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Harrison Dekker Coordinator of Data Services Doe/Moffitt Libraries, UC Berkeley

An Assessment of Virtual Data Center as a Tool for Dissemination and Digital Preservation of Social Science Data. Harrison Dekker Coordinator of Data Services Doe/Moffitt Libraries, UC Berkeley. Stuff Goes Away. Digital Preservation and Metadata: History, Theory, Practice.

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Harrison Dekker Coordinator of Data Services Doe/Moffitt Libraries, UC Berkeley

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  1. An Assessment of Virtual Data Center as a Tool for Dissemination and Digital Preservation of Social Science Data Harrison Dekker Coordinator of Data Services Doe/Moffitt Libraries, UC Berkeley

  2. Stuff Goes Away Digital Preservation and Metadata: History, Theory, Practice

  3. Non-VDC Approach: Eagleton Poll Archive http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november03/jantz/11jantz.html

  4. Virtual Data Center http://www.thedata.org

  5. The Standards Process • 1. Someone identifies need for standard • 2. A group is convinced of the need • 3. A technology (approach) is proposed • 4. A consensus is achieved by all interested parties • 5. The standard is published • 6. The standard is used by people and groups who have a vested interest (business reason) to do so • NSF Workshop on Mark-Up Languages June 2004

  6. Some Economics and Sociology of Standards • You must be motivated to build a standard • You must have motivation to use a standard • Industry builds and uses standards for business reasons • If it is hard to build a standard, the motivation is usually lacking • Why do scientists build standards? • NSF Workshop on Mark-Up Languages June 2004

  7. Standards and Science • Scientists are often reluctant to develop and use standards because standards are: • not the state of the art • not accustomed to working towards a consensus • usually uncomfortable in working with a formal standards group • My way is best! • Successful scientific data standards are developed because of a hidden business motivation - To save money or time or both! • Interoperability and Preservation are results, not motivation • NSF Workshop on Mark-Up Languages June 2004

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