French Efforts Towards ISO Archiving Standards - Overview

A series of international workshops, augmented with e-mail exchanges and occasional teleconferences, is traditional for Panel 2 and is expected to be the primary international mode of working. The timing of the international workshops is planned to coordinate with currently planned CCSDS Panel 2 meetings. French workshops and development efforts take place between the international meetings. These activities are focused on developing French positions and input for the international efforts.

Participation in French Efforts

We also hope to distribute materials we develop widely and welcome any users who would care to review the developed materials or any who just wish to track the status of our efforts.

Upcoming Workshops

• Future meetings are not yet planned. However we expect to have an international meeting approximately every six months. The international meetings are likely to be in the April-May and October-November time frames in coordination with planned CCSDS Panel 2 meetings. We expect that there will normally be national meetings between the international meetings.

Past Workshops

• National Workshop on The Long Term Archival of Digital Scientific and Technical Data at Toulouse on 20-21 March 1996.

Related Conferences

• None at this time.

Reference Materials

• A Strategy for the Long Term Preservation of Space Mission Data, Claude Huc / CNES [Word for Windows 2, English] [PostScript, English]

• Presentation at First International Workshop on ISO Standards, Claude Huc / CNES [PowerPoint 4.0]

• Preliminary Metadata Classification - A Proposal,
  Claude Huc / CNES [MS Word 2.0, English] [PostScript, English]

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