1. Archive Task Team (ATT)
Agenda Review
WGISS – 20
September 12 – 16, 2005
Kyiv, Ukraine

2. Archive Task Team (ATT)
Task Team Name: Archive Task Team
Task Team Lead Name and Contact Information:
Stuart Doescher (USGS)
Task Team Members:
Gian Maria Pinna ESA
Gus Shumbera NOAA/NCDC
John Faundeen USGS/EDC
Miguel Dragomir Zanic'Cuellar INPE
Kengo Aizawa JAXA
Stuart Doescher USGS/EDC

3. Archive Task Team (ATT)
Ad Hoc Members:
MbayeGael Consultant
Chan Weng TatTMSI/NUS
David Cuddy NASA JPL
Einar Grønas NSC
G. Szejwach IGBP
J.P. Gleyzes CNES
Kaori Kuroiwa JAXA/RESTEC
Liping Di NASA
Mike Botts UAH
R. Suresh NASA
Tim Smith USGS/EDC
Wyn Cudlip BNSC/DERA

4. Archive Task Team (ATT)
Purpose/Rationale:
The ATT is responsible for promoting, encouraging exchange and communication of Archive and records management best practices between the members of WGISS. Appropriate guidelines and recommendations for long-term archive data management, preservation and exchange among Agencies will be developed and distributed.
As a result of a WGISS membership survey, the ATT initial focus will be on:
Long-Term Archive Strategies or Policies
Archive Media, Data Formats
Storage/Backup Strategies
Digital Data Preservation or Recovery.
Additional topics may include:
Agency Presentations on Data Migrations
Environmental Storage Standards
Copyright Issues
Physical Security Standards
Old Equipment Inventory
Analog/Film Data Preservation or Recovery.

5. Archive Task Team (ATT)
Implementation Strategy
Stimulate discussion and dialog via occasional teleconference and exchange
Realize that this is a collaborative effort and a sharing of experiences is need to succeed.
Approach / strategy:
Hold quarterly telecoms that able opportunity to share and exchange information.
Expected outcome/impact of the activity
Updated WGISS agencies format document.
Compendium of shared experiences in archiving.
Expected Duration of Task Team:
continues to serve at the will of WGISS
Listserv address:
Project Web Site URL:

6. WGISS 20 - ATT Agenda Purge Alert Status John Faundeen
Archive Requirements Working Group Stuart Doescher
(Gus Shumbara)
CLASS Status update Dave Clark
Storage Architecture Stuart Doescher
(Ken Gacke)
Digital Data Preservation or Recovery
USGS LACS Status (Cheryl Greenhagen) Stuart Doescher
Data Formats
Status of process Stuart Doescher
Discussion on SAFE (Wyn)
JAXA Archive Activity Kengo Aizawa

7. Archive Task Team Lead
Kengo Aizawa (JAXA) has agreed to take be the task team lead.
As you know, the success of this task team is based upon our participation and support.
Extend your congratulations and support to Kengo.