NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

20040112007 NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
The World Wide Web and Technology Transfer at NASA Langley Research Center
Nelson, Michael L.; Bianco, David J.; [1994]; 12 pp.; In English; Second International World Wide Web Conference: Mosaic
and the Web, 19-21 Oct. 1994, Chicago, IL, USA; Original contains black and white illustrations; No Copyright; Avail: CASI;
A03, Hardcopy
NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) began using the World Wide Web (WWW) in the summer of 1993, becoming
the first NASA installation to provide a Center-wide home page. This coincided with a reorganization of LaRC to provide a
more concentrated focus on technology transfer to both aerospace and non-aerospace industry. Use of the WWW and NCSA
Mosaic not only provides automated information dissemination, but also allows for the implementation, evolution and
integration of many technology transfer applications. This paper describes several of these innovative applications, including
the on-line presentation of the entire Technology Opportunities Showcase (TOPS), an industrial partnering showcase that
exists on the Web long after the actual 3-day event ended. During its first year on the Web, LaRC also developed several
WWW-based information repositories. The Langley Technical Report Server (LTRS), a technical paper delivery system with
integrated searching and retrieval, has proved to be quite popular. The NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS), an outgrowth
of LTRS, provides uniform access to many logically similar, yet physically distributed NASA report servers. WWW is also
the foundation of the Langley Software Server (LSS), an experimental software distribution system which will distribute
LaRC-developed software with the possible phase-out of NASA’s COSMIC program. In addition to the more formal
technology distribution projects, WWW has been successful in connecting people with technologies and people with other
people. With the completion of the LaRC reorganization, the Technology Applications Group, charged with interfacing with
non-aerospace companies, opened for business with a popular home page.
Author
World Wide Web; Technology Transfer; Information Dissemination; Websites; Client Server Systems; On-Line Systems
20040120864 California Univ., Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., Berkeley, CA, USA
Prototype Data Archive for the PIER ‘Thermal Distribution Systems in Commercial Buildings’ Project
Diamond, R.; Wray, C.; Smith, B.; Jan. 2004; In English
Report No.(s): DE2004-821334; LBNL-54191; No Copyright; Avail: National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
A prototype archive for a selection of building energy data on thermal distribution systems in commercial buildings was
developed and pilot tested. While the pilot demonstrated the successful development of the data archive prototype, several
questions remain about the usefulness of such an archive. Specifically, questions on the audience, frequency of use,
maintenance, and updating of the archive would need to be addressed before this prototype is taken to the next level.
NTIS
Buildings; Data Systems
20040120945 NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
NASA Langley Scientific and Technical Information Output: 1994, Volume 1
Phillips, Marilou S., Compiler; Stewart, Susan H., Compiler; January 1995; 173 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): NASA-TM-109170-Vol-1; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A08, Hardcopy
This document is a compilation of the scientific and technical information that the Langley Research Center has produced
during the calendar year 1994. Included are citations for Formal Reports, High-Numbered Conference Publications,
High-Numbered Technical Memorandums, Contractor Reports, Journal Articles and Other Publications, Meeting
Presentations, Computer Programs, Tech Briefs, and Patents.
Author
Bibliographies; Indexes (Documentation); Conferences; Research and Development
20040121033 Leeds Univ., UK
Long-Term Stewardship of Globally-Distributed Representation Information
Holdsworth, David; Wheatley, Paul; NASA/IEEE MSST 2004 Twelfth NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems
and Technologies in cooperation with the Twenty-First IEEE Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies; April
2004, pp. 17-29; In English; See also 20040121020; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy
Leeds was a major participant in three projects looking at digital preservation, viz Cedars (jointly with the Universities
of Oxford and Cambridge), CAMiLEON (jointly with the University of Michigan), and the Representation and Rendering
Project. With this background, work is beginning on setting up a digital curation centre. for UK academia. As a result of this
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