[Esip-preserve] Provenance of screenshots used in documents

[Justin Goldstein]

Colleagues,
  Does anyone have suggestions regarding the tracking or provenance of
screenshots of websites included in documents and reports?  Very often, due
to the limited quantity of information that can be captured in any one
screenshot, the determination of the actual datasets visualized in the
screenshots is not straightforward.  Neither information regarding the date
the screenshot was taken, nor the version of the data sources, many of
which are continuously updated under the same dataset name, are available.
 Additionally, is it good practice to capture information about the
computer/monitor used in the screenshot, in the same fashion that we
capture the name/date of photographers for photos?  I can see many
parallels between photos and screenshots vis-a-vis tracking provenance and
data sources.  Very often such data are not easily available as well; is it
worthwhile to pursue obtaining such information?

Thanks,
-Justin Goldstein

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Justin Goldstein
GCIS Staff Assistant III
US Global Change Research Program
jgoldstein at usgcrp.gov

1717 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite #250
Washington, DC 20006

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