| Term: | curate |
| Definition: | managing and promoting the use of data from its point of creation, to ensure it is fit for contemporary purpose, and availability for discovery and re-use. (Lord, Philip and Alison Macdonald. 2003. e-Science curation report: Data curation for e-Science in the UK: an audit to establish requirements for future curation and provision. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/e-ScienceReportFinal.pdf) |