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Author
Rossmassler, S. A.
Title
Critical Evaluation of Data in the Physical Sciences: A Status Report on the National Standard Reference Data System.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
Report
NBS TN 747
November 1972
79 p.
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Keywords
reaction kinetics | surface properties | mechanical properties | thermodynamic properties | transport properties
Identifiers
atomic and molecular data; colloid properties; data systems design; information services; standard reference data; solid state data
Abstract
This is a report on the status of the National Standard Reference Data System as of June 1972. Recent activities of the Office of Standard Reference Data are summarized and future plans are indicated. A complete list of data evaluation projects supported by the Office of Standard Reference Data during Fiscal Year 1972 is included; this list also includes projects which received financial support during an earlier fiscal year, and which are still actively involved in some aspect of data compilagtion and evaluation, or which are still preparing a product for publication. Progress in data processing and in information services in reviewed. The appendix includes a listing of continuing data centers in the United States and a list of publications resulting from the standard reference data program.