#digitalpreservation — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #digitalpreservation, aggregated by home.social.
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NASA has been quietly taking Shuttle documentation offline. The Columbia STS-107 FMEA/CIL files aren't even on the Wayback Machine.
Same pattern as Apollo: the F-1 blueprints survive, the people who knew how to build it don't.
11 years at KSC on the Main Propulsion System, and I kept copies. 2,004 documents, images and launch voice tapes on the Internet Archive, and at Zenodo with a DOI and per-file checksums:
gandalfddi.github.io/shuttle.html#SpaceShuttle #NASA #SpaceHistory #DigitalPreservation #Space
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NASA has been quietly taking Shuttle documentation offline. The Columbia STS-107 FMEA/CIL files aren't even on the Wayback Machine.
Same pattern as Apollo: the F-1 blueprints survive, the people who knew how to build it don't.
11 years at KSC on the Main Propulsion System, and I kept copies. 2,004 documents, images and launch voice tapes on the Internet Archive, and at Zenodo with a DOI and per-file checksums:
gandalfddi.github.io/shuttle.html#SpaceShuttle #NASA #SpaceHistory #DigitalPreservation #Space
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29 billion unique source files. 438 million projects. One open archive. https://archive.softwareheritage.org
#OpenSource #SoftwareHeritage #DigitalPreservation #PublicCode -
29 billion unique source files. 438 million projects. One open archive. https://archive.softwareheritage.org
#OpenSource #SoftwareHeritage #DigitalPreservation #PublicCode -
Nu ik al weer een tijdje bezig ben met een aanbeveling uit mijn eigen doctoraalscriptie (boek)geschiedenis van bijna veertig jaar geleden, vond ik het tijd om die ongepubliceerde scriptie online ter beschikking te stellen. Maar wat een (digital preservation) avontuur was dat.
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Nu ik al weer een tijdje bezig ben met een aanbeveling uit mijn eigen doctoraalscriptie (boek)geschiedenis van bijna veertig jaar geleden, vond ik het tijd om die ongepubliceerde scriptie online ter beschikking te stellen. Maar wat een (digital preservation) avontuur was dat.
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Declarative all the way down: Building PRONOM signatures with JSONID
by @beet_keeperPRONOM signatures are a form of declarative language, you describe the anticipated behavior in PRONOM’s regular expression syntax and tools like DROID, FIDO, and Siegfried will interpret those instructions and attempt to match them against different files to return a file format identification.
Normally, you will write PRONOM signatures by hand but doing so for file formats based on other file format building blocks can lead to inconsistencies. Bertrand Caron previously also recognized this in the XML formats that are described with PRONOM signatures on Wikidata.
XML can use single quotes ‘ (hex: 0x27) and double quotes ” (hex: 0x22) for attribute data, and so, do we make a PRONOM signature with multiple sequences anticipating the use of either?
The answer is more often than not likely to be yes, because the appearance of these values are often helpful for identifying boundaries for strings that we know must exist.
But the more file formats that we need to add to PRONOM that are based on foundational formats like XML, or JSON, or similar, the more inconsistencies will creep in, such as sequences that are looking specifically for one byte sequence over another.
The issue extends further if file formats allow data to appear at the beginning of file, or we need to account for a variable amount of white-space, or we want to start thinking about multi-byte character encoding.
We can, and in the XML issue described by myself and Caron, I think the recommendation is very much to create editorial standards for signatures for file formats based on other baseline, structured data formats like XML, JSON, YAML, and so on.
And standards are well and good, but what if tooling could help us?
For JSON this is exactly what I have tried to do in JSONID.
What does this feature look like? And what does it get us? Let’s take a look.
#declarativeProgramming #digipres #DigitalPreservation #DROID #FIDO #FileFormatIdentification #FileFormats #JSON #jsonid #JSONL #NTTW #NTTW9 #PRONOM #RDM #ResearchData #siegfried #StructuredData #structuredText #TOML #YAML -
Declarative all the way down: Building PRONOM signatures with JSONID
by @beet_keeperPRONOM signatures are a form of declarative language, you describe the anticipated behavior in PRONOM’s regular expression syntax and tools like DROID, FIDO, and Siegfried will interpret those instructions and attempt to match them against different files to return a file format identification.
