https://alandove.com/tags/archiving/ Recent content in Archiving on Alan Dove, Ph.D. Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Alan Dove Tue, 28 May 2024 09:39:51 -0400 https://alandove.com/posts/2024/curious-citations-of-forgotten-lore/ Tue, 28 May 2024 09:39:51 -0400 https://alandove.com/posts/2024/curious-citations-of-forgotten-lore/ We’re throwing billions of dollars’ worth of research on a digital compost heap. This needs to stop. https://alandove.com/posts/2010/2010-07-22-archiving-genomic-data-a-proposal/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://alandove.com/posts/2010/2010-07-22-archiving-genomic-data-a-proposal/ One of the big problems facing whole-genome research efforts these days is archiving. A single experiment can generate a terabyte or more of data, and while it’s all conveniently stored on hard drives in the short term, that’s a poor medium for handing down the scientific heritage of mankind. The problem is twofold: digital data storage changes constantly, and many formats that were sold as “archival” have since turned out to be alarmingly perishable.