IPY: The International Polar Year Data and Information Service

国际极年：国际极年数据协调办公室这项工作将建立一个国际极年中央数据协调办公室，以发展和促进必要的国际关系，以确保国际极年项目产生的数据的可获取性、共享性和长期保存。国际基础科学年数据协调办公室将与国际基础科学年方案办公室合作，建立一个专职、专业的数据和信息股，积极跟踪国际基础科学年项目的研究和教育活动，使所有美国项目都完全纳入国际基础科学年活动数据库。这将向子孙后代提供国际和平年项目和数据的相关记录，从而确保国际和平年的遗产。国际基础科学年数据协调办公室将在现有的国家和国际结构的基础上，确保有效跟踪国际基础年的研究和教育活动。国际基础科学年数据协调办公室的目的是服务于国际基础科学年的跨学科科学、国际协调、建立遗产和公众参与的目标。这将需要一种严格而协作的方法，因为跨学科科学需要科学家访问和分析他们不是专家的领域的数据；国际协调需要自由和开放的数据交换；传统需要系统强大，关于国际基础科学年活动的信息得到很好的保存；公众参与需要使复杂的信息易于理解和供教育工作者和其他人使用。

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.