Ashley Buckle wrote:

By raw data I mean images. We think this is only manageable using a distributed data grid model (eg Universities/institutions setup their own repositories using open standards, and PDB aggregate the links to them. URL persistence will be a hurdle I admit).

This reminded me of the LOCKSS project (Lots Of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe
- http://www.lockss.org) which claims to do just this.  I've not used
it, but it looks interesting, and rather than re-inventing the wheel...

Regards,

Andrew

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