Definition

Preservation covers all processes and operationson individual or multi-mission data sets for ensuring the technical and intellectual survival of Space Data set and their metadata through time. It grants data set integrity, its discoverability and accessibility, and facilitates its (re)-use in the long term. Preservation is one of the tasks of data curation. Examples are data record improvement and consolidation.

Comments

Preservation covers all processes and operations on individual or multi-mission data sets for ensuring the technical and intellectual survival of Space Data set and their metadata through time. It grants dataset integrity, its discoverability and accessibility, and facilitates its (re)-use in the long term. Preservation is one of the tasks of data curation. Examples are data record improvement and consolidation. XX

Source

 CEOS/WGISS/DSIG/GLOS

Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS), Recommended Practice CCSDS 650.0-M-2, Magenta Book 2012; CEOS EO Data Stewardship Glossary

NESDIS Data Management Lexicon and Related Terms 

Category

4. Data Stewardship words