Conrad PDES Spring 2008

April 2008April 2008 National Archives and Records AdministrationNational Archives and Records Administration 11

The Electronic Records Archives (ERA) Program

Program and Research UpdatesProgram and Research UpdatesSpring 2008 PDES, Inc. OffsiteSpring 2008 PDES, Inc. Offsite

Mark ConradMark ConradArchives SpecialistArchives Specialist

ERA Research DivisionERA Research Division

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ERA Research UpdatesERA Research Updates

ERA Lab at Allegany Ballistics Laboratory Up and RunningERA Lab at Allegany Ballistics Laboratory Up and RunningFirst DREN Connection in WVFirst DREN Connection in WV

Only Currently Registered AccessGrid Node in WVOnly Currently Registered AccessGrid Node in WV

Co-located with the Navy’s Future Virtual Engineering CenterCo-located with the Navy’s Future Virtual Engineering Center


National Coordination Office forNational Coordination Office forNetworking Information TechnologyNetworking Information Technology

Research and Development (NCO/NITRD) Research and Development (NCO/NITRD)


FY 2009 FY 2009 NITRD Supplement to the President's Budget

http://www.nitrd.gov/pubs/2009supplement/index.htm

•Released February 2008

•President’s Strategic Priorities for Networking and IT R&D

•$3.5 Billion


FY 2009 FY 2009 NITRD Budget Overview:Some Highlights

Human-Computer Interaction and Information Management Needs Include:

Effective stewardship of science and engineering data Information infrastructure

New approaches, technologies, and tools for long-term preservation, curation, sustainability, accessibility, and survivability of significant electronic data

Information standards Data interoperability and integration of distributed data; usability; provenance

and integrity (metadata) Focused data structure research for complex digital objects


FY 2009 FY 2009 NITRD Budget Overview:Some Highlights

Human-Computer Interaction and Information Management Needs Include:

NARA as Lead Agency

Proposed workshop targeting architectures, technologies, and information management processes needed to optimize “full data path” processing of ultra-large data and electronic records collections

Systems architectures to support optimizable and scalable ingest for processing petascale electronic records; data management architectures


NationalScienceFoundation

San Diego San Diego Supercomputer Supercomputer

CenterCenter

Some of NARA’s Research PartnersSome of NARA’s Research Partners

National Center National Center for for Supercomputing Supercomputing ApplicationsApplications

Army Army ResearchResearchLaboratoryLaboratory

NIST

…and many other Federal Agencies and their Records Officers

http://www.dod.gov/


ERA ResearchERA ResearchCollaboration UpdatesCollaboration Updates

STEP-based Ship-wide Unclassified ModelSTEP-based Ship-wide Unclassified Model5 year Research Initiative5 year Research Initiative

NAVSEA is Executive AgencyNAVSEA is Executive Agency

NAVAIR and DLA also ParticipatingNAVAIR and DLA also Participating

Exploring Use of Data Grid for Data SharingExploring Use of Data Grid for Data Sharing



West Virginia University/NETLWest Virginia University/NETL Building LTDR Virtual Lab and TestbedBuilding LTDR Virtual Lab and Testbed

Gather Cost and Version Data for 10-year Gather Cost and Version Data for 10-year LifecycleLifecycle

Simulate Retrieval of Data through 10 Years of Simulate Retrieval of Data through 10 Years of CAD SoftwareCAD Software

Compare Costs with Maintaining STEP dataCompare Costs with Maintaining STEP data STEP Semantic ResearchSTEP Semantic Research



MOIMS-RAC WGMOIMS-RAC WG Develop ISO Standard for Digital Repository Audit and Develop ISO Standard for Digital Repository Audit and

CertificationCertification ISO TC20/SC13 (CCSDS)ISO TC20/SC13 (CCSDS) Based on OAIS Reference Model (ISO 14721)Based on OAIS Reference Model (ISO 14721) Based on work by RLG/NARA and NESTOR ProjectBased on work by RLG/NARA and NESTOR Project http://wiki.digitalrepositoryauditandcertification.org/bin/view/http://wiki.digitalrepositoryauditandcertification.org/bin/view/

Main/WebHomeMain/WebHome



NNSANNSA Collaboration on First Rollout of Operational Collaboration on First Rollout of Operational

ERAERA



Data Intensive Cyber Environments GroupData Intensive Cyber Environments Group intelligent Rule Oriented Data System intelligent Rule Oriented Data System

(iRODS)(iRODS) Make Policies/Rules ExplicitMake Policies/Rules Explicit http://irods.sdsc.eduhttp://irods.sdsc.edu



A Sample of Continuing CollaborationsA Sample of Continuing Collaborations ARL – ARL – High Confidence ComputingHigh Confidence Computing NCSA – NCSA – Storage and Retrieval of 3D+Time Data Storage and Retrieval of 3D+Time Data

RepresentationsRepresentations NSF – NSF – CyberinfrastructureCyberinfrastructure Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center - Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center - SLASHSLASH


Your Contacts in theYour Contacts in the ERA Program Management OfficeERA Program Management Office

Bob [email protected]

Mark Conrad [email protected]

ERA CommunicationsERA Communications(301) 837-0740

[email protected]

The ERA Website ishttp://www.archives.gov/era

mailto:[email protected]

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