digital preservation [English]

InterPARES Definition

n. ~ IP2 · The specific process of maintaining digital materials during and across different generations of technology over time, irrespective of where they reside.

Other Definitions

  • IP2 Dictionary (†242 s.v. digital preservation): v., The specific process of maintaining digital materials during and across different generations of technology over time, irrespective where they reside. [Computer and Information Sciences]
  • IP2 Glossary (†386 s.v. digital preservation): v., The specific process of maintaining digital materials during and across different generations of technology over time, irrespective where they reside. [Computer and Information Sciences ]
  • Wikipedia (†387 s.v. digital preservation): A formal endeavor to ensure that digital information of continuing value remains accessible and usable.[Digital Preservation Coalition, 2008] It involves planning, resource allocation, and application of preservation methods and technologies,[Day, 2006] and it combines policies, strategies and actions to ensure access to reformatted and "born-digital" content, regardless of the challenges of media failure and technological change. The goal of digital preservation is the accurate rendering of authenticated content over time.[Evans and Carter, 2008]

Citations

  • Berman 2008 (†586 p.55): Actions undertaken to ensure the long-term viability and availability of the authoritative nature of digital material. Preservation actions should ensure the material remains authentic, reliable, and usable while its integrity is maintained; such actions include validation, assigning preservation metadata, assigning representation information, and ensuring acceptable data structures and file formats. (†1181)
  • IP2 Glossary (†386 ): n. ~ The specific process of maintaining digital materials during and across different generations of technology over time, irrespective where they reside. (†856)