IPY: The International Polar Year Data and Information Service

IPY：国际极年数据协调办公室将为国际极年（IPY）建立一个中央数据协调办公室，以发展和促进必要的国际关系，确保国际极年项目产生的数据的可访问性、共享和长期保存。国际计划年数据协调办公室将与国际计划年国际计划办公室合作，建立一个全职、专业的数据和信息单位，积极跟踪国际计划年项目的研究和教育活动，使所有美国项目完全纳入国际计划年活动的国际数据库。这将确保国际青年年的遗产，为后代提供国际青年年项目和数据的相关记录。国际和平年数据协调办公室将利用现有的国家和国际结构，确保有效跟踪国际和平年的研究和教育活动。IPY数据协调办公室的目的是为IPY的跨学科科学，国际协调，建立遗产和公众参与的目标服务。这将需要一种严格而又协作的方法，因为跨学科科学要求科学家在他们不是专家的领域访问和分析数据;国际协调要求自由和公开的数据交换;遗产要求系统健全，关于国际和平年活动的信息得到妥善保存;公众参与要求使复杂的信息易于为教育工作者和其他人所理解和使用。

IPY: The International Polar Year Data Coordination OfficeThis effort will establish a central Data Coordination Office for the International Polar Year (IPY) to develop and promote the international relationships necessary to ensure accessibility, sharing, and long-term preservation of data produced by IPY projects. The IPY Data Coordination Office will work with the International Programme Office for IPY to establish a full-time, professional data and information unit that will actively track the research and education activities of IPY projects, so that all US projects are fully integrated into the international database of IPY activities. This will ensure the legacy of IPY by providing future generations with a relevant record of the projects and data of IPY. The IPY Data Coordination Office will build on existing national and international structures to ensure the effective tracking of IPY research and education activities. The purpose of the IPY Data Coordination Office is to serve the IPY objectives of interdisciplinary science, international coordination, building a legacy, and public engagement. This will require a rigorous yet collaborative approach because interdisciplinary science requires scientists to access and analyze data in fields where they are not experts; international coordination requires free and open exchange of data; the legacy requires that systems be robust and that information on IPY activities be well preserved; and public engagement requires making complex information readily understandable and usable by educators and others.