A Safety Net for Scientific Data

摘要

For the data sets that form the life-blood of research science, it is the best of times and the worst of times. Across all fields, data sets are growing rapidly because of increased computing speed and storage capacity. Yet the accessibility of that information is often deteriorating. Traditionally, the data used in the authors' analysis were reviewed and published with their journal articles. These days the raw information typically stays in the authors' care. As a result, many data sets are now inaccessible, lost, or effectively lost because the authors don't know where they are or how to retrieve them.