HR: 0830h
AN: U41B-0024    [PDF]
TI: Metadata, Long-Term Archiving and Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Data Coordination Center (ADCC) Management Services.
AU: * Dichtl, R J
EM: dichtl@nsidc.org
AU: McNeave, C
EM: mcneave@nsidc.org
AU: Auerbach, N
EM: auerbach@nsidc.org
AU: Sheffield, E
EM: betsys@nsidc.org
AB: The ARCSS Data Coordination Center (ADCC) at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), University of Colorado at Boulder, is the permanent, long-term data archive for all components of the ARCSS Program. Funded by the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs, our focus is to archive and provide easy access to ARCSS-funded research data and information. The concept of System Science research depends on the accessibility and exchange of data and information within the scientific community. The ADCC strives to be a catalyst to facilitate that accessibility and synergism. Metadata is a significant ingredient in insuring the long term usefulness of data archived on our Web site. A major concern of the research community is the availability of reliable data for research. Working directly with ARCSS investigators, the ARCSS Committee and NSF, the ADCC is continually acquiring data and developing metadata products appropriate and useful for long-term archival of these research data. Integration of the data and the associated metadata from ARCSS projects as described on this poster is a high priority at the ADCC. Metadata is the "who, what, where, when, why and how" of data sets and are crucial to an investigator looking for suitable data to answer specific research questions. Metadata comprise information about the data, and preserve the usefulness of the data over time. Preparation of complete metadata is the primary requisite for all long-term archiving activities at ADCC. The ADCC home page (http://arcss.colorado.edu) has become an important tool for data accessibility and integration within the ARCSS program.
UR: http://arcss.colorado.edu
DE: 1699 General or miscellaneous
DE: 9315 Arctic region
SC: U
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting