Preserving Scientific Data on Our Physical Universe: A New Strategy for Archiving the Nation's Scientific Information Resources

Citation
National Research Council, Steering Comm. for the Study on the Long-Term Retention of Selected Scientific and Technical Records of the Federal Government, Preserving Scientific Data on Our Physical Universe: A New Strategy for Archiving the Nation's Scientific Information Resources (1995) (full-text).

Overview
This report, under the auspices of the Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, was initiated at the request of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It defines a set of goals, principles, and priorities, and generic retention criteria for archiving of physical science data.