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Peer-reviewed publications

Lightweight Product Lifecycle Information Management for Small Enterprises.
Lian Ding, Alexander Ball, Manjula Patel, Glen Mullineux, Jason Matthews.
January 2011.
International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management [ISSN 1743-5110/1743-5129] 5:1, 21-36.
Annotation of lightweight formats for long-term product representations.
Lian Ding, Alex Ball, Jason Matthews, Chris McMahon, Manjula Patel.
November 2009.
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing [ISSN 0951-192X/1362-3052] 22:11, 1037-1053.
Strategies for the Curation of CAD Engineering Models.
Manjula Patel, Alexander Ball, Lian Ding.
June 2009.
International Journal of Digital Curation [ISSN 1746-8256] 4:1, 84-97.
Challenges and issues relating to the use of Representation Information for the digital curation of Crystallography and Engineering Data.
Manjula Patel, Alex Ball.
August 2008.
International Journal of Digital Curation [ISSN 1746-8256] 3:1, 76-88.
An approach to accessing product data across system and software revisions.
Alexander Ball, Lian Ding, Manjula Patel.
April 2008.
Advanced Engineering Informatics [ISSN 1474-0346] 22:2, 222–235.

Other publications

DataCite UK User Group Meeting.
Alex Ball.
July 2011.
Ariadne [ISSN 1361-3200] 67.
International Digital Curation Conference 2010.
Alex Ball.
February 2011.
Ariadne [ISSN 1361-3200] 66.
Missing Links: The Enduring Web.
Marieke Guy, Alex Ball, Michael Day.
October 2009.
International Journal of Digital Curation [ISSN 1746-8256] 4:2, 135-143.
Engineering a Complete Record.
Alexander Ball.
July/August 2009.
Library and Information Update [ISSN 1476-7171], 40-44.
Report from the Digital Curation Curriculum Symposium (DigCCurr) 2009.
Alexander Ball, Michael Day.
June 2009.
International Journal of Digital Curation [ISSN 1746-8256] 4:1, 138-151.
Institutional Repositories Should Be Built on Open Source Software: Negative.
Michael Day, Alex Ball.
April/May 2009.
Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology [ISSN 0095-4403/1931-6550] 35:4, 22-26.
The Fifth International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES 2008).
Alex Ball, Michael Day, Manjula Patel.
December 2008.
International Journal of Digital Curation [ISSN 1746-8256] 3:2, 89-102.
The Data Audit Framework: A First Step in the Data Management Challenge.
Sarah Jones, Alexander Ball, Çuna Ekmekcioglu.
December 2008.
International Journal of Digital Curation [ISSN 1746-8256] 3:2, 112-120.
KIM Project Conference 2008.
Alexander Ball.
May 2008.
Ariadne [ISSN 1361-3200] 55.
Report from the PV 2007 Conference, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, October 9–11, 2007.
Alexander Ball.
December 2007.
International Journal of Digital Curation [ISSN 1746-8256] 2:2, 53-59.
KIM Project Conference: Knowledge and Information Management Through Life.
Alexander Ball.
May 2007.
Ariadne [ISSN 1361-3200] 51.

Reports

How to Cite Datasets and Link to Publications.
Alex Ball, Monica Duke.
October 2011.
Data Citation and Linking.
Alex Ball, Monica Duke.
July 2011.
RAID Associative Tool Requirements Specification.
Mansur Darlington, Alex Ball, Tom Howard, Steve Culley, Chris McMahon.
February 2011.
How to License Research Data.
Alex Ball.
February 2011.
Engineering Research Data Management Plan Requirement Specification.
Alex Ball, Mansur Darlington, Tom Howard, Chris McMahon, Steve Culley.
January 2011.
The Draft IdMRC Projects Data Management Plan.
Mansur Darlington, Alex Ball, Tom Howard, Steve Culley, Chris McMahon.
December 2010.
Principles for Engineering Research Data Management.
Mansur Darlington, Alex Ball, Tom Howard, Steve Culley, Chris McMahon.
December 2010.
Opportunities for and Barriers to Engineering Research Data Re-use.
Tom Howard, Mansur Darlington, Alex Ball, Chris McMahon, Steve Culley.
October 2010.
Understanding and Characterizing Engineering Research Data for its Better Management.
Tom Howard, Mansur Darlington, Alex Ball, Chris McMahon, Steve Culley.
September 2010.
Thematic Analysis of Data Management Plan Tools and Exemplars.
Alex Ball.
September 2010.
Social Networking Tools for the DCC.
Alex Ball, Angus Whyte, Martin Donnelly.
June 2010.
Review of the State of the Art of the Digital Curation of Research Data.
Alex Ball.
June 2010.
Preservation and Curation in Institutional Repositories.
Alex Ball.
March 2010.
Web Archiving.
Alex Ball.
March 2010.
Curation of Research Data in the Disciplines of Engineering: SCARP Case Study No. 7.
Alex Ball, Colin Neilson.
January 2010.
Scientific Data Application Profile Scoping Study Report.
Alexander Ball.
June 2009.
Proceedings of the Atlantic Workshop on Long Term Knowledge Retention 2007.
Alex Ball, Lian Ding.
April 2007.

