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All stakeholdersscientists, research managers, information management professionals, archivists, and major user groupsshould be represented in the broad overarching decisions regarding each class of data. The appraisal of individual data sets, however, should be performed by those most knowledgeable about the particular dataprimarily the principal investigators and project managers. In some cases, they may need to involve an archivist or information resources professional to assist with issues of long-term retention.
Scientific data reflect both the organization and the chaos of the natural world. They stimulate us to develop concepts, theories, and models to make sense of the patterns they represent. The resulting abstractions are the product of scientific endeavor, the goal being to develop the formal and systematic ideas that constitute the understanding of relationships between causes and consequences and perhaps may enable prediction of future sequences of events. Because scientists transform data from the material world into ideas, the observations of objects and processes in the physical world are the stimuli of scientific thought.
The NSIR Federation thus should provide the means for defining a coherent approach to managing the life cycle of scientific data. This approach should be developed and implemented through consensus of collaborating organizations with diverse and autonomous missions. The interagency Global Change Data and Information System is an example of a prototype NSIR Federation, focused on data for a specific set of interdisciplinary science problems. The NSIR Federation would build on such efforts, providing for better coordination and interaction among them, and would help organize fledgling efforts to preserve and provide broad access to data in other disciplines.