19 Jun
2005
19 Jun
'05
8:21 a.m.
Hi,
Nico de Jong said:
From: "Tim Shoppa" <shoppa_classiccmp at
trailing-edge.com>
ISO have some publications on the subject, I have one as a PDF and
they're easy to find online. Look for ISO TC 42/N 4767 for example.
The British Museum and the Public Records Office have been doing
research, but what the current state of play is I don't know.
See also:
Avoiding Technological Quicksand: Finding a Viable Technical Foundation
for Digital Preservation by Jeff Rothenberg
Available online somewhere...
--
Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb at dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
I've made a few attempts to break into the
professional archiving
world w.r.t. digital media, but so far I've been universally ignored.
Of course, those who ignore me would rather just talk about the
problem rather than solve it.
A meager consolidation, but you are not the only one. Everybody, including
most of the people (I've met!) responsible for archiving important data,
believes that CDR's will last forever, and that there always will be a
Windows version (shudder).
Some time ago, there was an article on the subject in a danish periodical
for archivists, but absolutely no reactions have resulted.