Data-at-Risk: Developing a Plan for Preserving Astronomy's Archival Records

存在风险的数据：制定保存天文学档案记录的计划

• 批准号: 1110231
• 负责人: Kevin Marvel
• 金额: $ 1.7万
• 依托单位: American Astronomical Society
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1110231&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Data; Risk; Developing; Plan; Preserving

This award will provide partial support of a workshop titled, "Data-at-Risk: Developing a Plan for Preserving Astronomy's Archival Records". The goal of the workshop is to bring together the world's experts on non-electronic astronomy archival data where they will develop a Plan of Action that will promote the preservation of irreplaceable data. The PI notes that there are over 3 million glass plates or films currently in archives with over half of that data being stored in North America. These archives contain both imaging and spectroscopic data that extends back roughly 120 years. The archives represent a rich resource for long-term variability studies and offer scientific information that cannot be otherwise obtained. Unless positive action is undertaken soon most of the data in these archives, particularly those being stored in non-optimal conditions, will simply not survive the next decade. The broader impacts of the proposal are inherent in the preservation of the data archives. The impact of data preservation has the potential to affect all facets of observational astronomy.

该奖项将为题为“危险数据：制定保护天文学档案记录的计划”的研讨会提供部分支持。研讨会的目的是将世界专家汇集到非电信天文档案数据的专家，他们将制定一项行动计划，以促进保存不可替代的数据。 PI指出，目前有超过300万张玻璃板或电影档案中的一半数据存储在北美。这些档案包含成像和光谱数据，大约延伸了120年。这些档案代表了长期可变性研究的丰富资源，并提供了无法获得的科学信息。除非很快采取积极的行动，否则这些档案中的大多数数据，尤其是在非最佳条件下存储的数据，在接下来的十年中根本无法生存。该提案的更广泛影响是保存数据档案的固有的。数据保存的影响有可能影响观察天文学的所有方面。