http://www.pocos.org/images/pub_material/POCOS_2_booklet.pdf
THE 2nd SYMPOSIUM ON THE PRESERVATION OF COMPLEX OBJECTS
The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland, 11-12 October 2011
University of Glasgow, Humanities Advanced Technology & Information Institute
www.pocos.org
QUICK REFERENCE (based on digital preservation coalition -dpc-Jargon Buster)
Access: the process of turning an AIP into DIP, ie using data from a digital archive
ADS: Archaeology Data Service, a digital archive specialising in archaeological data based in York
AHDS: Arts and Humanities Data Service, a data service for higher education, closed in 2008
AIMS: Project funded by Mellon foundation to examine archival principles in the digital age
AIP: Archival Information Package, a package of information held within an OAIS
APA: Alliance for Permanent Access, a European network, set up APARSEN
APARSEN: a Network of Excellence funded by the EC, see APA
API: an interface provided by a software program in order to interact with other software applications
Archival Storage: The OAIS entity that contains the services and functions used for the storage and retrieval of AIP
ARCOMEM: ARchive COmmunities MEMories, EC-funded project in digital preservation
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange, standard for electronic text
BlogForever: EC-funded project working on robust digital preservation, management and dissemination facilities for weblogs
BLPAC: British Library Preservation Advisory Centre – a service of the BL which promotes preservation
BS10008: a British standard pertaining to the evidential weight of digital objects
CCSDS: Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems, originators of the OAIS standard
Characterisation: stage of ingest processes where digital objects are analysed to assess their composition and validity
Checksum: a unique numerical signature derived from a file. Used to compare copies
Cloud (cloud-computing, cloud-based etc): on demand, offsite data storage and processing provided by a third party
DAFD: Data Audit Framework Development, JISC-funded project
Data Dictionary: A formal repository of terms used to describe data
Data Seal of Approval: a process by which organisations can undertake self-evaluation of their DP practices
DCC: Digital Curation Centre, data management advisory service for research
Designated Community: group of users who should be able to understand a particular set of information
DigiCurVE: Digital Curation in Vocational Education, assessment project funded by EU on training provision in Europe
Digital Object: a set of bit sequences, e.g. a single document such as a PDF file, or an image of a (console) game, etc.
DIP: Dissemination Information Package, the data disseminated from an OAIS
DPA: Digital Preservation Award, biannual prize awarded by the DPC, won twice by TNA
DPC: Digital Preservation Coalition, a membership body that supports digital preservation
DPTP: Digital Preservation Training Programme, an intensive training course run by ULCC
DRAMBORA: Digital Repository Audit Methodology Based on Risk Assessment
DROID: tool developed and distributed by TNA to identify file formats. Based on PRONOM
EC: European Commission
Edina: a national data centre based in Edinburgh University mainly funded by JISC
Emulation Framework: a framework that offers emulation services for digital preservation
Emulation: adapts a computer environment so that it can render a software artefact as if it were running on its original environment
Encapsulation: a process where digital objects are captured with information necessary to interpret them
ENSURE: Enabling kNowledge Sustainability Usability and Recovery for Economic value, EC-funded project
GIF: Graphic Interchange Format, an image which typically uses lossy compression
GIS: Geographical Information System, a system that processes mapping and data together
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language, a format used to present text on the World Wide Web Incremental: a project funded by JISC at HATII and Cambridge University
Inegx: tool kit developed by BBC R&D to manage the ingest of audio visual collections
Ingest: the process of turning an SIP into an AIP, ie putting data into a digital archive
ISO: International Organization for Standardization, body that promotes standards
JISC: Joint Information Systems Committee of the Higher Education Funding Councils
JPEG 2000: a revision of the JPEG format which can use lossless compression
JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group, a format for digital photographs which is lossy
KB: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, national library of the Netherlands, partner in KEEP and APARSEN; APA home to LIBER and NCDD
KEEP: Keeping Emulation Environments Portable, EC-funded project to develop emulation services to run on a virtual machine
LC: Library of Congress
LIBER: network of European Research Libraries involved in APARSEN and AP, offices at the KB
