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The survey to be sent out:  \begin{verbatim}  We For the "Radcliffe Exploratory Seminar on Data Curation and Analysis", we  have been asked to prepare a presentation entitled "Astronomical Data Curation and Analysis: What has worked and what has not?" So that we can better understand and present the views of the community, we have developed a short list of 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. We will be able to take into account for our presentation any comments we receive by 5 PM Wednesday.  Please let us know if we can quote comments you make, or if you would prefer to remain anonymous. With thanks, 

.....................................................................................  Background: When we talk about data 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? 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 is being done  that gives you this confidence? (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.)  (6) 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