Centre for Cultural and Industrial Technologies Research (CiTech)
DePICT – A Conceptual Model for Digital Preservation
Presenter: Angela Dappert
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:00:00 GMT
| Dates: | Wednesday 09 January 2013 |
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| Time: | 12:00 – 13:00 |
| Venue: | Room 0.20 Eldon Building University of Portsmouth Winston Churchill Avenue Portsmouth PO1 2DJ |
DePICT – A Conceptual Model for Digital Preservation
Presenter: Angela Dappert
Abstract
Digital Preservation addresses a significant threat to our cultural and economic foundation: the loss of access to valuable and, sometimes, unique information that is captured in digital form through obsolescence, deterioration or loss of information of how to access the contents. Digital Preservation has been defined as “The series of managed activities necessary to ensure continued access to digital materials for as long as necessary” (Jones, Beagrie, 2001/2008). This thesis develops a conceptual model of the core concepts and constraints that appear in digital preservation - DePICT (Digital PreservatIon ConceptualisaTion). This includes a conceptual model of the digital preservation domain, a top-level vocabulary for the concepts in the model, an in-depth analysis of the role of digital object properties, characteristics, and the constraints that guide digital preservation processes, and of how properties, characteristics and constraints affect the interaction of digital preservation services. In addition, it presents a machine-interpretable XML representation of this conceptual model to support automated digital preservation tools.