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GRANT AGREEMENT: 601138 | SCHEME FP7 ICT 2011.4.3 Promoting and Enhancing Reuse of Information throughout the Content Lifecycle taking account of Evolving Semantics [Digital Preservation]

Adil Hasan, King’s College London 11 February, IDCC 2015, London

 4 year FP7 EU-funded project addressing the

challenge of long-term access to digital content in continually evolving environments

 11 Partners Promoting and Enhancing Reuse of Information throughout the Content Lifecycle taking account of Evolving Semantics

 Observation that digital objects and related metadata

are generated as a con

• ntinuu

tinuum within a continually changing environment

 Long-term

erm sustainabil inabilit ity y requires us to address change more broadly (not only technological change!)

 Future

ure acces ess s to content requires information about that environment to be captured, managed and interpreted, not just information about the digital

• bjects being “preserved”

Change might lead to loss of meaning and understanding of information

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Looks important, but what is it? How do you use it?

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Process Part A Action B Result C Transformation Finish

Process Part A Action B Finish

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 Ap

Appr proach

• ach and methodolog

hodology:

• Research underpinned by 2 case studies:
• Space science data
• Media and digital artworks
• Preservation by design
• Model-driven preservation
• Scenario-driven test-beds

 Cor

• re

e resear search ch acti tivi vitie ties:

• Develop conceptual framework and unified model, based on

linked data principles for representing dynamic preservation ecosystems

• Produce tools for extraction and encapsulation of significant

environment information, appraisal and reuse

• Extend existing lifecycle models to address the evolution of

preservation ecosystems

 Currently half-way through the project

(ends 31 January 2017)

• Work done on describing the digital ecosystem, its entities and

dependencies

• Work on creation of a conceptual model of the dependencies
• Work on defining an architectural framework for the test-beds
• First evaluation of progress
• Use case scenario development
• Work done on identifying and capturing information necessary for

content reuse

• Work started on encapsulating this information
• Work starting on approaches for appraisal

See deliverables: http://pericles-project.eu/deliverables

 Describe how our environment extraction

application works and seek feedback and comments (Fabio Corubolo).

 Describe current approach regarding

environment encapsulation and seek feedback (Anna-Grit Eggers).

 Describe current thoughts on appraisal and

seek feedback (Simon Waddington). You are very important!

• http://pericles-project.eu
• Twitter: @PericlesFP7
• Contacts:
• mark.hedges@kcl.ac.uk (Project coordinator)
• christine.sauter@kcl.ac.uk (Project manager)
• linda.ligios@kcl.ac.uk (Communications coordinator)

Thank you!