Project ARCHER Overview

Introduction

The ARCHER project has setup dedicated development teams within each partner University to:

• analyse e Research data collection
• analyse information management needs and requirements, and
• take special note of existing IT applications and services in each research area.

Approach

The ARCHER development teams have built upon the prototype software developed by the DART (http://dart.edu.au) and ARROW (http://arrow.edu.au) projects to produce a robust set of software tools which:

• may be customised to suit the needs of diverse research areas
• automate the collection and management of instrument generated data
• enable the repository storage of research data and associated metadata
• enable collection and tagging of research data in a collaborative environment, and
• provide these capabilities in a secure end-to-end process.

Funding

• is funded by the Australian Commonwealth Government’s Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), through the Systemic Infrastructure Initiative (SII) under the Backing Australia's Ability – Building Our Future Through Science and Innovation, and
• contributes to eResearch software for the Platforms for Collaboration (PfC) initiative under the Australian Commonwealth Government’s National Collaboration Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

ARCHER Project Governance

ARCHER Board of Management

ARCHER Project Director

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