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Carter, G. C. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1985
In this first of two installments, a description of the interactions of numerical databases (NDBs) for science with the various community sectors highlights data evaluation and the roles that NDBs will likely play. Twenty-four studies and articles dealing with needs for reliable physical, chemical, and mechanical property data are noted. (EJS)
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Information Scientists, Reliability
Carter, G. C. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1985
In this second of two installments, a discussion of role of information science (IS) in numerical databases (NDBs) and vice versa highlights two elements of IS needed to develop NDBs: technical (hardware, software, artificial intelligence, degree of database reliability); social (man-machine interface, social infrastructure). Research requirements…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Information Science, Man Machine Systems
