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Data Curation Exploration
Data Management/Curation Task Force
Feb 2013
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All activities involve more data◦ Must be processed and moved more rapidly and◦ More accurately
Requirement to move ◦ From artisanal methods◦ To industrial, information ages methods
Need to remain open to innovation Leads to requirement on anything we build
◦ To be flexible and adaptable
Project Context
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To find a storage device for data is not the end of the story
To make data useful, one needs to◦ Describe data
Which points to the need for Automatic processes (preferred) Easy-to-use tools (if nothing better exists)
◦ Collect and build indexes for data collections◦ Provide search, analysis, and composition tools
Data Management and Curation
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At UF, these two organizations have a partnership
To build a supportive infrastructure For data management and curation This infrastructure includes
◦ Training and support◦ Advanced consulting◦ Computer systems (storage, compute, networks)◦ Software frameworks and software packages
Libraries and Research Computing
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To specify what infrastructure we need to build◦ We plan to explore the activities◦ Of people who generate and work with data
Then we organize, streamline these processes
And develop training and support As well as advanced consulting services
Project Goals
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Training and support for data management and curation best practices
Requirements for◦ Software tools to assist in these activities◦ Hardware to efficiently run that software stack
Project Outcomes