[Esip-preserve] Data Committee

[Mark A. Parsons]

Yes, this is better. For C I would use referencing instead of citing. Referencing is broader and can include linked data concepts.

Cheers,

-m.  
On 22 Jul 2011, at 8:19 AM, Ramapriyan, Hampapuram K. (GSFC-4230) wrote:

> Reading "a" in the list again, I find hard to parse it. Is it supposed to mean:
> 
> 
> (To develop, evolve, foster, or adopt practices and standards) that
> ensure (continued and reliable information content of ESS data, quality of ESS data, access
> to ESS data, and usability of Earth system science data) (for as long as they
> are deemed to be of value).
> 
> The problem is that it is a long sentence with "access to" appearing in the middle of items that need to go with "of".  We could drop the "access to" here and cover it in "c" thereby removing the redundancy as well as the parsing issue. Thus,
> 
> a) To develop, evolve, foster, or adopt best practices and standards that
> ensure continued and reliable information content, quality, 
> and usability of Earth system science data for as long as they
> are deemed to be of value.
> 
> b) To facilitate the long-term preservation and stewardship of Earth
> system science data.
> 
> c) To facilitate accessing, referencing and citing Earth system science data.
> 
> Alternatively
> 
> c) To facilitate access to and citation of Earth system science data. [I think referencing and citing are the same - so avoid redundancy]
> 
> d) To facilitate the development of data science as a professional
> discipline that adds value and increases the use of Earth system
> science data.
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: esip-preserve-bounces at lists.esipfed.org [mailto:esip-preserve-bounces at lists.esipfed.org] On Behalf Of Hua, Hook (388C)
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:54 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Esip-preserve] Data Committee
> 
> The phrase, "best practices", is commonly use.
> 
> So for (a), should we say, "To develop, evolve, foster, or adopt practices..." or ""To develop, evolve, foster, or adopt best practices..." ?
> 
> Everyone has practices, but it may be the cluster's role to identify which are the best practices.
> 
> --Hook
> 
> 
> On 7/20/11 10:44 AM, "Tilmes, Curt (GSFC-6145)" <Curt.Tilmes at nasa.gov>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> a) To develop, evolve, foster, or adopt practices and standards that
>>> ensure continued and reliable information content, quality, access
>>> to, and usability of Earth system science data for as long as they
>>> are deemed to be of value.
>>> 
>>> b. To facilitate the long-term preservation and stewardship of Earth
>>> system science data.
>>> 
>>> c. To facilitate accessing and referencing Earth system science data.
>>> 
>>> d) To facilitate the development of data science as a professional
>>> discipline that adds value and increases the use of Earth system
>>> science data.
>> 
>> I do like this, but...
>> 
>> Is the "... practices and standards that ensure ... access to ... data
>> ..." in a) redundant with the "...facilitate accessing ... data" in
>> b)?
>> 
>> The way we 'facilitate' something is usually to
>> develop/evolve/foster/adopt practices and standards that do it.
>> 
>> 
>> We could remove "accessing" from c. and put "citation" back in (As
>> Kathy pointed out, that term has special meaning, and it would be nice
>> to include it -- I also prefer 'citation' to 'citability'
>> aestheticly..)
>> 
>> 
>> c. To facilitate reference and citation of Earth system science data.
>> 
>> Curt
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