Not sure if this quite answers your question, but here are some references I've found:
ERPANET. (2004). The Selection, Appraisal and Retention of Digital Scientific Data. Lisbon. Retrieved from http://www.erpanet.org/events/2003/lisbon/LisbonReportFinal.pdf.
Faundeen, J. L., & Oleson, L. R. (2007). Scientific Data Appraisals: The Value Driver for Preservation Efforts. In PV2007. Retrieved from http://www.pv2007.dlr.de/Papers/Faundeen_AppraisalsValue_for_Preservation.pdf.
Gutmann, M., Schürer, K., Donakowski, D., & Beedham, H. (2004). The selection, appraisal, and retention of social science data. Data Science Journal, 3, 209-221. doi: 10.2481/dsj.3.209.
... and of course the Duranti and InterPARES references that I'm sure you know, plus Ross Harvey's DCC Briefing Paper:
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/briefing-papers/introduction-curation/appraisal-and-selection/
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On 17 Feb 2010, at 21:25, Andrew C. Wilson wrote:
> Dear colleagues
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> I'm currently doing some work at the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) on the applicability of archival appraisal concepts to research data - ie. can archival appraisal criteria be used to select datasets for ongoing retention and curation? If not, how do we go about deciding which datasets should/must be kept? I'm working on the assumption that it is not practical or desirable to keep everything.
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> I'm very interested in people's views as well as references to any journal articles or monographs that discuss this.
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> Best wishes
> Andrew Wilson
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> Dr Andrew Wilson
> Senior Data Policy Advisor
> Australian National Data Service
> Australian National University
> P: +61 2 6125 1213
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