IVOA Data Curation and Preservation Interest Group

[Robert Hanisch]

As the newly appointed chair of the IVOA Interest Group on Data Curation and
Preservation, I would like to assess just how much interest there is in this
topic among IVOA Interop participants.  The proposed/revised charter of this
group (pending review and approval of the IVOA Exec) is as follows:

"The Data Curation and Preservation (DCP) Interest Group is established to
share best practices and engage IVOA member projects in the long-term
curation and preservation of astronomical data. Discussion topics include:

    * Identification of at-risk data and data collections
    * Processes for engaging the community in curation and preservation
activities
    * Coordination with strategic partners such as astronomical data
centers, research libraries, and scholarly publishers
    * Technology reviews concerning all aspects of curation and
preservation (metadata, provenance, data integrity, media migration,
replication, disaster recovery, assessment criteria, etc.)

The Interest Group will from time to time produce white papers and/or bring
proposed actions to the attention of the IVOA Technical Coordination Group
and IVOA Executive."

Please let me know if you are interested in these topics and if you would be
likely to participate in discussions of the IG at forthcoming IVOA Interop
meetings.

Thanks,
Bob