Information Retention, Storage and Retrieval for Long Term Stewardship

摘要

Long-term record storage and retrieval will become increasingly more importantrnas the DOE moves toward Long Term Stewardship. The ability to track and recoverrnpertinent data is measured by decades rather than years. As the cost of developing andrnmaintaining electronic information systems rises, managers are investigating new meansrnof permanently retaining pertinent data. Two new automatic identification technologies –rntouch memory buttons and two-dimensional barcodes - coupled with new handheld,rnportable computing devices, will help to resolve these issues. Effectively, these devicesrnwill allow storage of container or facility specific database records directly on therncontainer or facility itself thus saving both time and money as well as relieving therndependence on remote computer systems. Both storage devices have the potential tornmaintain information in excess of 100 years. This paper describes a project for therndevelopment of a software application integrating these devices to store and retrieverninformation unique to a site as an independent system or as part of other informationrnsystems.