IVOA Data Curation and Preservation

Chair : Andre Schaaff Vice-Chair : Tim Jenness

Chairs Emeritus : Francoise Genova, Alberto Accomazzi, Bob Hanisch and Reagan Moore

June 2018: following the nomination of the new chair and vice-chair the updating of this page is on going

Charter

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.)

Mailing-list and membership

• General working-group discussion archive.
• Anyone interested in data curation and preservation is welcome to participate.

Previous meetings

• May/June 2018, Victoria Interop, InterOpMay2018DCP
• October 2017, Santiago Interop, InterOpOct2017DCP
• May 2017, Shanghai, InterOpMay2017DCP
• October 2016, Trieste, InteropOct2016DCP
• May 2016, Cape Town, InterOpMay2016DCP
• October/November 2015, Sydney, InterOpOctober2015DCP
• June 2015, Sexten, No session
• October 2014,Banff, InterOpOct2014SemanticsDCP