Science data digital repositories are entrusted to ensure that a science community's data are... more Science data digital repositories are entrusted to ensure that a science community's data are available and useful to users both today and in the future. Part of the challenge in meeting this responsibility is identifying the standards, policies and procedures required to accomplish effective data preservation. Subsequently a repository should be evaluated on whether or not they are effective in their data preservation efforts. This poster will outline the process by which digital repositories are being formally evaluated in terms of their ability to preserve the digitally encoded information with which they have been entrusted. The ISO standards on which this is based will be identified and the relationship of these standards to the Open Archive Information System (OAIS) reference model will be shown. Six test audits have been conducted with three repositories in Europe and three in the USA. Some of the major lessons learned from these test audits will be briefly described. An ...
The proposal analyses the recent Italian legislation and policies for a large use of cloud comput... more The proposal analyses the recent Italian legislation and policies for a large use of cloud computing services in the public sector and intends to assess their peculiarities against the crucial requirements identified at national and international levels for qualified recordkeeping and digital preservation systems. To assess the Italian legal framework and the common practice (based on four case studies) the team adopted the checklist developed within iTrust for analyzing cloud services contracts (Study NA14) and tested it in 4 case studies. The whole study is related to the objective no. 3 of InterPARES Trust project
The contribution examines topics related to the management, keeping and use of digital documentar... more The contribution examines topics related to the management, keeping and use of digital documentary resources with specific attention to their ethical dimension. This aspect is analyzed at a general level and specifically with reference to the need for professionals to carefully re-define the organizational models, the platforms planning and activities related to the fruition of digital assets. The author analyses the dynamic complexity of the contemporary digital heritage and the consequences required to professionals in term of high level of knowledge and competences and full respect of guiding principles and scientific methods in each domain. The digital environment implies also flexibility, integration capacity, a permanent exercise of responsibility, a continuous updating of specialized knowledge and an interdisciplinary approach. The success in the qualified mediation between conflicting interests and principles, at the basis of the digital curation and preservation complexitie...
The author provides the reconstruction of the Italian legislation on transparency and electronic ... more The author provides the reconstruction of the Italian legislation on transparency and electronic records management for the last decades and identifies the main crucial aspects not yet solved despite the continuing attention of the legislator in the field of e-government.
The article points out the need for a systematic inter-institutional approach and rigorous method... more The article points out the need for a systematic inter-institutional approach and rigorous methods of cooperation for building an archival information network. The author analyses the evolution and the delays in the Italian environment despite the quality of the existing standardization processes developed and deeply experimented thanks to the project of Guida generale degli Archivi di Stato italiani.
Organizing Committee was pleased to note that the event continued to garner significant interest,... more Organizing Committee was pleased to note that the event continued to garner significant interest, with well over 100 submissions received from 25 countries around the
L'ambiente informativo della Sapienza Digital Library intende raccogliere e rendere accessibi... more L'ambiente informativo della Sapienza Digital Library intende raccogliere e rendere accessibili materiali di diversa natura e provenienza preservando i contesti di produzione, la profondita informativa e la complessita semantica dei patrimoni documentari. Una continua ricerca e sperimentazione degli strumenti tecnici e concettuali mira a costruire un'architettura dei contenuti che espliciti il contesto di produzione e le relazioni strutturali e semantiche, prevedendo quindi una descrizione a piu livelli dei complessi documentari. Solo nuove forme di intermediazione tra sistemi informativi complessi e utenti possono veicolare le tracce culturali e i contesti che le hanno prodotte. Il modello di rappresentazione dei contenuti informativi distingue il piano dell'oggetto fisico da quello della rappresentazione digitale e semantica.
The contribution discusses digital preservation issues with specific reference to the role of sta... more The contribution discusses digital preservation issues with specific reference to the role of standards and policies relevant for digital repositories certification and auditing. The analysis will focus on the OAIS reference model and related standards at the basis of ISO 16363 and ISO 16919, their evolution in the last decade and the critical aspects still open (such as the development of accreditation bodies and the level of parameters for metrics and assessment). The role of policies for digital preservation is also examined as output from international research (InterPARES and APARSEN) and in the Italian legislation, briefly described as a case study.
L'intervento che qui si presenta trae spunto (rielaborandone largamente i contenuti) da un artico... more L'intervento che qui si presenta trae spunto (rielaborandone largamente i contenuti) da un articolo che chi scrive ha in corso di pubblicazione sulla rivista del Consiglio internazionale degli archivi «Comma» (Innovation and curricula: an archival perspective on education of 'digital curators', «Comma», 2 (2010). 1 Per quanto riguarda l'ambito archivistico si vedano in particolare a livello internazionale il numero monografico di «Archival Science» 6(2006) n. 2 e il numero monografico dedicato alla formazione della rivista del Consiglio internazionale degli archivi «Comma» cit, in corso di stampa. In Italia al tema è stato dedicato nel 2008 un numero monografico di «Archivi & Computer» 17(2008), nn. 2-3 e numerosi saggi pubblicati dalla rivista dell'Associazione nazionale archivistica italiana "Archivi".
