Hi Priscilla,

Just saw your email today - apparently all the PIG email was spam
filtered out locally!

But no I haven't read the book Ice. I'll ask around as there are
probably lots of people
around here who have....

Ruth

Priscilla Caplan wrote:

> oops, sorry. I should have sent that directly to Ruth Duerr.
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> Of no relevance whatsoever to PREMIS, I'm reading Ice by Mariana
> Gosnell. Amazing book, have you seen it?
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> p
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> Ruth Duerr wrote:
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>> 1. Name of the institution or organization implementing PREMIS
>>
>> National Snow and Ice Data Center
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>> 2. The project name
>>
>> We don't actually have a project name, though I supposed if pushed we
>> could invent one!
>>
>> 3. A short description of the project
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>> The OAIS reference model is one of NSIDC's guiding documents as an
>> archive. Several
>> years ago, we decided to use the OAIS reference model in developing a
>> schema for storing
>> preservation information about our science data sets - we already are
>> NASA DIF and FGDC-compliant
>> in that regard. In the meantime, the PREMIS group came out with
>> their schema. As an
>> experiment, since implementation was still ongoing, we chose to make
>> our schema PREMIS compliant.
>> 4. Projected dates of implementation
>>
>> Completion and transfer to operations is expected in April, 2006
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>> 5. A URL to the project web site (if available)
>>
>> None, this is an internal project
>>
>> 6. A URL to any available documentation or specifications developed for
>> the project
>>
>> We have an internal website but at this point it is not generally
>> accessible. The publically accessible NSIDC data catalog can be
>> found at http://nsidc.org/data/search/search.html
>>
>> 7. A list of any tools developed and or used as part of the project
>> (e.g. to extract metadata)
>>
>> We have developed schema extensions to our central data catalog,
>> along with
>> web-based tools for population.
>>
>> 8. Contact name and e-mail address
>>
>> R. Duerr ([log in to unmask])
>>
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