Repository details
Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
Name of repository
Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
Additional name(s)
- Centre canadien de données astronomiques
- CADC
- CCDA
Repository URL
Subject(s)
Description
The Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC) was established in 1986 by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), through a grant provided by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Over the past 30 years the CADC has evolved from an archiving centre---hosting data from Hubble Space Telescope, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, the Gemini observatories, and the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope---into a Science Platform for data-intensive astronomy. The CADC, in partnership with Shared Services Canada, Compute Canada, CANARIE and the university community (funded through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation), offers cloud computing, user-managed storage, group management, and data publication services, in addition to its ongoing mission to provide permanent storage for major data collections.
Located at NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre in Victoria, BC, the CADC staff consists of professional astronomers, software developers, and operations staff who work with the community to develop and deliver leading-edge services to advance Canadian research. The CADC plays a leading role in international efforts to improve the scientific/technical landscape that supports data intensive science. This includes leadership roles in the International Virtual Observatory Alliance and participation in organizations like the Research Data Alliance, CODATA, and the World Data Systems. CADC also contributes significantly to future Canadian projects like the Square Kilometre Array and TMT.
In 2019, the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC) delivered over 2 Petabytes of data (over 200 million individual files) to thousands of astronomers in Canada and in over 80 other countries. The cloud processing system completed over 6 million jobs (over 1100 core years) in 2019.
Contact
- cadc@nrc.gc.ca
Content type(s)
Certificates and Standards
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
- French
Data and/or service provider
- service provider
Institution name
Additional name(s)
- Agence spatiale canadienne
Identifier(s)
- ROR:03a1gte98
Contact(s)
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Additional name(s)
- CNRC
- NRC
- Conseil national de recherches Canada
Identifier(s)
- ROR:04mte1k06
Contact(s)
- cadc@hia.nrc.ca
- cadc@nrc.gc.ca
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (4)
Policy Name
Policy Name
Policy Name
Policy Name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Data access (2)
Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
- registration
Data licenses (2)
DataLicense
DataLicense
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
- registration
Persistent identifier system(s)
- none
Name of the repository software
- unknown
Data citation guideline
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
unknown
Application programming interfaces (1)
API type
Remarks
Remarks
The Canadian Astronomy Data Centre is aiming for regular ICSU-WDS membership .
Entry date
2012-08-06
Last update
2024-03-27
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