Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Archiving Project, 2006-present

Overview

Composition

What is a FITS file?

SDSS Data Archive Server (DAS)

What did we talk about from 2006 to 2008?

Long-term archiving of the survey data

Serving up survey data to the public for an initial five-year period (CAS+DAS)

Preserving the administrative record

Managing a Help Desk

Why did we think we could pull this off?

Project Timeline

Lessons Learned and Next Steps