Normally, you will write PRONOM signatures by hand but doing so for file formats based on other file format building blocks can lead to inconsistencies. Bertrand Caron previously also recognized this in the XML formats that are described with PRONOM signatures on Wikidata.
XML can use single quotes ‘ (hex: 0x27) and double quotes ” (hex: 0x22) for attribute data, and so, do we make a PRONOM signature with multiple sequences anticipating the use of either?
The answer is more often than not likely to be yes, because the appearance of these values are often helpful for identifying boundaries for strings that we know must exist.
But the more file formats that we need to add to PRONOM that are based on foundational formats like XML, or JSON, or similar, the more inconsistencies will creep in, such as sequences that are looking specifically for one byte sequence over another.
The issue extends further if file formats allow data to appear at the beginning of file, or we need to account for a variable amount of white-space, or we want to start thinking about multi-byte character encoding.
We can, and in the XML issue described by myself and Caron, I think the recommendation is very much to create editorial standards for signatures for file formats based on other baseline, structured data formats like XML, JSON, YAML, and so on.
And standards are well and good, but what if tooling could help us?
For JSON this is exactly what I have tried to do in JSONID.
What does this feature look like? And what does it get us? Let’s take a look.
#declarativeProgramming #digipres #DigitalPreservation #DROID #FIDO #FileFormatIdentification #FileFormats #JSON #jsonid #JSONL #NTTW #NTTW9 #PRONOM #RDM #ResearchData #siegfried #StructuredData #structuredText #TOML #YAML -
inFAMOUS 2's UGC shutdown on August 31 means player-created missions disappear forever. The campaign stays, but digital ownership faces a harsh reality. What does this mean for game preservation? https://mediaboxent.com/infamous-2-ugc-shutdown.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
Published with MBX Flow → https://mbxflow.com
#gaming #digitalpreservation #infamous2 #gamepreservation #ugc #MBXFlow
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inFAMOUS 2's UGC shutdown on August 31 means player-created missions disappear forever. The campaign stays, but digital ownership faces a harsh reality. What does this mean for game preservation? https://mediaboxent.com/infamous-2-ugc-shutdown.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
Published with MBX Flow → https://mbxflow.com
#gaming #digitalpreservation #infamous2 #gamepreservation #ugc #MBXFlow
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Step inside San Francisco's iconic Grace Cathedral like never before – all from your screen! ⛪
Vincent Woo and team captured this stunning historic landmark using cutting-edge Gaussian splatting technology, rendered smoothly on PlayCanvas. It is digital preservation at its absolute finest. 🖥️✨
https://vincentwoo.com/3d/grace_cathedral/
#GaussianSplatting #3DGraphics #DigitalPreservation #PlayCanvas #WebGL
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"Rescued data has to be collected, and then it has to go somewhere; it has to be validated, described, made findable, and kept accessible."
The systems that do that work are either assumed to exist… or invisible in the funding picture entirely.
Our analysis of 87+ data resilience projects: https://investinopen.org/blog/data-resilience-funding-landscape/
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"Rescued data has to be collected, and then it has to go somewhere; it has to be validated, described, made findable, and kept accessible."
The systems that do that work are either assumed to exist… or invisible in the funding picture entirely.
Our analysis of 87+ data resilience projects: https://investinopen.org/blog/data-resilience-funding-landscape/
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2️⃣/2️⃣ These documents are preserved in LoCALDig, the California Local Government Documents Collection at @UCBerkeley, a digital archive created in partnership with @internetarchive.
From CEQA planning and BART studies to housing reports and fiscal analyses, the collection preserves the public record that helps explain how California arrived where it is today.
Dig through LoCALDig on the Internet Archive ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/instituteofgovernmentalstudieslibrary -
2️⃣/2️⃣ These documents are preserved in LoCALDig, the California Local Government Documents Collection at @UCBerkeley, a digital archive created in partnership with @internetarchive.
