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<u>Some resources :</u> <br>
http://www.packed.be <br>
http://www.projectcest.be (tool box, good practices guidelines) <br>
http://www.scart.be <br>
http://www.projecttracks.be <br>
http://www.scoremodel.org (preservation of digital audiovisual material) <br><br>


Digital heritage field <br>
* [[ User:Jules/tracksintro | TRACKS-workshop (Bert Lemmens and Sanne Van Bellingen) ]] <br>
→ solving problems in accessibility and preservation, expertise and advising <br>
* [[ User:Jules/digitalpreservationforartists | Digital preservation for artists - Ben Fino-Radin ]] <br>
Problem → once things get understood it's too late, it is important to work on preservation before it is too late, before obsolescence <br>
* [[ User:Jules/digitalarchitecturearchives | Digital architecture archives (Henk Vanstappen and Wim Lowet) ]]<br>
Art is a good way to envision problems to come up with more general digital content <br><br>
* [[ User:Jules/cinemanova | Cinéma Nova (Nastasia Vanderperren) ]] <br>
* [[ User:Jules/imalarchive | iMAL (Sanne Van Bellingen)  ]]


content for the morning <br>
- preservation<br>
- threats<br>
- strategies<br><br>
<b>ANALOGUE PRESERVATION?</b> <br>
→ analogue material can subsist for several decades, time doesn't flow the same way with digital content <br>
With digital content you don't have time. <br>
For instance with software... problem of and text editors evolution and text document formats.<br>
Problem of digital repositories? How to physically store but not sustain readability<br><br>
OAIS MAGENTA BOOK<br>
→ repository shall identify the Content Information<br><br>
BUT In practice :<br>
- normalisation > only for specific formats (digital black hole)<br>
Also, sometimes institution cannot do the research, don't really understand how to deal with it<br><br>
ALTERNATIVE APPROACH – MATURITY MODEL (C'h. Dollar)<br>
7 aspects:<br>
- policy<br>
-strategy<br>
- expertise and organisation<br>
- storage<br>
- planning and control<br>
- ingest<br>
- access<br>
→ at the end you get some score.<br><br>
Preservation :<br>
Intervene in the environment where you create and store documents to reduce the risk of damage to the minimum<br><br>
Identify threats and apply strategy to counter it<br>
technical solutions + proper arrangements, clever tool and getting stuff organised<br><br>
THREATS<br>
- obsolete technology<br>
- unreliable carriers<br>
- rights infringement<br>
- managing extent<br>
→ what applies to your content<br><br>
Digital life cycle <br>
Encoding can be a problem too<br><br>
1# Access depends on the availability of the corresponding technology<br>
2# unreliable carriers (cd rooms, floppy disks) – physical deterioration, damages, errors decoding/encoding<br>
3# rights infringement – for the technologies you use (proprietary software) – patents, intellectual property etc<br>
Different levels : Format (wrapper), codec (essence), software (implementation), hardware (carrier, hardware codec)<br>
Jpeg2000 – patent issue (legality of using the format)<br>
Mini disk was completely patented :-)<br>
Open source is good :-)<br><br>
4# Managing extent<br>
Meta data appear outside the object with older carriers<br>
- lacking metadata, endless copying, ignorance, project-based work.<br><br>
Good to store copies over network
Hashtags, checksums, comparing file versions, check if something changed throughout transfering the file.
Also hardware like  hard drive and third location.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_digital_data_storage > not applicable on large scale
CONSERVATION
→ store hardware, software etc in safe, climatised environment
pro : relevant when the essence is in both the digital and physical manifestation of the project
con : maintenance and obsolescence
DOCUMENTATION
→ manuals of hardware and software, technical specs of hardware, software and file formats, also the OS, library, languages, environment
pro: helpful for reverse engineering/emulation
con: passive, depends on future expertise
COPY AND DISTRIBUTE
→ copying and distributing is essential
different types of copies (archive vs reproduction vs access)
backup strategies : full/incremental – frequency – locations
pro: risk distribution
con: risk of losing track of copies
what shape for sharing? How do you copy files and why?
REGULAR CHECKS
checksum
completeness of archive, integrity, virus control
pro: identify preservation issues at early stage, can be automated
con: allocate responsabilities, discipline, IT expertise
MIGRATION and TRANSCODING<br>
Format policies.<br>
Transcode to open and sustainable archive formats<br>
pro: by far the most efficient way of extending life cycle of a file<br>
con : risk information loss, risk functionality loss, expertise<br><br>
Archivists have expertise in what to through away rather than what to keep <br><br>
EMULATION<br>
mimic original environment in which the file was used<br>
pro: last resort for obsolete content<br>
con: specialist work, available for specific platforms, requires reverse engineering<br><br>
There is no single strategy applicable to all. Long-term preservation = chain of short term solutions based on a long term vision
technology evolves, update your strategies.
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