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\section{Survey}  Questions for suvey:   \begin{ennumerate}   \item The survey to be sent out:     \begin{verbatim}   We have been asked to prepare a presentation entitled "Astronomical Data   Curation and Analysis: What has worked and  what do you consider has not?"     So that we can better understand and present the views of the community, we   have developed  a successful example short list  of long term/large volume questions. If you have views on this issue,   please answer by e-mail. Even if you have comments on a single question,   we would like to hear from you. Feel free to add comments on areas we have   not mentioned.     Please let us know if we can quote comments you make, or if you would   prefer to remain anonymous.     With thanks,     Rosanne Di Stefano, Vinay Kashyap, and Ashish Mahabal     .....................................................................................     Background: When we talk about  data curation?   \item curation, we have to define  what we   mean by "success". One measure of success is that the data can be used   correctly and effectively by researchers who were not involved in the   original project, even years after the data collection was complete.     (1) What  old dataset have you personally had to reanalyze for different purposes than originally intended, and how much time did you spend on it? \item Did you consider the time expenditure to be reasonable?     (2) In your view,  what are examples of successful data curation? What was   done to achieve this success?     (3) In your view, what are examples of unsuccessful data curation? What   do you think would have been needed to make the data curation more   successful?     (4) What  current project do you believe has the right procedures in place to enable the data, calibration, and documentation to be useful and relevant for unforeseen analysis 15-20 years from now? What are they doing that gives you this confidence? \end{ennumerate} (5) Are there any examples of current projects for which you are concerned   about the quality of data curation?     (5) Do you have comments about any of the following? (Please feel free to   add comments on other topics you think are relevant.)     - VO/standards (NVO/VAO/IVOA)   - NED/SIMBAD   - optical versus radio versus x-ray data curation   - software aligned with curation   - ADS like services   - WWT/Google sky and their use     \end{verbatim}