Preservation and Stewardship Cluster 2011

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Group: Preservation and Stewardship
Contact Person: Curt Tilmes
Contact e-mail: Curt.Tilmes@nasa.gov

1. What were the main accomplishments and activities of this group over the last six months to a year? (List successes or highlights from the group. List links tangible outputs/work products, if available)

   Much progress on Data Citations Guidelines, both in content and in outreach, plan to baseline at Winter meeting.

Provenance and Context Content Standard (PCCS) progressing. Outreach with identifiers recommendations. Identifiers testbed progress. AGU preservation session.

1. What is the group working on now?

   Identifiers, Data Citations, PCCS, Use Cases, Ontology, preservation outreach

2. How is the work the #Group did supported? (ESIP-funded, external funding, time, computing resources)

   Participants fund their own time.

Product and Service committee testbed support.

1. Do you work with other organizations (GEO, OGC, etc.) or other clusters? Is this primarily in a supporting role, peer-to-peer, or leadership relationship? How do you engage new members?

   NASA ESDSWG Tech Infusion, Preservation and Stewardship working group, ESIP Product and Services Committee funding the testbed.

2. What are your goals for the next year?

   Baseline Data Citations Guidelines, PCCS.

Extend work on identifiers beyond data. Refine and document use cases.

1. Do you anticipate needing resources or funding for these activities? If so, approximately how much?

   Continued support for identifiers test bed.

2. Is there anything that the staff or ESIP leadership could do to better support your group?

   None to report

3. Any other comments?

   None to report