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Research

ERA’s Research Director

Robert Chadduck – robert.chadduck@nara.gov

Why Research Is Important

Since 1998, NARA has performed research to better understand the problems associated with electronic records. To explore the possibilities, we have established partnerships with Federal agencies, state and local governments, universities, other national archives, the scientific community and private industry. Research supports many of ERA’s initiatives by developing tools and technologies that they use to facilitate records management.

Key Areas of Research

Currently NARA is looking into technologies to facilitate the management and preservation of electronic records. Key to this is research being done in the areas of:

ERA Research Projects

Below is a list of ERA's research projects.

Preservation Projects

Persistent Object Preservation (POP)

This research is conducted by the National Partnership for Advanced Computing Infrastructure (NPACI), led by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC).

Presidential Electronic Records Pilot Operations System (PERPOS)-Georgia Institute of Technology

NARA-sponsored research on archival processing of presidential electronic records.

Distributed Object Computation Testbed (DOCT)

The Distributed Object Computation Testbed (DOCT) led by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) brings together supercomputers, large electronic archival technology, and high-speed wide-area networks to develop solutions for handling massive amounts of data that is stored at sites nationwide. The DOCT testbed provides an infrastructure on which to test advanced technologies for the preservation of electronic records.

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Authenticity Projects

Presidential Electronic Records Pilot Operations System (PERPOS)-Georgia Institute of Technology

NARA-sponsored research on archival processing of Presidential electronic records.

U.S. InterPARES Project - International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems

This project, in which NARA is participating, is studying the problem of authentic electronic records.

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Scalability Projects

Grid Technology

Grid technology is being developed in a joint partnership with the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), and the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) to provide a distributed interoperable network which will provide efficient and effective access to users regardless of location and be linked using a logical name space to create global, persistent identifiers.

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