Preservation and Stewardship Old
The objective of the new Preservation and Stewardship Cluster is to support the long-term preservation of Earth system science data and information. This Cluster provides a forum for ESIP members to collaborate on data preservation issues.
To join the e-mail list for this cluster, visit | esip-preserve and submit a request to join.
Notes from the Interagency Forum on Data Preservation/LifecCycle/Stewardship, held Jan 8, 2009 at the ESIP Federation Meeting are available [here].
Preservation Definitions
Standards that Support Preservation
OAIS (Open Archival Information System): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Archival_Information_System
Agency Preservation Strategies and Policies
References
Duerr et al., 2004, "Challenges in Long Term Data Stewardship", Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies. [1]
McKinney et al., 2001, "Earth Sciences Data Lifecycle Study", NASA SEEDS Data Lifecycle report.
Nominated Cluster Chair: Ruth Duerr
