NOAA Data Policy Issues

• On-line/WWW access to data
  • Cost issue
  • Redistribution of data
• New high data volume operational systems High volume impacts access, usability
• Access to data
  • Real and near-real time
  • Long-term data archive access
• Redistribution of data
  • Loss of data sales revenue
  • Loss of attribution
  • Proliferation of multiple versions
• CD-ROM and DVD off-line access to data
  • Entire collections easily accessible
  • Users may get more than they want

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