Dibattito seguito alla seconda sessione del convegno, dal titolo: La cultura della valorizzazione... more Dibattito seguito alla seconda sessione del convegno, dal titolo: La cultura della valorizzazione in Italia: altri punti di vista
Per una sintesi della teoria e per un'analisi delle strategie perseguite e dei risultati ottenuti... more Per una sintesi della teoria e per un'analisi delle strategie perseguite e dei risultati ottenuti, si veda Barbara Reed, The Tradition and Position, in: Managing and Archiving Records in the Digital Era: Changing Professional Orientations, edited by Niklaus Bütikofer, Hans Hofman, Seamus Ross, Baden: Verlag für Kultur und Geschichte, 2006. 4 Esiste in proposito una notevole letteratura di approfondimento che si è venuta arricchendo in questi anni di contributi dedicati alla ricostruzione storica delle procedure e degli strumenti per la gestione documentaria negli Stati preunitari e nello Stato italiano di fine Ottocento. Si veda in particolare Archivi e cittadino. Genesi e sviluppo degli attuali sistemi di gestione degli archivi: atti della giornata di studio:
International Conference on Digital Preservation, 2009
The term "Significant Properties" has been given a variety of definitions and used in various way... more The term "Significant Properties" has been given a variety of definitions and used in various ways over the past several years. The relationship between Significant Properties and the OAIS term Representation Information has been a puzzle. This paper proposes a definition of Significant Properties which provides a way to clarify this relationship and indicates how the concept can be used in a coherent way. We believe that this approach is consistent with the actual use of the concept and does not invalidate the previous pieces of work but rather provides a clear and consistent view of the concept. It also links together Authenticity and Provenance which are also key concepts in digital preservation.
Web technologies are quickly evolving in order to provide an increasing set of services to Intern... more Web technologies are quickly evolving in order to provide an increasing set of services to Internet users. Multimedia is one of the fields where the availability of high-speed networks, innovative devices and new technological approaches is noticeably arousing the interest of content producers and consumers. In this regard, it is worth mentioning new HTML5 elements to embed multimedia, recent evolutions of e-book formats towards interactivity and hypermedia, and the establishment of new W3C groups addressing specific media-related issues. Such technological advances can have a deep impact on digital cultures, as it regards both content production and dissemination on the Web. The current challenge is to combine new hardware and software technologies in order to radically improve and customize content experience. After discussing a number of approaches to music representation, this paper aims to review the most relevant Web technologies already available and to propose new Web applications addressing music in an advanced multimedia context.
Science data digital repositories are entrusted to ensure that a science community's data are... more Science data digital repositories are entrusted to ensure that a science community's data are available and useful to users both today and in the future. Part of the challenge in meeting this responsibility is identifying the standards, policies and procedures required to accomplish effective data preservation. Subsequently a repository should be evaluated on whether or not they are effective in their data preservation efforts. This poster will outline the process by which digital repositories are being formally evaluated in terms of their ability to preserve the digitally encoded information with which they have been entrusted. The ISO standards on which this is based will be identified and the relationship of these standards to the Open Archive Information System (OAIS) reference model will be shown. Six test audits have been conducted with three repositories in Europe and three in the USA. Some of the major lessons learned from these test audits will be briefly described. An ...
The proposal analyses the recent Italian legislation and policies for a large use of cloud comput... more The proposal analyses the recent Italian legislation and policies for a large use of cloud computing services in the public sector and intends to assess their peculiarities against the crucial requirements identified at national and international levels for qualified recordkeeping and digital preservation systems. To assess the Italian legal framework and the common practice (based on four case studies) the team adopted the checklist developed within iTrust for analyzing cloud services contracts (Study NA14) and tested it in 4 case studies. The whole study is related to the objective no. 3 of InterPARES Trust project
The contribution examines topics related to the management, keeping and use of digital documentar... more The contribution examines topics related to the management, keeping and use of digital documentary resources with specific attention to their ethical dimension. This aspect is analyzed at a general level and specifically with reference to the need for professionals to carefully re-define the organizational models, the platforms planning and activities related to the fruition of digital assets. The author analyses the dynamic complexity of the contemporary digital heritage and the consequences required to professionals in term of high level of knowledge and competences and full respect of guiding principles and scientific methods in each domain. The digital environment implies also flexibility, integration capacity, a permanent exercise of responsibility, a continuous updating of specialized knowledge and an interdisciplinary approach. The success in the qualified mediation between conflicting interests and principles, at the basis of the digital curation and preservation complexitie...
The author provides the reconstruction of the Italian legislation on transparency and electronic ... more The author provides the reconstruction of the Italian legislation on transparency and electronic records management for the last decades and identifies the main crucial aspects not yet solved despite the continuing attention of the legislator in the field of e-government.
The article points out the need for a systematic inter-institutional approach and rigorous method... more The article points out the need for a systematic inter-institutional approach and rigorous methods of cooperation for building an archival information network. The author analyses the evolution and the delays in the Italian environment despite the quality of the existing standardization processes developed and deeply experimented thanks to the project of Guida generale degli Archivi di Stato italiani.
