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Preservation

1 Definition​

Processes and operations used to ensure data technical and intellectual survival through time.

Notes​

  • Grants data integrity, discoverability and accessibility, and facilitates its (re-)use in the long term.
  • Preservation is one of the tasks of data curation.

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2 Definition​

Processes ensuring the technical and intellectual survival of space data sets and metadata over time, preserving integrity, discoverability, accessibility, and long-term reusability.

Notes​

Preservation covers all processes and operations on individual or multi-mission data sets for ensuring the technical and intellectual survival of Space Data set and their metadata through time. It grants dataset integrity, its discoverability and accessibility, and facilitates its (re)-use in the long term. Preservation is one of the tasks of data curation. Examples are data record improvement and consolidation. XX

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