Title
Long-term digital preservation: preserving authenticity and usability of 3-D data
Abstract
Long-term digital preservation, the process of maintaining digital objects through time to ensure continued access, has become a crucial issue in recent years. Whilst the amount of digitised information is constantly increasing, so too is the pace of progress in information technology, resulting in obsolescence of the software and hardware required to access and view digital information. Despite many organisations recognising this threat and the resulting need for preservation action, more work is required to effectively address the issue. We present in this article a framework for the long-term digital preservation of 3-D data. This framework is based on two pertinent preservation practices, emulation and metadata which ensure that the authenticity and usability, respectively, of a preserved digital object remain intact through time. An evaluation of our framework is presented which illustrates the viability of our approach in retaining accessibility, authenticity and usability for future end users.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/s00799-009-0051-7
Int. J. on Digital Libraries
Keywords
Field
DocType
digital object,pertinent preservation practice,crucial issue,3-d data,information technology,digital information,continued access,long-term preservation · framework · emulation · metadata,digitised information,resulting need,preservation action,long-term digital preservation
Digital preservation,Metadata,Pace,Obsolescence,End user,Computer science,Information technology,Usability,Emulation,Multimedia
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
10
1
1432-1300
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.60
22
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Julie Doyle19211.76
Herna Viktor272.11
Eric Paquet34714.53