[pytables-users] Fwd: [Hdf-forum] Soliciting interest in an HDF Research Coordination Network

[Daniele Paganelli]

This might interest future pytables development...


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Oggetto: [Hdf-forum] Soliciting interest in an HDF Research
Coordination Network
Data: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 14:28:43 +0000
Mittente: Lindsay Powers <***@hdfgroup.org>
Rispondi-a: HDF Users Discussion List <hdf-***@lists.hdfgroup.org>
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Dear HDF Forum member,


The HDF Group provides free, open-source software that is widely used in
government, academia and industry. The goal of The HDF Group is to
ensure the sustainable development of HDF (Hierarchical Data Format)
technologies and the ongoing accessibility of HDF-stored data because
users and organizations have mission-critical systems and archives
relying on these technologies. These users and organizations are a
critical element of the HDF community and an important source of new and
innovative uses of, and sustainability for, the HDF platforms, libraries
and tools. We want to create a sustainability model for the open access
platforms and libraries that can serve these diverse communities in the
future use and preservation of their data. As a step towards engaging
this community, we are seeking partners for a National Science
Foundation Research Coordination Network (RCN)
<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15527/nsf15527.htm>.

The National Science Foundation supports RCNs in order to foster
collaboration and communication among scientists and technologists in
the areas of research coordination, education and training,
collaborative technologies, and standards development. Our vision of
this RCN is to develop a core community of experienced and dedicated HDF
users to:

1. Foster education and training of new and existing users through
development of teaching modules, workshops and other mechanisms for
sharing knowledge and experience,

2. Provide a forum for sharing tools, standards and techniques related
to HDF technology,

3. Convene diverse users to foster interdisciplinary collaboration,

4. Formalize a community of committed HDF users invested in the
sustainability of HDF products

HDF data platforms are used for many different reasons (flexibility, big
data, complex data, compatibility with tools etc.), across numerous
scientific, operational and commercial disciplines, and we believe that
the variety of users have much to learn from each other. The RCN also
provides a great mechanism for The HDF Group to better understand its
user community and to respond to their needs.

We expect the RCN to have a lifespan of up to 3 years. The RCN grant is
primarily intended to support collaborative activities and not
independent research, see the program guidelines
<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15527/nsf15527.htm> for more details.
We hope that you will join us in our efforts toward this important
mission. Please contact me by July 1, 2015 if you are interested in
participating in the RCN.


Kind regards,
Lindsay Powers

*Lindsay Powers*
Deputy Director of Earth Science
The HDF Group
+1.720.635.5740
***@hdfgroup.org