LiWa: Living web archives, EC-funded project which developed web archiving tools
LOCKSS: Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe a DP principle made into a toolkit for E-Journal preservation, see UKLA
Lossless compression: a mechanism for reducing file sizes that retains all original data
Lossy compression: a mechanism for reducing file sizes which typically discards data
Memento: an innovative tool which allows time based discovery of web pages, winner of DPA 2010
METS: Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard, a standard for presenting metadata
Migration: the process of moving data from one format to another
MLA: Council of Museum Libraries and Archives, strategic body for such organisations in England
NARA: US National Archives and Records Administration
NCDD: Dutch national digital preservation coalition, closely aligned with APA, DPC and Nestor and hosted by KB
NDAD: UK National Digital Archive of Datasets, formerly funded by TNA and operated by ULCC
NDIIPP: National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Programme – a major programme from the LC
Nestor: German network of expertise in digital preservation, closely aligned to APA and NCDD
OAIS: Open Archival Information System, a reference model describing a digital archive
OCLC: Online Computer Library Center, Inc., US-based library and research group Open source: software in which the underlying code is available for free
OPF: Open Planets Foundation, a membership organisation which sustains outputs from the PLANETS project
PARSE.INSIGHT: EC-funded project that developed a roadmap for DP infrastructure in Europe
PDF/A: a version of the PDF standard intended for archives
PDF: Portable Document Format, a format for producing and sharing documents
PLANETS: a project funded by the EC to develop a suite of DP tools including PLATO. Now maintained by OPF
PLATO: a preservation planning tool which was created by the PLANETS project.
PORTICO: service provider that provides value-added long term digital storage for publishers and libraries
PREMIS: Preservation Metadata: Information Strategies, metadata standard
Preservation planning: defining a series of preservation actions to address an identified risk for a given set of digital objects
PrestoPRIME: EC-funded project which develops tools and services for the preservation of digital audio-visual content
PRONOM: a database of file formats with notes on associated issues. Used with DROID
PROTAGE: Preservation organizations using tools in agent environments, EC-funded project
RCUK: Research Councils UK
RIN: Research Information Network, a group that studies and reports on research needs
RLG: Research Libraries Group, US research group that produced TDR. Now part of OCLC
RLUK: Research Libraries UK
SaaS: software as a service, architecture whereby software is managed remotely by a service provider (see also cloud)
SAP: global IT company based in Germany, leaders of the TIMBUS project
SCAPE: Scalable Preservation Environments, EC-funded project developing scalable preservation actions
SDB: Safety Deposit Box, a digital preservation product supplied by Tessella
SHAMAN: Sustaining Heritage Access through Multivalent Archiving, EC-funded project
Significant properties: concept whereby identifying the most important elements element of a file will aid preservation
SIP: Submission Information Package, data received into an OAIS
SOA: Society of Archivists, now renamed the Archives and Records Association (ARA)
STFC: Science and Technology Facilities Council, a constituent part of RCUK and the lead of APARSEN
STM: Science Technology and Medicine – major area of publishing, sometimes meaning the STM Publishers Association
SWISH: joint venture between RCAHMS and RCAHMW to provide digital services including long term preservation
TDR: Trusted Digital Repository, a standard which characterises ‘trust’ in a digital archive
TIFF: Tagged Image File Format, a common format for images typically lossless
TIMBUS: an EC-funded project which is investigating the preservation of online services
Tessella: an IT company with digital preservation product (SDB). Partner in APARSEN, PLANETS, KEEP
TRAC: Trusted Repository Audit and Certification, toolkit for auditing a digital repository
UKDA: UK Data Archive University of Essex, digital archive for social and economic data
UKLA: UK LOCKSS Alliance, a service of Edina which offers E-journal preservation
UKWAC: UK Web Archiving Consortium
ULCC: University of London Computer Centre, host of NDAD and creators of DPTP
UMD: Universal Media Disc; proprietary CD-ROM format of Sony Computer Entertainment
UML: an industry standard for visualisation, specification construction and documentation of artefacts of software systems
Virtualization: creation of a virtual rather than actual instance of software or hardware (see also emulation)
WF4EVER: Advanced Workflow Preservation Technologies for Enhanced Science, EC-funded project
XML: Extensible Markup Language, a widely used format for encoding information
