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Government data centers : meeting increasing demands / Committee on Coping with Increasing Demands on Government Data Centers, Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies. - Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003. - 1 online resource (xiii, 56 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32).

Front Matter -- Contents -- Executive Summary, 1 -- 1 ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS 7 -- 2 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES 15 -- Challenges in Data Availability and Access, 15 -- Standard Translatable Formats, 18 -- Network and On-Line Random Access, 19 -- Database Technologies, 21 -- Metadata Management, 22 -- Hardware and Software, 24 -- Implementation, 26 -- REFERENCES 31 -- Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members 35 -- Appendix B Workshop Agenda 39 -- Appendix C Workshop Speakers and Participants 43 Appendix D Workshop Discussions 45 Appendix E Glossary 51 -- Appendix F Acronyms 55

ISBN: 0309507219 (electronic bk.) 9780309507219 (electronic bk.) 0309087422 (Online version) 9780309087421 (Online version)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Government information agencies--United States.
Public administration--Data processing.--United States
Data centers--United States.
Information storage and retrieval systems.
Information Systems
Services d'information gouvernementaux--États-Unis.
Administration publique (Science)--Informatique.--États-Unis
Centres de traitement de l'information--États-Unis.
Systèmes d'information.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Affairs & Administration.
Data centers.
Government information agencies.
Information storage and retrieval systems.
Public administration--Data processing.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JK468.A8 / G68 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 352.3/8/0973