[LINK] Preservation of Data [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Evan.ARTHUR at Dest.gov.au]

The issue of preservation of data is becoming a major issue in research
land.  See for example "Sustainability Issues for Australian Research
Data: The Report of the Australian e-Research Sustainability Survey
Project" hosted on an open source digital repository and available under
a Creative Commons licence at
http://dspace.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/44304.  For a higher level policy
discussion see the report on "Data for Science" prepared for the Prime
Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council at
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/science_innovation/publications_resources
/profiles/Presentation_Data_for_Science.htm (and yes the DEST URL is
certain to be a lot less sustainable than one based on the handle
system).


Evan Arthur
Group Manager
Innovation and Research Systems Group
Department of Education, Science and Training
 

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