SGER: Creating an Archive for the August 14, 2003 Northeast Blackout Data

本提案是对2003年8月14日停电调查小组收集的技术和其他数据进行过渡的初步探索。转换将从目前的SQL关系数据库到D-Space网络可访问的档案，可以被学术界和其他人广泛访问。将这些数据从现有形式转换为d空间档案的目的是：a)数据可以按照图书馆标准编目和存档；b)管理信息的熟练图书馆员可以管理这些藏品；c)可以创建兴趣社区，允许不同级别的访问；d)可以交换、存档和以其他方式提供基于数据创建的衍生材料。知识价值：该项目解决了如何设计一个档案的挑战，使广泛可用的数据和其他信息的重大历史事件。在设计和实现档案的过程中，这可能会导致电力行业中各团体之间信息交换的新标准。更广泛的影响：如果没有转换，数据将保留在位于新泽西州普林斯顿的北美电力可靠性委员会（NERC）的现有位置，并且研究人员和学生仍然无法获得大部分数据。这些数据将提供一个独特的机会，特别是对学术界来说，将这些数据用于课堂教学，用于新教科书中的插图，用于验证工作队的发现，以及对与改进未来电力系统的监测、控制和操作有关的新调查领域进行研究。

This proposal is for an initial exploration of an effort to transition technical and other data collected by the blackout investigation team related to the electric power blackout of August 14, 2003. The transition will be from its present SQL relational database to a D-Space web-accessible archive that can be accessed widely by the academic community and others. The purpose of transitioning these data from its present form to a D-Space archive is so that a) The data can be cataloged and archived according to library standards b) Librarians skilled in managing information can manage the collection c) Communities of interest can be created that will allow several levels of access and d) Derivative material created based on the data can be exchanged, archived and otherwise made available. Intellectual Merit: This project addresses the challenge of how to design an archive to make widely available data and other information on an event of historic magnitude. In designing and implementing the archive, this may lead to new standards for information exchange among groups in the power industry. Broader Impact: Without the transition, the data will remain in its present location at the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) in Princeton, NJ and remain largely unavailable to the researchers and students. The data will provide a unique opportunity, especially for the academic community, to use the data for classroom teaching, for illustrations in new textbooks, for validating the findings of the task force and for performing research into new areas of inquiry associated with improving monitoring, control and operation of future electric systems.