Collection-Based Long-Term Preservation,

Abstract

The preservation of digital information for long periods of time is becoming feasible through the integration of archival storage technology from supercomputer centers, information models from the digital library community, and preservation models from the archivist's community. The supercomputer centers provide the technology needed to store the immense amounts of digital data that are being created, while the digital library community provides the mechanisms to define the context needed to interpret the data. The coordination of these technologies with preservation and management policies defines the infrastructure for a collection based persistent archive. This report demonstrates the feasibility of maintaining digital data for hundreds of years through detailed prototyping of persistent archives for nine different data collections.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA365661

Entities

People

  • Amarnath Gupta
  • Bertram Ludaescher
  • Chaitan Baru
  • Reagan Moore
  • Richard Marciano

Organizations

  • San Diego Supercomputer Center

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