CODATA: Montreal September 30, 2002
•Present-day
data policies are very mixed:
–Tension
between observatory operations and archiving needs
•Canada
has been progressive
–Canada-France-Hawaii
Telescope archives since 1980s
•Data quality
has been fair
•Canada and
Chile were the leading forces in creating an archive for the Gemini telescopes (partners U.S., U.K., Canada,
Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Australia)
•Canada and
France are considering a long (~ 3 years) proprietary period for the CFHT Legacy Survey
Data
Policy: Dark clouds on the horizon