摘要
File format obsolescence is a major risk factor threatening the sustainability of and access to digital information. While the preservation community has become increasingly interested in tools for migration and transformation of file formats, the National Library of Australia is developing mechanisms specifically focused on monitoring and assessing the risks of file format obsolescence. This paper reports on the AONS II project, undertaken by the National Library of Australia (NLA) in conjunction with the Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories (APSR). The project aimed to develop a software tool which allows users to automatically monitor the status of file formats in their repositories, make risk assessments based on a core set of obsolescence risk questions, and receive notifications when file format risks change or other related events occur. This paper calls for the preservation community to develop a co-operating file format obsolescence community which includes registries, software tool creators and end users to effectively curate digital content in order to maintain long-term access.
File format obsolescence is a major risk factor threatening the sustainability of and access to digital information. While the preservation community has become increasingly interested in tools for migration and transformation of file formats, the National Library of Australia is developing mechanisms specifically focused on monitoring and assessing the risks of ＇file format obsolescence. This paper reports on the AONSⅡ project, undertaken by the National Library of Australia （NLA） in conjunction with the Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories （APSR）. The project aimed to develop a software tool which allows users to automatically monitor the status of file formats in their repositories, make risk assessments based on a core set of obsolescence risk questions, and receive notifications when file format risks change or other related events occur. This paper calls for the preservation community to develop a Co - operating file format obsolescence community which includes registries, software tool creators and end users to effectively curate digital content in order to maintain long - term access.
出处
《现代图书情报技术》
CSSCI
北大核心
2008年第1期42-49,共8页
New Technology of Library and Information Service
基金
The author wishes to thank APSR and DEST for supporting this project.
