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| Paper: |
25 Years of Planetary Data Archiving: Lessons Learned the Hard Way |
| Volume: |
521, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVI |
| Page: |
100 |
| Authors: |
Raugh, A. C.; Hughes, J. S. |
| Abstract: |
NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS) was established to ensure NASA's return
on investment in its planetary space program. The PDS
mandate was and is to ensure that the data returned by these missions are
not merely preserved, but maintained and usable by subsequent
investigators long after the original mission science teams have
disbanded. During the intervening generations (1 human, about 5
technological), PDS has amassed a highly diverse archive and dealt with
formidable issues of data file format, long-term maintenance, and
metadata collection and preservation. Some design choices have stood the
test of time; others that seemed obvious contemporarily have been
less than satisfactory in the long term. We will present some of the
successful and unsuccessful choices made early in PDS history that
helped to shape the new PDS4 Archiving Standards. |
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