Media Art Resource: Preservation

Contents: Single Channel Video Computer Based Arts Installation. Each of these sections has the following subsections: Introduction Best Practices Basic Questions Planning Process Condition Reports Budget Equip/Tech Issues Interviews Case Studies Articles. This site for media arts creators and collectors provides information for the preservation of single channel video artworks, computer based art and installation art. It presents best practices, …

ID 3.3.1 Media formats, identification methods and implementations for multivalent preservation

Contents: Scope 1. Executive summary 2. Problems with Audiovisual File Format Migration 3. The Proposed Technologies 4. Audiovisual Formats to be included in the Multivalent Framework 5. Glossary 6. References. This report describes the range and nature of problems in audiovisual digital preservation, particularly focussing on file formats, and the potential for Multivalent and iRODS technologies to address them. It …

ID3.4.1 Service Level Agreements for Preservation Services

Contents: This report looks at preservation services, whether out-sourced or in-house and the considerations that are important when defining the service level agreement (SLA) with the service provider. The majority concerns a proposal of 21 capabilities, 12 features of interest, 15 metrics, 12 quality of service terms, 4 constraints, 6 pricing terms and 7 penalty terms to be included in …

D7.1.3 Audiovisual Digital Preservation Status Report

Contents: Scope Executive Summary 1. A very brief introduction to PrestoPRIME 2. Digitisation 3. Digital Management and Preservation 4. Access Conclusions Glossary Annex I – DPE briefing paper. This report presents an overview of the problems, the technology and the projects currently underway in the audiovisual preservation domain as of January 2010. Beginning with a look at digitisation and its …

Digital Audio Interstitial Errors

  This document describes a phenomenon knows as a ‘Digital Audio Interstitial Error’ which occurs when a digital audio stream is being written to disc. It makes the case that such an error is more prevalent than spoken of in the preservation community and that no tool exists to properly detect it at present. It also suggests a possible solution …