[IGSMAIL-4873]: Draft EarthScope/PBO Data Management Plan

[prescott at unavco.org]

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IGS Electronic Mail      08 Mar 13:08:39 PST 2004      Message Number 4873
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Author: UNAVCO

Dear colleagues,

We would like to announce the public release of the draft Data 
Management Plan for the EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory 
project.  The PBO data management plan describes the PBO data policy, 
data archiving/analysis structure, and data products.

The data management plan can be found at

    http://www.unavco.org/PBO/data/pbo_dplan02.pdf

We encourage all interested community members to read the draft plan 
and send written comments to pbo-dcomm at unavco.org. All comments 
e-mailed to that address will be automatically posted to a public web 
page at:

   http://pbo.unavco.org/mailman/listinfo/pbo-dcomm

with e-mail headers processed into a human-readable, but not 
computer-readable form to thwart e-mail harvesters.  Comments sent to 
other e-mail addresses or through other means will be bounced back 
with a request to send written comments to the above e-mail address. 
Please send your comments in plain text only.  Attachments or HTML 
e-mail will not be accepted.

The timeline for comments and revisions is:

    - All comments are due by 2359 MST, Friday, 12 March 2004
      Comments received by that deadline will be considered in
      revising the current plan
    - The next draft data management plan will be completed by
      19 March
    - The revised draft plan will be sent to the UNAVCO Board
      of Directors and Standing Committee for a two-week review
    - The Board and Standing Committee comments will be
      considered in creating the final PBO data management plan
    - The final PBO data management plan will be finished in
      early- to mid-April and posted on the PBO and EarthScope
      web pages.

To insure maximum exposure to this request, we are distributing it 
through several email lists. Our apologies if you receive multiple 
copies. We look forward to receiving your feedback, and thank you in 
advance for your help in building PBO.

Greg Anderson, Mike Jackson, and Will Prescott
UNAVCO

EarthScope is a Major Research and Equipment Facility Construction 
project funded by the National Science Foundation.
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