Curation

//kjəˈɹeɪʃən//

"Curation" in a Sentence (4 examples)

Data curation is the art of pampering data in a way that doesn't look like doctoring.

At a news conference at JAXA in Sagamihara, about 51 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, space agency scientists said the capsule is now secured safely in a curation facility at its research center.

Manual database curation involves the following steps: (1) finding articles of interest; (2) finding and extracting facts (relations, events, associations, etc.) relevant to the database focus; and (3) converting extracted information into predefined standardized form.

"Yeah." It was him, alright; if the world's weariest pair of workboots hadn't tipped her off, his world-weary voice certainly would have. "Where were you?" "My quarters. We've got a full ticket set today, and techs work best without oversight." Neither of these things was untrue, though the curation was more than a little dishonest. "Maybe yours do." Nascimbeni rolled out, back flat against a neon orange creeper, and sat up with an audible wince. "Mine fuck the dog."

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