The Role of INSPIRE in HEP Data Preservation Efforts
Travis C. Brooks · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 2010
Abstract INSPIRE is a new community resource for HEP literature and associated information. It is based on the combination of SPIRES ’ content and features and the powerful Invenio software developed at CERN. The INSPIRE service will come online in fall of 2009, and be run by CERN, DESY, Fermilab and SLAC. Data preservation, to be successful, must not only preserve the data, but must also organize it and allow it to be found by those who would make use of it, and resources such as INSPIRE are ideally positioned and ready to provide this organization and context. In addition, INSPIRE will soon be ready to provide storage of smaller datasets, such as high-level analysis objects, as stand-alone objects placed in the repository or as objects associated with an analysis paper. This small project could pave the way towards the context and organization which is one piece of the infrastructure needed for all levels of data preservation. 1 What is INSPIRE? Researchers in HEP have long benefited from having the entire corpus of their literature at their fingertips. What began as a system of preprint dissemination among colleagues at large institutions and labs has evolved over time to become a comprehensive community resource for