Geological data and documentation: characteristics analysis and corresponding thoughts

As a permanent resource，the data and documentation geological archives collect and use are vitally important.Good data and documentation management enables the location，sharing，reuse，and reduces the redundancy of data and documentation.These attributes of good data and documentation management reduce costs in terms of time and money.Our link with our cooperators and customers is the data and documentation we provide to them.Data and documentation are a key lasting resource that the geological archives produces and uses.Furthermore，taxpayers and geological archives' customers have paid for and are entitled to know the factual basis and historical validity for government decision-making (in other words，the data and documentation relied upon to make those decisions).The paper puts forward the data definition for geological data and documentation，and corresponding strategies.