Vienna
University of Technology
Information
& Software Engineering Group
DELOS Digital Preservation Testbed
Motivation
With the rapid technological changes, digital preservation, i.e. the endeavor to provide long-term access to digital objects, is turning into one of the most pressing challenges to ensure the survival of our digital artefacts. A set of strategies has been proposed, with a range of tools supporting parts of digital preservation actions. Yet, with requirements on which strategy to follow and which tools to employ being different for each setting, depending e.g. on object characteristics or institutional requirements, deciding which solution to implement has turned into a crucial decision. DELOS Digital Preservation Testbed provides an approach to make informed and accountable decisions on which solution to implement in order to preserve digital objects for a given purpose. It is based on Utility Analysis to evaluate the performance of various solutions against well-defined objectives, and facilitates repeatable experiments in a standardized laboratory setting.
Testbed
The Vienna University of Technology developed in cooperation with the National Archive Netherlands, both parts of the DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries, a framework for choosing the optimal preservation solution for individual requirements. The benefits of the Delos Digital Testbed are,
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Software
The Vienna University of Technology developed a webbased Software, which supports the Digital Preservation Framework Workflow.
DELOS
Part of the work is sponsored by DELOS Network of Excellence funded by the EU's Sixth Framework Programme, IST – 507618 |
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