From CEQA planning and BART studies to housing reports and fiscal analyses, the collection preserves the public record that helps explain how California arrived where it is today.
Dig through LoCALDig on the Internet Archive ⤵️
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📢 New #DPClinic!
🌍 How can humanitarian organisations create sustainable digital archives?
Join Flora Chatt (University of Manchester) and the #DPC on 23 July, 14:00–15:00 UTC for an introduction to the new Digital Humanitarian Archives Toolkit.
💬 Explore the toolkit, hear why it was developed, and help shape it with your feedback.
🎟️ Free registration:
https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/815/-/dpclinic-july-digital-humanitarian-archives-toolkit#DigitalPreservation #Coalition #DPC #Archives #Humanitarian #DPClinic #digipres #community #JoinUs
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📢 New #DPClinic!
🌍 How can humanitarian organisations create sustainable digital archives?
Join Flora Chatt (University of Manchester) and the #DPC on 23 July, 14:00–15:00 UTC for an introduction to the new Digital Humanitarian Archives Toolkit.
💬 Explore the toolkit, hear why it was developed, and help shape it with your feedback.
🎟️ Free registration:
https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/815/-/dpclinic-july-digital-humanitarian-archives-toolkit#DigitalPreservation #Coalition #DPC #Archives #Humanitarian #DPClinic #digipres #community #JoinUs
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Anyone got thoughts/recommendations on the feasibility of setting up 120k URL redirects (301 Moved Permanently) as part of an institutional repository migration?
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Anyone got thoughts/recommendations on the feasibility of setting up 120k URL redirects (301 Moved Permanently) as part of an institutional repository migration?
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The Death of Physical Media and the Real Challenges to Software Archiving
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📖 New on the DPC Blog: What's new in DART 3?
@ntallman from APTrust explores the latest release of DART 3, introducing new community-requested features that support digital preservation workflows, including expanded packaging options, S3 downloads, upload-only jobs, and an easier migration path from DART 2.
Read the guest blog here 👉🏽 https://www.dpconline.org/blog/blog-dart-3-nathan-tallman
#DigitalPreservation #Coalition #DPC #Community #APTrust #DART #BagIt #OpenSource
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📖 New on the DPC Blog: What's new in DART 3?
@ntallman from APTrust explores the latest release of DART 3, introducing new community-requested features that support digital preservation workflows, including expanded packaging options, S3 downloads, upload-only jobs, and an easier migration path from DART 2.
Read the guest blog here 👉🏽 https://www.dpconline.org/blog/blog-dart-3-nathan-tallman
#DigitalPreservation #Coalition #DPC #Community #APTrust #DART #BagIt #OpenSource
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💡 How do you preserve digital assets and media for the long term, in a world where software is anything but?
#DigitalPreservation #OpenStandards #OpenScholarship #ResearchInfrastructure #Libraries #Archives #DigitalHumanities #Interoperability
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💡 How do you preserve digital assets and media for the long term, in a world where software is anything but?
#DigitalPreservation #OpenStandards #OpenScholarship #ResearchInfrastructure #Libraries #Archives #DigitalHumanities #Interoperability
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Booksprint mode: activated 📚
DPC's staff William, Garth, Amy and Karyn are spending three days together at the #DPC's Glasgow office working on the next update of the #DigitalPreservation Handbook!
The Handbook brings together good practice and practical tools to help create, manage and preserve digital materials. This Booksprint is a key milestone in its year-long revision.
We can't wait to share what's coming next! https://www.dpconline.org/handbook
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Booksprint mode: activated 📚
DPC's staff William, Garth, Amy and Karyn are spending three days together at the #DPC's Glasgow office working on the next update of the #DigitalPreservation Handbook!
The Handbook brings together good practice and practical tools to help create, manage and preserve digital materials. This Booksprint is a key milestone in its year-long revision.
