Materials Data Infrastructure: A Case Study of the Citrination Platform to Examine Data Import, Storage, and Access

Considerations are presented around the design of a materials data infrastructure including import of structured and unstructured data, storage of that data for archival and retrieval, and access to that data through programmatic and graphical interfaces. In particular, the choices around technologies used in such an infrastructure, the benefits and drawbacks of those technologies, and their impact on the experience of users of that system are presented. The Citrination platform is used as an example of a materials data infrastructure and the choices made around architecture are discussed.