Peer-reviewed conference papers

Strategies for the Collaborative Use of CAD Product Models.
Lian Ding, Alex Ball, Manjula Patel, Jason Matthews, Glen Mullineux.
24–27 August 2009.
17th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED ’09), Stanford, CA, vol. 8, pp. 123-134.
‘PLM on a budget’: Lightweight lifecycle solutions for small enterprises.
Lian Ding, Alex Ball, Manjula Patel, Jason Matthews, Glen Mullineux.
6–8 July 2009.
6th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM09), Bath.
Strategies for the Curation of CAD Engineering Models.
Manjula Patel, Alexander Ball, Lian Ding.
1–3 December 2008.
4th International Digital Curation Conference: "Radical Sharing: Transforming Science?", Edinburgh.
Curation and Preservation of CAD Engineering Models in Product Lifecycle Management.
Manjula Patel, Alexander Ball, Lian Ding.
20–25 October 2008.
14th Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM 2008), Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 59-66.
Towards a Curation and Preservation Architecture for CAD Engineering Models.
Alexander Ball, Lian Ding, Manjula Patel.
29–30 September 2008.
5th International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES 2008): "Joined Up and Working: Tools and Methods for Digital Preservation", London.
Challenges and issues relating to the use of Representation Information for the digital curation of Crystallography and Engineering Data.
Manjula Patel, Alex Ball.
12–13 December 2007.
3rd International Digital Curation Conference: "Curating our Digital Scientific Heritage: a Global Collaborative Challenge", Washington, D.C.
Product Representation in Lightweight Formats for Product Lifecycle management (PLM).
Lian Ding, Alex Ball, Jason Matthews, Chris McMahon, Manjula Patel.
19–21 September 2007.
4th International Conference on Digital Enterprise Technology (DET 2007), Bath.

Presentations

Data Licensing.
Alex Ball.
16 December 2011.
Day 3, DCC Roadshow: "How to manage research data: tips and tools", Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff.
Citing Datasets and Linking Them to Publications.
Alex Ball.
8 December 2011.
On the importance of linking: Planning, provenance and citation, Marriott Royal Hotel, Bristol.
REsearch Data management for Mechanical Engineering Departments (REDm-MED).
Mansur Darlington, Alex Ball, Uday Thangarajah, Chris McMahon, Liz Lyon.
2 December 2011.
JISC Managing Research Data Launch Meeting, NCL Conference Centre, Nottingham.
Research Data Management with the Digital Curation Centre.
Alex Ball, Martin Donnelly, Sarah Jones.
30 November 2011.
22nd Daresbury Machine Evaluation Workshop, Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool.
Overview of Scientific Metadata for Data Publishing, Citation, and Curation.
Alex Ball.
21–23 September 2011.
Eleventh International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC-2011): "Metadata Harmonization: Bridging Languages of Description", KB, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Data Licensing.
Alex Ball.
3 March 2011.
Digital Curation 101 Lite, DCC Roadshow: "Institutional Challenges in the Data Decade", Halifax Conference Centre, Sheffield.
Derestricting Datasets: How to License Research Data.
Alex Ball.
25 February 2011.
IPR and Licensing: Tips, Traps and Techniques, Centre Point, London.
The KIM and ERIM Projects.
Alex Ball.
5 August 2010.
University of Bath Library Summer Staff Development Programme.
KIM, ERIM and the Silo of Doom: Lessons from Two Long-Lived Data Projects.
Alex Ball.
16 July 2010.
Designed to Last: Computer Aided Design, British Library Centre for Conservation.
Provenance in Engineering: Industrial perspectives on the provenance of design data.
Alex Ball.
20 April 2009.
E-Science Institute Workshop: Use Cases for Provenance in eScience, Edinburgh.
Disciplinary and Institutional Perspectives on Digital Curation.
Michael Day, Rosemary Russell, Alexander Ball, Colin Neilson.
1–3 April 2009.
2nd Digital Curation Curriculum Symposium (DigCCurr 2009): "Practice, Promise and Prospects", Chapel Hill, N.C.
Approaches to Information Curation in Engineering.
Alex Ball, Manjula Patel.
24 June 2008.
IMechE Seminar: Knowledge and Information Management Through-Life.
The KIM Project: Knowledge and Information Management Through Life.
Alex Ball.
29 April 2008.
UKOLN Staff Seminar.
Annotation of 3D Lightweight Representations for the Product Lifecycle.
Lian Ding, Alex Ball.
2–3 April 2008.
KIM Project Conference 2008: "Knowledge and Information Management Through Life", University of Reading.
Annotation of 3D Lightweight Representations for the Product Lifecycle.
Lian Ding, Alex Ball.
19 March 2008.
Geometric Modelling Society meeting, University of Bath.
Digital Curation: Strategies and Tools.
Alex Ball.
14 January 2008.
KIM Project Steering Committee, Austin Court, Birmingham.
Representation Information for Lightweight Format Migrations.
Alex Ball, Lian Ding, Manjula Patel.
28–29 March 2007.
KIM Project Conference 2007: "Knowledge and Information Management Through Life", University of Loughborough.

Posters

Research Data Management for Mechanical Engineering Departments.
Alex Ball, Mansur Darlington, Uday Thangarajah, Chris McMahon, Liz Lyon.
6 December 2011.
7th International Digital Curation Conference: "Public? Private? Personal? Navigating the open data landscape", Marriott Royal Hotel, Bristol.
Modelling the Development of Research Data.
Alexander Ball, Mansur Darlington, Tom Howard.
6–8 December 2010.
6th International Digital Curation Conference: "Participation and Practice: Growing the Curation Community through the Data Decade", Chicago Mart Plaza.
Lightweight Formats for Product Model Data Exchange and Preservation.
Alexander Ball, Lian Ding, Manjula Patel.
9–11 October 2007.
PV 2007: "Ensuring the Long-Term Preservation and Value Adding to Scientific and Technical Data", Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.

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