We can't wait to share what's coming next! https://www.dpconline.org/handbook
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Per me, l'unico modo di intendere la preservazione digitale dei videogiochi è: andare a scavare dove nessuno ha mai scavato prima, sperando non sia troppo tardi. #retrogaming #commodore #commodorepet #digitalpreservation
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Per me, l'unico modo di intendere la preservazione digitale dei videogiochi è: andare a scavare dove nessuno ha mai scavato prima, sperando non sia troppo tardi. #retrogaming #commodore #commodorepet #digitalpreservation
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Added to awesome-iiif!!
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Added to awesome-iiif!!
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Shortened links? Expand them and save the URLs
by @beet_keeperShortened links are a digital preservation and web archiving nightmare. You can imagine how they need to work:
Create a unique short code for a given (target) URL (like a hash, but far far shorter)
Pair the short code with your URL in a database.
Create a redirect rule on the URL shortening server from the new source URL to the target URL.
Send the shortened link to the caller, e.g. shortURL.com/123badf00d
In-perpetuity: continue to pay for your domain; maintain the database; look after redirect rules during server migrations; ensure duplicate short-codes are not created.
A URL-shortening business in five easy steps.
But what does that mean for digital preservation?
#Code #Coding #cURL #digipres #DigitalArchiving #DigitalPreservation #httpreserve #httpreserveLinkstat #JC #linkstat #Paradata #WebArchives #webArchiving -
Shortened links? Expand them and save the URLs
by @beet_keeperShortened links are a digital preservation and web archiving nightmare. You can imagine how they need to work:
Create a unique short code for a given (target) URL (like a hash, but far far shorter)
Pair the hash with your URL in a database.
Create a redirect rule on the URL shortening server from the new source URL to the target URL.
Send the shortened link to the caller, e.g. shortURL.com/123badf00d
In-perpetuity: continue to pay for your domain; maintain the database; look after redirect rules during server migrations; ensure duplicate short-codes are not created.
A URL-shortening business in five easy steps.
But what does that mean for digital preservation?
#Code #Coding #cURL #digipres #DigitalArchiving #DigitalPreservation #httpreserve #httpreserveLinkstat #JC #linkstat #Paradata #WebArchives #webArchiving -
Microsoft is reportedly testing a system to turn physical Xbox discs into digital entitlements, bridging the gap between disc ownership and an all-digital future. Details are thin, but if it works it could be a preservation win for anyone who still buys on disc. No more worrying about a dead drive when the store eventually sunsets. https://pocg.net/news/xbox-disc-to-digital-conversion-report/ #RetroGaming #Xbox #PhysicalMedia #DigitalPreservation
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Microsoft is reportedly testing a system to turn physical Xbox discs into digital entitlements, bridging the gap between disc ownership and an all-digital future. Details are thin, but if it works it could be a preservation win for anyone who still buys on disc. No more worrying about a dead drive when the store eventually sunsets. https://pocg.net/news/xbox-disc-to-digital-conversion-report/ #RetroGaming #Xbox #PhysicalMedia #DigitalPreservation
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🏆 Which project should take home the Award for Research & Innovation at the #DPA2026?
🧬 Advancing DNA data storage for long-term #digitalpreservation.
☁️ Developing core preservation processes for EOSC.
🏛️ Building sustainable preservation solutions for municipal digital archives in Spain.🗳️ DPC Members: vote by 12:00 BST (UTC+1), Monday 6 July. Explore the finalists: https://www.dpconline.org/events/digital-preservation-awards/the-finalists-award-for-research-and-innovation
⭐️With thanks to our category sponsor: National Library and Archives Board, Singapore.
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🏆 Which project should take home the Award for Research & Innovation at the #DPA2026?
🧬 Advancing DNA data storage for long-term #digitalpreservation.
☁️ Developing core preservation processes for EOSC.
🏛️ Building sustainable preservation solutions for municipal digital archives in Spain.🗳️ DPC Members: vote by 12:00 BST (UTC+1), Monday 6 July. Explore the finalists: https://www.dpconline.org/events/digital-preservation-awards/the-finalists-award-for-research-and-innovation
⭐️With thanks to our category sponsor: National Library and Archives Board, Singapore.
