title: The disappearing third dimension.
abstract: Three-dimensional computing is driving what many would call a revolution in scientific visualization. However, its power and advancement are held back by the absence of sustainable archives for raw data and derivative visualizations. Funding agencies, professional societies, and publishers each have unfulfilled roles in archive design and data management policy.
authors.affiliation: Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA. rowe@mail.utexas.edu
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rowe
authors.forename: Lawrence R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Frank
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001109:Archives; D044962:Data Compression; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D033181:Information Dissemination; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011643:Publishing; D012958:Societies, Scientific; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed