Chronopolis Project

Lead Partners: The University of California at San Diego Libraries and San Diego Super Computer Center
Additional Partner: National Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies

Chronopolis is a data grid framework. Each partner will run a grid node with at least 50 terabytes of storage capacity for NDIIPP-related digital collections.  The project is exploring geographic data distribution along with curatorial audit reporting and access for preservation clients.

Objectives

• Provide a data grid for highly accessible and redundant data storage systems
• Enable geographically distributed digital preservation
• Develop best practices for the NDIIPP community for data packaging and transmission among heterogeneous digital archive systems.

More detailed project information can be found at the Project Web site (external link).

Highlights

• Paper: Got Data? A Guide to Data Preservation in the Information Age (external link) (PDF, 6.16MB)
• The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (external link), based at the University of Michigan, will provide up to 12 TB of data from its archive of social science and political research data sets
• The California Digital Library (external link) will provide up to 25 TB of content from its Web-at-Risk (external link) collections.
• Paper: The Need for Formalized Trust in Digital Repository Collaborative Infrastructure (external link) (PDF, 280KB)