Space Life Sciences Data Archive Producer-Archive Interface Community Standard Proposal Presentation to CCSDS Panel 2 Archival Standards Committee, March 31, 2002 by Jacque Havelka, LSDA Lead Alan Wood, LSDA Standards Lead March 31, 2003

Table of Contents Proposal Background Rationale Resources Products or Deliverables Schedule

Proposal Develop, through an international panel of space life science organizations, meaningful and relevant sets of standards, and best practice guidelines, for all aspects of preserving space life sciences data. These standards will be based on the OAIS. This activity to be initiated by developing a “Space Life Science Community Standard for the Producer-Archive Interface ” based on CCSDS “Producer-Archive Interface Methodology Abstract Standard”. See the CCSDS Draft “Producer-Archive Interface Methodology Abstract Standard” FOR MORE INFO...

Description of Designated Community Space life sciences describes the community of scientists & engineers, who conduct ground and flight research to answer the questions: –What specific roles do gravity and other aspects of the space environment play in biological and physical processes? –What research must we do to enable humans to live and work safely in Earth orbit, and to venture beyond low-Earth orbit? The research subjects used include cells, plants, animals and humans. Flight research is done on the Shuttle, ISS, and various free- flyers by member agencies of the international space life science community. ( Austria,Belgium,Brazil,Canada,Denmark,France,Germany, Great Britain,Italy,Japan,Netherlands,Norway,Russia,Spain,Sweden,US )

Rationale - 1 Optimize the viability of life science research –Increase the utility & effectiveness of life science archives –Reduce costs through use of standards –Improve standards –Increase survivability of the archives –Facilitate relationships between international partners in ISS –Provide better data and better access to data.

Rationale - 2 There is little being done toward establishing wide spread use of standard preservation practices in the Space Life Science Community. Providing this forum for shared development of standards will: –decrease the costs of preservation –increase the quality and usability of research information –improve the interoperability between agencies & archives –provide valuable resource for agency efforts –improve survivability of archives Doing anything is better than no action

Technology The wide spread use and adoption of the OAIS promotes the health and well being of standards work based on this technology The “Producer-Archive Interface Methodology Abstract Standard” provides a solid starting point. There is standards work being done in bio- informatics(e.g.the LSID (life science identifier) but it is gene specific. The Space Life Science standard could point to or list this work.

Example issues & differences Identify the archive. Identify the producer. Develop examples of various relationships between PI’s, Projects, PI archive, Project archive, mission archives, document archives.

Team/Resources Joint effort with the international space agencies. Invite National Space Biomedical Research Institute? Other agencies? CCSDS BOF being proposed. High-level timing goals –OAIS took 7 years –This is more closely tied to implementation and less abstract. –Results in one to three year time frame?

Candidate Products Space Life Sciences Producer-Archive Interface Standard List of SLS standards Tutorial for archives Tutorial for producers Formats: –Data Dictionary –Submission Agreement –Data Inventory Web resource site that includes all of above products and to coordinate the standards development.

Schedule Identify space agencies and POC’s interested in participating in a CCSDS work package. Propose CCSDS Birds of a Feather for Space Life Sciences Archival Standards