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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