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Steve Welburn, 2012-11-16 11:37 AM

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h2. Archiving Data
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h3. BBC Domesday Project
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1986 Project to do a modern-day Domesday book (early crowd-sourcing)
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* Used “BBC Master” computers with data on laserdisc
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* Collected 147,819 pages of text and 23,225 photos
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* Media expiring and obsolete technology put the data at risk!
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Domesday Reloaded (2011)
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* Required emulation of software
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* Images restored from original masters
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* http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday
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To allow long-term access to data
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* Don't use obscure formats!
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* Don't use obscure media!
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* Don't rely on technology being available!
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* Do keep original source material!
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