Definition

Services and functions which make the stored information holdings accessible to users by providing data search, discovery, retrieval, and dissemination functions. Access can refer to either the functionality, the services providing the functionality, or the entity providing the corresponding services.

• Off-Line - Access to information by mail, telephone, facsimile, or other non- direct interface.
• Near-line - On-line access to information or data with system related time delays, e.g. resulting from data retrieval from tape library and / or CPU-intensive 'on-the-fly' product generation.
• On-Line - Access to information by direct interface to an information data base via electronic networking.

Access includes data search, discovery, and retrieval.

Source

 CEOS/WGISS/DSIG/GLOS

Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS), Recommended Practice CCSDS 650.0-M-2, Magenta Book 2012

NESDIS Data Management Lexicon and Related Terms 

Category

4. Data Stewardship words