Hi Deb, et al: I would add to what Fred has said in that the research community has started to grapple with this, not so much as the notion of the data as records, but curating the data for future research.  I would suggest the following resources to review:
The Digital Curation Center http://www.dcc.ac.uk/
DataONE https://www.dataone.org/
Data Conservancy http://dataconservancy.org/ 
NSF Office of Cyberinfrastructure DataNet http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503141

Thanks - -Dan


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-----Original Message-----
From: Frederic Grevin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: Raw Data and Nonstandard File Formats as Electronic Records

Deb, are you familiar with the work on digital preservation being done by the international community in high energy physics? They have similar problems with preserving non-standard data AND the applications which created and interpreted them.

Best regards,

Fred
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