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=== Issue ===
=== Issue ===
EGI is a multidisciplinary e-Infrastructure where users belong to a variety of different scientific disciplines. EGI needs to track them through many different tools.  
EGI is a multidisciplinary e-Infrastructure where users belong to a variety of different scientific disciplines. EGI needs to track them through many different tools.  
 
As EGI widens its service portfolio and introduces new user communities, it will be important that we are able to assign a scientific discipline beyond those already offered in an coherent, consistent and authoritative manner that can be easily identified and standardised across the infrastructure.
The classification of science takes many forms and has been studied by a wide range of bodies, so the attempt here is not to do the same. The issue for EGI is the variety of uses of scientific disciplines that can be found through a number of channels (e.g. portals, databases, presentations, reports). In addition, as EGI widens its service portfolio and introduces new user communities, it will be important that we are able to assign a scientific discipline beyond those already offered in an coherent, consistent and authoritative manner that can be easily identified and standardised across the infrastructure.


=== Background ===
=== Background ===
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=== Current Status ===
=== Current Status ===
EGI is currently using a variety of different classifications across a number of channels. A summary of these uses and comparisons to other [[#Other classifications|publicly available classifications]] can be found here: http://go.egi.eu/lbhrc.
EGI is currently using a variety of different classifications across a number of channels (e.g. portals, databases, presentations, reports). A summary of these uses and comparisons to other [[#Other classifications|publicly available classifications]] can be found here: http://go.egi.eu/lbhrc.
Current Status: Describes only the current situation, who is involved, what is happening now, the current state of the matter, issue, situation, etc.


=== Key Considerations ===
=== Key Considerations ===
Key Considerations: A summary of important facts, considerations, developments—everything that needs to be considered now. While you will have to decide what to include and what to leave out, this section should be as unbiased as possible. Your aim is to present all the details required for the reader to be informed or to make an informed decision. Keep the reader's needs uppermost in your mind when selecting and presenting the facts. Remember to substantiate any statements with evidence and to double check your facts. Additional details may be attached as appendices.
In order for EGI to undertake any potential classification that would result in the collaboration with every VO manager, a comprehensive study will need to take place in order to analyse not only the inclusion of current user communities, but future ones as well.


=== Options / Next Steps ===
=== Options / Next Steps ===

Revision as of 17:38, 29 October 2012

Classification of Scientific Disciplines

Issue

EGI is a multidisciplinary e-Infrastructure where users belong to a variety of different scientific disciplines. EGI needs to track them through many different tools. As EGI widens its service portfolio and introduces new user communities, it will be important that we are able to assign a scientific discipline beyond those already offered in an coherent, consistent and authoritative manner that can be easily identified and standardised across the infrastructure.

Background

Classifying disciplines has issues that dates back to the predessor project, EGEE, with many different people trying to map them. The current listed of disciplines with used by EGI are in fact a legacy classification. As any re-classification affects every single VO (approx. 200), any reclassification needed to become authoritative with limited chance of future changes. Given the complexity of the issue, it was decided to revisit the issue as user communities stablized and future necessities arose.

Current Status

EGI is currently using a variety of different classifications across a number of channels (e.g. portals, databases, presentations, reports). A summary of these uses and comparisons to other publicly available classifications can be found here: http://go.egi.eu/lbhrc.

Key Considerations

In order for EGI to undertake any potential classification that would result in the collaboration with every VO manager, a comprehensive study will need to take place in order to analyse not only the inclusion of current user communities, but future ones as well.

Options / Next Steps

Options (also Next Steps, Comments): Basically, observations about the key considerations and what they mean; a concise description either of the options and sometimes their pros and cons or of what will happen next.

Recommendation

We propose to have a new unified classification (proposal) of scientific disciplines to be used across EGI tools. This proposal is based on the Field fo Science and Technology (FOS) classification from the "Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development". This has been adapted to match the EGI needs and serves as a basis for conversation with the VO Managers and potentially the NILs.

1. Natural Sciences
1.1 Mathematics
1.2 Computer and information sciences
1.3 Earth and related environmental sciences (Geophysics, Hydro-Meteorology)
1.4 Biological sciences (Biology, Structural Biology)

2. Physical Sciences
2.1 Astro-Particle Physics, Astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Physics
2.2 Fusion
2.3 Chemical sciences (Chemistry, Computational Chemistry)
2.4 Astronomy

3. Engineering and Technology
3.1 Civil engineering
3.2 Electrical engineering, electronic, engineering, information engineering
3.3 Mechanical engineering
3.4 Chemical engineering
3.5 Materials engineering (Material Sciences)
3.6 Medical engineering
3.7 Environmental engineering
3.8 Environmental biotechnology
3.9 Industrial Biotechnology
3.10 Nano-technology
3.11 Energy
3.12 Civil Protection

4. Medical, Health, Life Sciences
4.1 Basic medicine
4.2 Clinical medicine
4.3 Health sciences
4.4 Health biotechnology

5. Agricultural Sciences
5.1 Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
5.2 Animal and dairy science
5.3 Veterinary science
5.4 Agricultural biotechnology

6. Social Sciences
6.1 Psychology
6.2 Economics and business (finance)
6.3 Educational sciences
6.4 Sociology
6.5 Law
6.6 Political Science
6.7 Social and economic geography
6.8 Media and communications (multimedia)

7. Humanities
7.1 History
7.2 Archaeology
7.3 Languages and literature
7.4 Philosophy, ethics and religion

Other classifications

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