<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7036.0"> <TITLE>RE: [SCC_Active_Members] Software Archive Problem Statements?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  Several participants in the latest 72-hour flurry of messages have alluded to prior work on the topics of discussion--topics which have not in this exchange been clearly identified, but which almost surely include overlaps with topics alluded to as "digital archiving", "(digital) content management", "(long-term) digital preservation", "digital library", "software version management", and so on.  For those who are inclined to refresh or upgrade their knowledge of the rich literature of these and related topics, the following starting points might be helpful. (1) The book I described on 29th March has roughly 500 citations.  About 200 of these are Web-accessible (see <A HREF="http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/PDIlinks.htm">http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/PDIlinks.htm</A>.)  This citation list includes many of the works alluded to in recent SPG e-mails. Four other new books on archiving and related topics are briefly described in DDQ 6(1).  See  <A HREF="http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/ddq_6_1.htm#NewBooks">http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/ddq_6_1.htm#NewBooks</A>. (2) A thorough proposal of requirements that should be addressed to persuade visitors that a digital archive is trustworthy (i.e., that its holdings are authentic) was published in 2006 by RLG (the Research Libraries Group).  Called the Trustworthy Repositories Audit and Certification Checklist (TRAC), it is accessible via <A HREF="http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=13&l2=58&l3=162&l4=91">http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=13&l2=58&l3=162&l4=91</A>. (3) As mentioned in my note of 25th March to this dist'n. list, the special needs of museums (i.e., requirements that need more emphasis than for libraries and archives) will be focused on in a conference whose timing and location could not be better vis-a-vis CHM: (**)     Museums and the Web 2007          April 11 - 14, 2007          San Francisco, California, USA          <A HREF="http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/">http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/</A> ** MW2007 Papers: Now On-line **  <A HREF="http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/speakers/index.html">http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/speakers/index.html</A> (4) There exist carefully prepared requirements analyses generated in early phases of content management systems development.  Although I do not have these at my fingertips, I think I could find them relatively easily, if they were of sufficient interest to SPG or CHM. (5) There is a Digital Preservation Website at <A HREF="http://digitalpreservation.wikispaces.com/">http://digitalpreservation.wikispaces.com/</A> . (6) The program of this year's IS&T Archiving Conference is available at <A HREF="file://www.imaging.org/conferences/archiving2007">www.imaging.org/conferences/archiving2007</A>.  The programs from prior years are surely also available on line.  When such programs do not happen to link to an online version of an included paper, they usually make it easy to find a copy. (7) There exist an International Journal of Digital Curation:  <A HREF="http://www.dcc.ac.uk/IJDC/">http://www.dcc.ac.uk/IJDC/</A>.  There are also pertinent articles in recent issues of The American Archivist; the last 10 years Tables of Contents are accessible at <A HREF="http://www.archivists.org/periodicals/aa-toc.asp">http://www.archivists.org/periodicals/aa-toc.asp</A>. (8) On 8 April, Larry Masinter suggested that CHM consider storing its stuff in somebody else's repository.  It seems that the Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is moving towards providing such a service beyond its normal limits to U.S. government documents.  See <A HREF="http://www.archives.gov/era/">http://www.archives.gov/era/</A>.  I hear that SAA is providing a 5-day summer camp  in instruction archivists and librarians on how to use the NARA ERA system.  However, since the NARA Electronic Records Archive (ERA) will not start to provide service before 2008 (I don't know the precise plan date) and will not be fully deployed before 2011, considering this carefully cannot start for about a year from now.  Two papers describing the NARA ERA project appear in the 2006 American Archivists Annual Conference.  Links to the presentation slides are available at <A HREF="http://www.archives.gov/era/presentations/">http://www.archives.gov/era/presentations/</A>.  See also <A HREF="http://www.archives.gov/era/papers/thic-04.html?template=print">http://www.archives.gov/era/papers/thic-04.html?template=print</A>. On the topic of U.S. Government projects in digital preservation, there is the $100M NDIIPP (National Digital Information and Infrastructure Preservation Program) managed by the Library of Congress.  See <A HREF="http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/">http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/</A>. Cheerio, Henry (**) I will not be attending this conference myself, but expect to lunch with the principals (David Bearman and Jennifer Trant) on 17th April. </BODY> </HTML>