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What does curation mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.
  2. (archaic) The act of curing or healing.
  3. (databases) The manual updating of information in a database.
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Or, more comprehensively, service could entail a range of data curation activities.
Canadian material, coming from about 350 localities, is housed temporarily at Iowa before its eventual permanent curation with the Geological Survey of Canada.
To solve the curation quandary, The Daily Beast has produced its first list of the feeds to follow.
Gene's excellent curation has provided a solid anchor for botanical research in the Southeast.
Arrangements for curation of the project archives shall be agreed to before any activity commences, and shall be set out in the project design.
This is not the first time that the gallery's curation of the celebrated Baroque painting has raised eyebrows, however.

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