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🏆 Which project should take home the Award for Teaching & Communication at the Digital Preservation Awards 2026?
🎓 Teaching #digitalpreservation across Brazil.
📚 Building capacity for small archives.
🌐 Bringing Scotland's web archive to life.🗳️ DPC Members: vote by 12:00 BST (UTC+1), Monday 6 July.
Explore the finalists and cast your #DPA2026 vote TODAY: https://www.dpconline.org/events/digital-preservation-awards/the-finalists-award-for-teaching-and-communications
⭐️ With thanks to our category sponsor, @kbnationalebibliotheek KB, National Library of the Netherlands!
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🏆 Which project should take home the Award for Teaching & Communication at the Digital Preservation Awards 2026?
🎓 Teaching #digitalpreservation across Brazil.
📚 Building capacity for small archives.
🌐 Bringing Scotland's web archive to life.🗳️ DPC Members: vote by 12:00 BST (UTC+1), Monday 6 July.
Explore the finalists and cast your #DPA2026 vote TODAY: https://www.dpconline.org/events/digital-preservation-awards/the-finalists-award-for-teaching-and-communications
⭐️ With thanks to our category sponsor, @kbnationalebibliotheek KB, National Library of the Netherlands!
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Sony is shutting down the digital storefronts for the PS3 and PS Vita in phases, starting August 2026 in three countries and expanding worldwide by July 2027. Purchased games will remain in your library for re-download, for now. This is the next step in the slow erasure of a digital era. Full timeline at POCG: https://pocg.net/news/ps3-vita-store-closure-2026/ #RetroGaming #PS3 #PSVita #DigitalPreservation
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Sony announcing that "physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028".
In the profound words of wisdom of the Nintendo Wii 'Quit Screen' message: "Anything not saved will be lost".
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Sony announcing that "physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028".
In the profound words of wisdom of the Nintendo Wii 'Quit Screen' message: "Anything not saved will be lost".
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A copyright exception you can't use isn't really an exception.
That's the core of our input to the EU copyright review: close the gap between what the law lets libraries and archives do and what they can do in practice.
www.internetarchive.eu/2026/07/01/r...
#digitalpreservation #openaccess
Rights on Paper Are Not Enough... -
A copyright exception you can't use isn't really an exception.
That's the core of our input to the EU copyright review: close the gap between what the law lets libraries and archives do and what they can do in practice.
www.internetarchive.eu/2026/07/01/r...
#digitalpreservation #openaccess
Rights on Paper Are Not Enough... -
Whatiiif error logs showed high demand for Harvard URL support. I obliged! Harvard Digital Collections manifests now load automatically. Also fixed: CONTENTdm 'view at institution' now reconstructs the correct item page even from a bare manifest URL. Check it out:
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📅 July Workshops and Events
This summer, DPS is bringing you two events tailored for various types of professionals.
If you are looking to kickstart your digital preservation journey, or if you are particularly curious about how to prioritise sustainability, we will be running a beginner edition of our Foundations for Digital Preservation workshop and a themed GTKU webinar.
Shall we see you there?
Register: https://lnkd.in/eenpzMB5
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Vale Carl Wilson, Digital Preservation’s Indie Rockstar
by @beet_keeperJust a quick note wishing Carl peace wherever he is now and to send my best wishes to Becky and his family, and of course his colleagues at the OPF and everyone else who worked closely with him.
Can I remember where I first met Carl? He’s just always been around hasn’t he?
I suspect it was the AQuA hack-a-thon at the British Library in 2011. Carl was maybe working on an image duplication
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Welcome to #DPASSH2026! It's finally here! 🎉
Our 2 day conference looks at #DigitalPreservation in the #AHSS disciplines through the lens of #play, exploring games as essential tools for knowledge sharing, collaboration and inclusion. It should be an exciting couple of days!
Photography by Kyle Hughes
