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 InitiativeBR

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 ComputerBR

    • 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 ArchitectureBR

    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 SystemBR

    PID

    Persistent IDBR

    PLANETS

    Preservation and Long-term Access via NETworked Servives. [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
    2. Administrative responsibility
    3. Organizationel viability
    4. Financial sustanability
    5. Technological and procedural suitability
    6. System security
    7. 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