{"id":2123,"date":"2012-01-25T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/msr_er\/2012\/01\/25\/managing-the-scientific-data-explosion-a-response-to-the-ostp-digital-data-rfi\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T07:33:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:33:11","slug":"managing-the-scientific-data-explosion-a-response-to-the-ostp-digital-data-rfi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/managing-the-scientific-data-explosion-a-response-to-the-ostp-digital-data-rfi\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing the Scientific Data Explosion: a Response to the OSTP Digital Data RFI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scientists can agree that there’s a lot of data out there, and that we could be using it more efficiently. Now the White House has asked for input on how to do just that.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Data (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>Data from scientific research is important to a diverse array of user communities from researchers, governments, and companies to wildlife managers, transportation managers, hospitals, and teachers. As the quantity of data in individual and community collections grows, its potential value also increases but, unfortunately, so do the associated challenges of data access, privacy, storage, and archiving. These challenges are social, economic, and technical, and the solutions will require collaborative contributions from universities, federal agencies, companies, scientific societies, and other organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Effective approaches to realizing the benefits of scientific data are likely to require many elements, including:<\/span><\/p>\n