• NASA collects and archives national and international scientific and technical information (STI) in its knowledge base of more than 3.9 million records.

• The STI knowledge base is valuable to U.S. industries, international exchange partners, the educational community, and the public.

• NASA contractors and grantees publish STI through a variety of avenues, such as NASA STI Report Series, journal literature, meeting presentations, and nontraditional media (e.g., video and digital images).

• STI online images are entered into the NASA Image eXchange (NIX).

• Choose from the following to learn more about how NASA documents, preserves, organizes, disseminates, and archives STI.

Electronic File Formats...

...for NASA-Funded Contractors
...for NASA-Funded Grantees and Cooperative Agreement Personnel

Redacting Hidden Metadata
        •  Find and Remove Metadata (Hidden Information) in Your Legal Documents
        •  Redaction of Confidential Information in Electronic Documents

Tips and Guidance

• Guidance and Levels of Technical Review for NASA STI
• Professional, Technical, and Data Quality Reviews for NASA STI Documents
• Publication Types - Chapter 2 of NPR 2200.2B explains the NASA STI Report Series
• NASA Publications Guide for Authors (NASA/SP-2005-7602 [Rev.1])
• Grammar, Punctuation and Capitalization: A Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors
  • SP-7084: HTML
  • SP-7084: PDF
• ISO 9660 Specifications for CD-ROM's
• NASA Export Control Program
• Copyright FAQ (CENDI Copyright Task Group)

Key Words for NASA Documents

• NASA Thesaurus - PDF version and related publishing tools. The most recent editions, both Volume 1 (Hierarchical Listing With Definitions) and Volume 2 (Rotated Term Display) are viewable.
• NASA STI Subject Divisions and Categories Fact Sheet - Detailed descriptions
• NASA STI Subject Divisions and Categories - Appendix H of NPR 2200.2B

Required Approvals

• RDP (Report Documentation Page) - Standard Form (SF) 298 (Rev. 8/98) Required for all NASA STI Report Series — NASA supplementary instructions to complete SF 298 (Rev. 8/98 version) — RDP Sample

Reference Tools

• Acronym Listing
• Aerospace Science and Technology Dictionary
• Aerospell Supplemental Spell Check File
• NASA Thesaurus, Volumes 1 and 2
• NASA Thesaurus Term List Data File for Site Usage
• NASA Thesaurus Hierarchical Listing Data File for Site Usage
• NASA Thesaurus Terms Added (Monthly Update)
• NASA Scope and Subject Category Guide

Contract and Grant Deliverable Requirements

• NASA FAR Supplement - STI sections (Feb. 3, 2003)