Definition

As defined for an OAIS entity that contains the services and functions for populating, maintaining, and accessing a wide variety of information. Some examples of this information are catalogs and inventories on what may be retrieved from Archival Storage, processing algorithms that may be run on retrieved data, Consumer access statistics, Consumer billing, Event Based Orders, security controls, and OAIS schedules, policies, and procedures.

A combination of two major activities conducted in coordination, data management services and data stewardship, which together constitute a comprehensive end-to-end process including movement of data and information from the observing system sensors to the data user. This process includes the acquisition, quality control, metadata cataloging, validation, reprocessing, storage, retrieval, dissemination, and archival of data.

Source

 CEOS/WGISS/DSIG/GLOS

I. Maggio European LTDP Glossary & Technical Definitions_Issue1.0.docx

NOAA Data Management Planning Procedural Directive, Version 2.0.1, Environmental Data Management Committee[2]; NOAA Administrative Order 212-15[5]

NESDIS Data Management Lexicon and Related Terms 

Category

4. Data Stewardship words