DocumentCode
2206484
Title
Research data management in ecology: a practical approach for long-term projects
Author
Brunt, James W.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Biol., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
fYear
1994
fDate
28-30 Sep 1994
Firstpage
272
Lastpage
275
Abstract
Effective management of ecological research data can insure the security and accessibility of data that cannot be collected again under the same conditions and plays a key role in every aspect of the research project from experimental design to publication. Commercial relational database management software, developed primarily for business applications, does not provide an adequate solution for long-term scientific data management. An archive file format provides the standard around which a data file management system is implemented. The system works within the parameters of existing components of the operating system software. Data filters and data engines are used to communicate data to and from applications. This paper documents this working approach to research data management in use on the Sevilleta LTER project
Keywords
database management systems; ecology; file organisation; information retrieval systems; Sevilleta LTER project; archive file; data engines; data file management system; data filters; ecological research data; ecology; relational database management; research data management; research project; scientific data management; Application software; Business; Data security; Design for experiments; Environmental factors; Operating systems; Project management; Relational databases; Software development management; Software systems;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Scientific and Statistical Database Management, 1994. Proceedings., Seventh International Working Conference on
Conference_Location
Charlottesville, VA
Print_ISBN
0-8186-6610-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SSDM.1994.336941
Filename
336941
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