Graybeal (GO FAIR US, San Diego Supercomputing Center, US)
  • Rob Atkinson (Open Geospatial Consortium, AU)

Relevant Challenge Material

Find here all relevant materials, which we recommend you to study in this order:

  1. An introduction to the I-ADOPT Framework (Video,Slides and Notes)

  2. A step-by-step guide for creating an I-ADOPT compliant variable description (Video,Slides and Notes)

  3. Instructions for submitting modeled variables including participation and scoring rules (Presentation)

  4. The list of variables from the First Challenge (Challenge Variables I).

  5. The list of variables to be selected for the Second Challenge (Challenge Variables II).

  6. Some useful modeling tips for the I-ADOPT Framework aligned variables with (DO’s and DONT’s).

If you have a question related to the Challenge please post it to the Question GitHub as an issue. We will try to answer it promptly.

Sponsors

Good to know

Background information about I-ADOPT can be explored on this website.

Timeline

Date Action
June 17 Announcement of the Challenge
August 25 Deadline for variable submissions
September 2 Publication of participation rules and instruction video
September 2 Subscription to the Challenge open
September 16 Start of the Challenge
September 29 End of the Challenge
October 10 Announcement of the winners
October 14 Start of Second Challenge
October 18 End of Second Challenge
October 31 Publication of detailed results
November 12-14 Presentation of the Challenge and interoperability results at the RDA 23rd Plenary