Repositories, archives and
curating raw data
Damian Brasher
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General points
– Definition of data extremely broad.
– Lot of meta-data of variable quality and amuch without meta-data.
– Wide range of security and access right policy requirements.
– There is value in taking a broad data centric view.
– There is concern for interoperability between different storage
systems in the future.
– Many disparate storage locations with different perceived values
attached.
– Most organisation use a tiered approach to storage of repositories,
archives and raw data.
– Many tools exist for meta-data generation.
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email: info@omii.ac.uk
Workshop suggestions & actions
• Central location where the community can discuss how metric the
importance 'vitality' of data.
• Standard policy development, pulling in many data attributes including
vitality, data lifetime, amongst many others. Further engagement with DCC
and bring together previous best practice research.
• To encourage discipline at the point of entry. Encourage data
characterisation early on.
• Apply engineering principles to archiving and data storage.
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email: info@omii.ac.uk