ANSIR Research Projects

Public-facing project database for the ANSIR - National Research Facility for Earth Sounding, an AuScope Earth Imaging and Sounding program.

Browse active and completed geophysical research projects using ANSIR equipment across Australia and internationally.

Live site: auscope.org.au/ansir-projects

How it works

Google Sheet (master data)
    |  GAS export on save
    v
data/data.json (pushed via GitHub API)
    |  GitHub Action triggered
    v
data/data.json (enriched with DOI metadata)
ro-crate-metadata.json (generated for standards compliance)
    |  GitHub Pages serves
    v
index.html + data/data.json -> embedded in Squarespace via iframe

1. Project data is managed in a Google Sheet by the ANSIR team
2. When a project is saved in the internal dashboard, a Google Apps Script function exports public-facing fields as structured JSON and pushes data/data.json to this repo via the GitHub API
3. A GitHub Action detects the data change and runs two steps:
   • DOI enrichment — resolves publication/dataset metadata (title, authors, journal, year) via CrossRef and DataCite APIs
   • RO-Crate generation — produces a standards-compliant ro-crate-metadata.json for machine-readable research metadata
4. GitHub Pages serves index.html which fetches data/data.json and renders an interactive project browser with map, filters, and search
5. The page is embedded in the AuScope Squarespace site via an iframe with deep-linking support

Repository structure

ansir-data/
├── .github/workflows/
│   └── resolve-dois.yml          # GitHub Action: enrich DOIs + generate RO-Crate
├── assets/images/
│   └── ORCID_iD.png              # ORCID icon for contributor links
├── data/
│   └── data.json                 # Project data (auto-published from dashboard)
├── scripts/
│   ├── resolve-dois.js           # DOI metadata resolution via CrossRef/DataCite
│   └── generate-ro-crate.js      # RO-Crate 1.1 metadata generator
├── index.html                    # Main project browser page
├── ro-crate-metadata.json        # RO-Crate metadata (auto-generated)
├── LICENSE                       # CC BY 4.0
└── README.md

Data format

data/data.json

Optimised for the frontend. Contains structured project records with:

• Project metadata (title, ANSIR code, status, dates, description)
• Methods and keywords (arrays)
• Location (region, country, coordinates, polygon)
• Contributors (name, title, ORCID, organisation, role hierarchy)
• Funding (agency, title, identifier)
• ANSIR instrumentation (type, count)
• Related objects with resolved DOI metadata (publications, datasets, FDSN networks)
• Data access and indigenous engagement information

ro-crate-metadata.json

RO-Crate 1.1 compliant metadata for machine consumption. Auto-generated from data.json after DOI enrichment. Uses Schema.org JSON-LD to describe:

• The ANSIR project collection as a root Dataset
• Each project as a Dataset entity with hasPart relationship
• Contributors as Person entities (linked via ORCID where available)
• Organisations, funding grants, instruments as contextual entities
• Publications as ScholarlyArticle entities with DOI identifiers
• FDSN networks and datasets as linked Dataset entities
• Spatial coverage via Place and GeoCoordinates
• Temporal coverage, keywords, and access conditions

This enables discovery by ARDC Research Data Australia, institutional repositories, and other RO-Crate-aware harvesters.

Technologies

• Frontend: Vanilla HTML/CSS/JS with Leaflet.js for interactive maps
• Backend: Google Apps Script (data management + export)
• Hosting: GitHub Pages
• DOI resolution: CrossRef API + DataCite API via GitHub Actions
• Research metadata: RO-Crate 1.1 (Schema.org JSON-LD)
• Embedding: Squarespace iframe with postMessage deep-linking

License

This project is licensed under CC BY 4.0 - Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Data sourced from ANSIR research projects. Publication metadata resolved via CrossRef and DataCite APIs.