Long-Term Preservation of Digital Documents : Principles and Practices /
By: Borghoff, Uwe M [author.].
Contributor(s): R�dig, Peter [author.1 ] | Schmitz, Lothar [author.1 ] | Scheffczyk, Jan [author.2 ] | SpringerLink (Online service)0.
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BookBerlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. Description: XV, 274 p. 67 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540336402.Subject(s): Computer science | Cultural heritage | Library science | Information storage and retrieval | Text processing (Computer science).1 | Computer Science.2 | Information Storage and Retrieval.2 | Library Science.2 | Document Preparation and Text Processing.2 | Cultural Heritage.1DDC classification: 025.04 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | Available | EBK442 |
Methodology -- Long-Term Preservation of Digital Documents -- OAIS and DSEP Organizational Models -- Migration -- Emulation -- Document Markup -- Standard Markup Languages -- Discussion -- Recent Preservation Initiatives -- Markup: Current Research and Development -- Migration: Current Research and Development -- Emulation: Current Research and Development -- Software Systems for Archiving.
Key to our culture is that we can disseminate information, and then maintain and access it over time. While we are rapidly advancing from vulnerable physical solutions to superior, digital media, preserving and using data over the long term involves complicated research challenges and organization efforts. Uwe Borghoff and his coauthors address the problem of storing, reading, and using digital data for periods longer than 50 years. They briefly describe several markup and document description languages like TIFF, PDF, HTML, and XML, explain the most important techniques such as migration and emulation, and present the OAIS (Open Archival Information System) Reference Model. To complement this background information on the technology issues the authors present the most relevant international preservation projects, such as the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, and experiences from sample projects run by the Cornell University Library and the National Library of the Netherlands. A rated survey list of available systems and tools completes the book. With this broad overview, the authors address librarians who preserve our digital heritage, computer scientists who develop technologies that access data, and information managers engaged with the social and methodological requirements of long-term information access.
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