Government Data Centers: Meeting Increasing Demands

Committee on Coping with Increasing Demands on Government Data Centers, Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data, National Research Council9780309087421, 0309087422

Environmental data centers have been successfully acquiring, disseminating, and archiving data for decades. However, the increasing volume and number of data sets, coupled with greater demands from more diverse users, are making it difficult for data centers to maintain the record of environmental change. This workshop report focuses on technological approaches that could enhance the ability of environmental data centers to deal with these challenges, and improve the ability of users to find and use information held in data centers.

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Table of contents :
GOVERNMENT DATA
CENTERS:
Meeting Increasing
Demands……Page 2
Copyright……Page 3
Acknowledgments……Page 10
Preface……Page 12
Contents……Page 14
Executive Summary……Page 16
1 ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS……Page 22
CHALLENGES IN DATA AVAILABILITY AND ACCESS……Page 30
STANDARD TRANSLATABLE FORMATS……Page 33
NETWORK AND ON- LINE RANDOM ACCESS……Page 34
DATABASE TECHNOLOGIES……Page 36
METADATA MANAGEMENT……Page 37
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE……Page 39
IMPLEMENTATION……Page 41
References……Page 46
Appendixes……Page 48
A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members……Page 50
B Workshop Agenda……Page 54
C Workshop Speakers and Participants……Page 58
D Workshop Discussions……Page 60
E Glossary……Page 66
Acronyms……Page 70