Sheer Curation for Experimental Data and Provenance

摘要

This poster presents an approach to the curation of the experimental data and processes of a group of scientific researchers in the field of biophysics. Recent, research [2] has demonstrated that carrying out digital curation and preservation activities in the early stages of data creation is more cost-effective compared to the potential loss that can be incurred through the destruction of data, for example because of the need to recreate the data, or the loss of an organisation's reputation. On the one hand, decisions taken during the early stages of a digital object's lifecycle frequently have consequences for the preservation strategies that can be applied at, a later date; on the other hand, if digital objects are being preserved so that they can be reused in an informed manner, account has to be taken of the different practices of researchers across disciplines and the different characteristics of the data thev create or gather.