[IGS-DCWG-46] Proposal for improving IGS data flow

[Carey Noll]

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IGS-DCWG Mail      07 Jul 07:37:07 PDT 2006      Message Number 46
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Author:  Carey Noll/CDDIS

In May I sent out a message about the position paper we
(Angie Moore, Carine Bruyninx, Michael Scharber, and I)
authored for the IGS Workshop in Darmstadt.  After many
iterations, the paper has been finalized.  I have placed
a PDF of the submitted paper on the CDDIS Web site at:
http://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/posppr_proceedings_final.pdf

The goal of changing the way we flow data from station to
data center to user is to ensure we keep data flowing in
the event of a data center outage as well as ensure that
all data centers are archiving the same version of the data
(which has become a problem when revisions are provided by
the stations).

I would encourage all data center contacts to read the paper.
Although we are past the point of changing this paper, I
would like to see some dialogue generated within the working
group on the concepts outlined here.  We would like to begin
testing these procedures, involving a few data centers at
various levels and a small subset of the IGS network.

Regards,
Carey.
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Ms. Carey Noll
Manager, Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS)
Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau
NASA GSFC
Code 690.5
Greenbelt, MD 20771
USA

E-mail:  Carey.Noll at nasa.gov
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