Considerations for Data Collection Systems

摘要

As our economic and social world becomes more and more globalized, the information that is required just to have a chance at survival is increasing. We all are being forced to find the most efficient and cost effective means to gather, correlate, store and retrieve many types of information that are generated on a day-to-day basis. This information must be in a highly usable form and easily cross-referenced. The data must be in both complete and partially retrievable formats. In our regulated society, information must be in a verifiable form, such that the generation and correlation source(s) are easily tracked and identified. In addition, sufficient media must be generated such that the information remains immutable throughout an extended lifetime. The electronic media allow for this type of collection, cross-referencing and correlation in an environment that remains verifiable and immutable over time (to the extent of our current and changing knowledge base.) The information presented in the ACS short course evolved into an exchange of ideas and questions from which this collection of considerations was compiled. This chapter gives an outline of possible items which may help in determining a proper course of action in the daily struggle to collect, process, store and retrieve one of our most important assets: DATA.