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:: [[http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/tutorial/dpm/terminology/repository.html|definition]]<<BR>>
 CRL:: [[http://www.crl.edu/|Center for Research Libraries]]
 Data archives:: [[http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/tutorial/dpm/terminology/repository.html|definition]]<<BR>>
 DCC:: [[http://www.dcc.ac.uk/|The Digital Curation Center]]
 DCMI:: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative<<BR>>
 Digital library:: [[http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/tutorial/dpm/terminology/repository.html|definition]]<<BR>>
 Digital Preservation Strategies:: [[http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/tutorial/dpm/terminology/strategies.html|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<<BR>>
 Digital repository:: [[http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/tutorial/dpm/terminology/repository.html|definition]]<<BR>>
 DPE:: [[http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/|Digital Preservation Europe]]
 Fedora:: Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture<<BR>>
 Metadata:: [[http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/tutorial/dpm/terminology/metadata.html|definition]]<<BR>>
 NESTOR:: [[http://www.langzeitarchivierung.de/index.php|- the German Network of expertise in Digital long-term preservation]]
 OAIS:: Open Archival Information System<<BR>>
 ORE:: [[http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/repositories/digirep/index/OAI-ORE|Object Reuse and Exchange]]<<BR>>
 PID:: Persistent ID<<BR>>
 PLANETS:: '''P'''reservation and '''L'''ong-term '''A'''ccess via '''NET'''worked '''S'''ervives. [[http://www.planets-project.eu/|Page]]
 RDF:: Resource Decription Framework. [[http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-primer|Primer]]
 Renderability:: [[http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/tutorial/dpm/terminology/preservation.html|definition]]<<BR>>
 TDR:: Trusted Digital Repository
 [[http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/tutorial/dpm/foundation/tdr/index.html|Cornell]] defines this as seen below (but it is only ''their'' way of seing things)
  1. OAIS compliance
  1. Administrative responsibility
  1. Organizationel viability
  1. Financial sustanability
  1. Technological and procedural suitability
  1. System security
  1. Procedural accountability
 In January 2007 [[http://www.dcc.ac.uk/|DCC]], [[http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/|DPE]], [[http://www.langzeitarchivierung.de/index.php|NESTOR]] and [[http://www.crl.edu/|CRL]] agreed on [[http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=13&l2=58&l3=162&l4=92|10 core requirements for digital archives]]. There is a [[http://wiki.digitalrepositoryauditandcertification.org/bin/view|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:: [[http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/tutorial/dpm/terminology/preservation.html|definition]]<<BR>>
 Viability:: [[http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/tutorial/dpm/terminology/preservation.html|definition]]
 WBS:: Work Breakdown Structure