The words defined below have been overheard in lectures or conversations in the building, or found in litterature directly referenced by staff. In case of acronyms the precise meaning is explained, in about one line. Deep links to litterature to aid in further studies may be included. Please keep list sorted alphabetically.

Archive

definition

CRL

Center for Research Libraries

Data archives

definition

DCC

The Digital Curation Center

DCMI

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative

Digital library

definition

Digital Preservation Strategies

definitions The following are defined:

  • Bitstream Copying
  • Refreshing (including "Modified refreshing")
  • Durable/Persistent Media
  • Technology Preservation
  • Digital Archaeology
  • Analog Backups
  • Migration
  • Replication
  • Reliance on Standards
  • Normalization
  • Canonicalization
  • Emulation
  • Encapsulation
  • Universal Virtual Computer

  • Digital repository

    definition

    DPE

    Digital Preservation Europe

    Fedora

    Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture

    Metadata

    definition

    NESTOR

    - the German Network of expertise in Digital long-term preservation

    OAIS

    Open Archival Information System

    ORE

    Object Reuse and Exchange

    PID

    Persistent ID

    PLANETS

    Preservation and Long-term Access via NETworked Servives. Page

    RDF

    Resource Decription Framework. Primer

    Renderability

    definition

    TDR
    Trusted Digital Repository

    Cornell defines this as seen below (but it is only their way of seing things)

    1. OAIS compliance
    2. Administrative responsibility
    3. Organizationel viability
    4. Financial sustanability
    5. Technological and procedural suitability
    6. System security
    7. Procedural accountability

    In January 2007 DCC, DPE, NESTOR and CRL agreed on 10 core requirements for digital archives. There is a Digital Repository Audit and Certification Wiki containing information and documents generated by the working group currently attempting to produce an ISO standard on which a full audit and certification of digital repositories can be based.

    Understandability

    definition

    Viability

    definition

    WBS
    Work Breakdown Structure

    Terminology (last edited 2010-03-17 13:09:06 by localhost)