Information Science

Data Curation

Management activities required to maintain research data to ensure that they are fit for contemporary use and available for discovery and reuse.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Management activities required to maintain research data to ensure that they are fit for contemporary use and available for discovery and reuse.

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Classification

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Curation, Data
  • Data Annotation
  • Data Archiving
  • Annotation, Data
  • Archiving, Data

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2015

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. L01w.313w.500w.875w.500w
  2. L01w.462w.750.245w.332w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Data Curation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D066289. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D066289
  2. Data Curation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_curation
  3. Data Curation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15088675