Is reproducibility a possible answer? I do not need your records, if several other people can reproduce your results on demand. Actually, it is more reliable that way. But also more expensive.
reproduce ability helps with the critical path but not necessarily with all the thrown out side data in cases where it turns out that auxiliary hypotheses were also of interest.
Science resists surveillance (dramatically more detailed record keeping) because real science is embarrassing.
Is reproducibility a possible answer? I do not need your records, if several other people can reproduce your results on demand. Actually, it is more reliable that way. But also more expensive.
reproduce ability helps with the critical path but not necessarily with all the thrown out side data in cases where it turns out that auxiliary hypotheses were also of interest.