Abstract
The value of data in society is increasing rapidly. Organisations that work with data should have standard practices in place to ensure successful curation of data. The World Data System (WDS) consists of a number of data centres responsible for curating research data sets for the scientific community. The WDS has no formal data curation framework or model in place to act as a guideline for member data centres. The objective of this research was to develop a framework for the curation of data in the WDS. A multiple-case case study was conducted. Interviews were used to gather qualitative data and analysis of the data, which led to the development of this framework. The proposed framework is largely based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) functional model and caters for the curation of both analogue and digital data.
Highlights
Society is becoming more and more dependent on data. Palmer (2006) credits Clive Humby for the saying that “data is the new oil”
The two highest scoring data centres in the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) functional model conformance test had a greater number of employees in comparison to the two lowest scoring data centres
A standard framework for the curation of data in the World Data System (WDS) was developed. This framework is largely based on the OAIS functional model while changes were made to suit the WDS requirements
Summary
Society is becoming more and more dependent on data. Palmer (2006) credits Clive Humby for the saying that “data is the new oil”. Society is becoming more and more dependent on data. Palmer (2006) credits Clive Humby for the saying that “data is the new oil”. Data are abundant, but like oil, they are a very valuable resource. Data are a very useful resource too as through analysis, patterns emerge, leading to understanding. The understanding from data analysis often leads to new discoveries. Data are such a valuable and useful resource, they are a problematic resource
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