NASA science missions have created a large archive of potentially valuable data for the science community. NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS) is the first step in making peer reviewed quality datasets to the general science community. We propose by using and extending the technology and process of data review as instituted by the Small Bodies Node (SBN) of the PDS to build a generic set of tools and software infrastructure of a general Data Publishing System (DPS). The DPS will be based on several key underlying technologies, namely the Internet or information superhighway for establishing a workgroup collaborative data review process, and CD write once technology for encapsulation of a portable digital library that can aid not only in the review process, but also provide a prototype of the final published dataset. We intend to overcome the problems of heterogenous computer systems by building a catalog of data browsing tools to facilitate the review process. The DPS will accelerate the introduction of high quality datasets to the science community. In Phase I we will target a prototype DPS wit the International Halley Watch (IHW) archive. Phase II will generalize the DPS to broader classes of data. In particular the International Solar Terrestrial Program and Mission to Planet Earth. The DPS system proposed here has an immediate benefit to NASA and the surrounding science community by acceleration the development of high-quality datasets from the ever increasing NASA archives. The DPS by having a generic set of software tools for workgroup collaboration and construction of portable digital libraries will foster the growth of the budding commercial digital publishing industry.