Organizing Committee was pleased to note that the event continued to garner significant interest,... more Organizing Committee was pleased to note that the event continued to garner significant interest, with well over 100 submissions received from 25 countries around the
L'ambiente informativo della Sapienza Digital Library intende raccogliere e rendere accessibi... more L'ambiente informativo della Sapienza Digital Library intende raccogliere e rendere accessibili materiali di diversa natura e provenienza preservando i contesti di produzione, la profondita informativa e la complessita semantica dei patrimoni documentari. Una continua ricerca e sperimentazione degli strumenti tecnici e concettuali mira a costruire un'architettura dei contenuti che espliciti il contesto di produzione e le relazioni strutturali e semantiche, prevedendo quindi una descrizione a piu livelli dei complessi documentari. Solo nuove forme di intermediazione tra sistemi informativi complessi e utenti possono veicolare le tracce culturali e i contesti che le hanno prodotte. Il modello di rappresentazione dei contenuti informativi distingue il piano dell'oggetto fisico da quello della rappresentazione digitale e semantica.
The contribution discusses digital preservation issues with specific reference to the role of sta... more The contribution discusses digital preservation issues with specific reference to the role of standards and policies relevant for digital repositories certification and auditing. The analysis will focus on the OAIS reference model and related standards at the basis of ISO 16363 and ISO 16919, their evolution in the last decade and the critical aspects still open (such as the development of accreditation bodies and the level of parameters for metrics and assessment). The role of policies for digital preservation is also examined as output from international research (InterPARES and APARSEN) and in the Italian legislation, briefly described as a case study.
L'intervento che qui si presenta trae spunto (rielaborandone largamente i contenuti) da un artico... more L'intervento che qui si presenta trae spunto (rielaborandone largamente i contenuti) da un articolo che chi scrive ha in corso di pubblicazione sulla rivista del Consiglio internazionale degli archivi «Comma» (Innovation and curricula: an archival perspective on education of 'digital curators', «Comma», 2 (2010). 1 Per quanto riguarda l'ambito archivistico si vedano in particolare a livello internazionale il numero monografico di «Archival Science» 6(2006) n. 2 e il numero monografico dedicato alla formazione della rivista del Consiglio internazionale degli archivi «Comma» cit, in corso di stampa. In Italia al tema è stato dedicato nel 2008 un numero monografico di «Archivi & Computer» 17(2008), nn. 2-3 e numerosi saggi pubblicati dalla rivista dell'Associazione nazionale archivistica italiana "Archivi".
Dibattito seguito alla seconda sessione del convegno, dal titolo: La cultura della valorizzazione... more Dibattito seguito alla seconda sessione del convegno, dal titolo: La cultura della valorizzazione in Italia: altri punti di vista
Per una sintesi della teoria e per un'analisi delle strategie perseguite e dei risultati ottenuti... more Per una sintesi della teoria e per un'analisi delle strategie perseguite e dei risultati ottenuti, si veda Barbara Reed, The Tradition and Position, in: Managing and Archiving Records in the Digital Era: Changing Professional Orientations, edited by Niklaus Bütikofer, Hans Hofman, Seamus Ross, Baden: Verlag für Kultur und Geschichte, 2006. 4 Esiste in proposito una notevole letteratura di approfondimento che si è venuta arricchendo in questi anni di contributi dedicati alla ricostruzione storica delle procedure e degli strumenti per la gestione documentaria negli Stati preunitari e nello Stato italiano di fine Ottocento. Si veda in particolare Archivi e cittadino. Genesi e sviluppo degli attuali sistemi di gestione degli archivi: atti della giornata di studio:
International Conference on Digital Preservation, 2009
The term "Significant Properties" has been given a variety of definitions and used in various way... more The term "Significant Properties" has been given a variety of definitions and used in various ways over the past several years. The relationship between Significant Properties and the OAIS term Representation Information has been a puzzle. This paper proposes a definition of Significant Properties which provides a way to clarify this relationship and indicates how the concept can be used in a coherent way. We believe that this approach is consistent with the actual use of the concept and does not invalidate the previous pieces of work but rather provides a clear and consistent view of the concept. It also links together Authenticity and Provenance which are also key concepts in digital preservation.
Web technologies are quickly evolving in order to provide an increasing set of services to Intern... more Web technologies are quickly evolving in order to provide an increasing set of services to Internet users. Multimedia is one of the fields where the availability of high-speed networks, innovative devices and new technological approaches is noticeably arousing the interest of content producers and consumers. In this regard, it is worth mentioning new HTML5 elements to embed multimedia, recent evolutions of e-book formats towards interactivity and hypermedia, and the establishment of new W3C groups addressing specific media-related issues. Such technological advances can have a deep impact on digital cultures, as it regards both content production and dissemination on the Web. The current challenge is to combine new hardware and software technologies in order to radically improve and customize content experience. After discussing a number of approaches to music representation, this paper aims to review the most relevant Web technologies already available and to propose new Web applications addressing music in an advanced multimedia context.
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