There’s a usefull list of some “canonical”
references in the discussion on sustainablity, a “souvenir” of a
paper by
http://www.i-d-e.de/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/bella-millett-sustainable-souvenir-eets-2010.pdf
Franz
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From: dm-l-bounces@uleth.ca
[mailto:dm-l-bounces@uleth.ca] On Behalf Of Daniel
Mondekar
Sent: 29 July 2010 00:12
To: dm-l@uleth.ca
Subject: [dm-l] Question about
preservation of digital content
Dear Digital Medievalists and TEI members,
I have a question about preservation of digital
content especially medieval manuscripts. I am writing a small article on the
topic and I have consulted a lot sources (papers, handbooks) but most of them
do not say anything about the “life span” of the data in specific
formats. To clarify this – a .doc file crated in 1995. Will be most
likely unreadable in 2010. What about other formats? Has anyone
done some research on “life span” of a specific version of digital
formats and when it becomes clear that the new version and the old one are not
compatible anymore? And here I am talking about pdf, rtf, doc (and all office
files), djvu, tiff, jpg , mpg etc. (texts and images especially)
In my work I am also making a small remark on XML as a
data container since it is, in my opinion, the best way to go and the standard
will surely be around for years. But what kind of steps do you make to ensure
the preservation of documents that have been encoded in xml
I would also like to hear if there are opposing views
on xml.
I also have the same question about the media. I found
some research about the longevity of CDs and DVDs but I am also interested in
other media like older hard disks, zip drives and magnetic media.
I am sorry to bother you with this, but I can use any
help I can get
Thank you in advance
Daniel Mondekar