Science Data Management at ESO

Providing the best science data is at the core of ESO’s mission to enable major science discoveries from our science community. I will briefly describe the steps that ESO undertakes to fulfill this, namely ensuring that instruments are working properly, that the science content can be extracted from the data and, finally, delivering the science data to our users, PIs and archive researchers alike.Metrics and statistics that gauge the results and impact of these efforts will be discussed.