Digital heritage: Semantic challenges of long-term preservation

Digital heritage: Semantic challenges of long-term preservation

The major digital preservation initiatives are about as old as the idea of the Semantic Web but the research areas only had little effect upon each other. This article identifies connections between the two research agendas. Three types of ageing processes are distinguished which affect digital records: media ageing, semantic ageing, and cultural ageing. It is argued that a period of 100 years ...

Long-Term Preservation of Digital Cultural Heritage

Much of the new information created today is in digital form and needs to be archived that way. Older information, mostly on paper, is in danger of becoming unreadable – or inaccessible and needs to be converted to digital form. In both cases, it is imperative that the digital files be usable even in a distant future, either because they are relevant to the functioning of a company, organizatio...

An ethical perspective on political-economic issues in the long-term preservation of digital heritage

Provides an overview of the main ethical and associated political-economic aspects of the preservation of born-digital content and the digitization of analogue content for purposes of preservation. The term ‘heritage’ is used broadly to include scientific and scholarly publications and data. While the preservation of heritage is generally seen as inherently ‘good’, this activity implies the exe...

Long-Term Preservation of Digital Material

: Predicting Long Term Digital Preservation Costs

As we develop our ability to preserve digital collections through techniques such as migration and emulation, the decision process of what action to take and when to take it becomes increasingly complex. Cost is a crucial factor to consider but the financial implications of preservation planning decisions are not typically well understood. At a strategic level, there are also significant challe...