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Preservation by Migration to XML

Preservation by Migration to XML. Dirk Roorda. work on a preservation strategy. positioning of the XML preservation strategy implementing the strategy in software pursuing a standard with international partners welcome to MIXED. Dynamics of preservation. when the digital context changes

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Preservation by Migration to XML

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  1. Preservation by Migration to XML Dirk Roorda

  2. work on a preservation strategy • positioning of the XML preservation strategy • implementing the strategy in software • pursuing a standard • with international partners • welcome to MIXED

  3. Dynamics of preservation • when the digital context changes • emulate: re-implement data and tools • migrate: re-represent data, use new tools • whatever you do, do it smart

  4. Data and tools

  5. Smart strategies • multiple related tasks? • seek normalization

  6. Diachronic and synchronic • migration across time (diachronic) • original is nearly obsolete • original intention might be unclear • migration within time (synchronic) • many different formats • vendor specific peculiarities

  7. Smart migration

  8. MIXED explained Migration to Intermediate XML for Electronic Data

  9. MIXED scenario

  10. documents spreadsheets databases statistical data images word, open(red)office excel, openoffice access, mysql spss, sas photoshop, irfanview Kinds of data

  11. Umbrella format

  12. Making it work • software • = framework • + modules • standard • = wrapper • + metadata • + for each kind of data: • selected XML standard for that kind

  13. Making software • make a good product as initial effort • generic framework • substantial number of conversion plugins • for spreadsheets and databases • for statistical data • connect to repositories, Fedora ready • integrate efforts of all interested parties by • using an open architecture • webservices for framework and plugins • use third party plugins for SPSS and DDI • using an open source paradigm

  14. SPSS reader as plugin

  15. Helping a standard emerge • finding a name: Preferred Data Formats for Archives (PDFA) suggestions welcome • using existing auxiliary standards • connecting to open source software • seeking a user base in the archiving world

  16. Using MIXED • repositories: preservation planning • interested in file conversion: web services • individual users: stand alone

  17. Using standards • XML (Schema, UNICODE) • OAIS (interface to repositories) • ODF (spreadsheets) • SOAP, ESB • Java, SPRING, OSGI

  18. Co-operation • DExT (Data Exchange Tools) (UKDA) • ODaF (Open Data Foundation) • PLANETS (Preservation and Long-term Access through Networked Services) • you?

  19. Trends • end of vendor-specific binary formats in sight • interchange formats more concerned with preservation

  20. The future ... • the major data kinds have a preferred preservation format • the set of preservation formats is standardized • easy-to-use software converts between preservation formats and custom formats

  21. Discussion • One preservation standard per data kind? • ODF <=/=> OOXML ! • The role of DDI in metadata and data • is there an interchange format for statistical data between SPSS, SAS, STATA etc. ? • Is formatting and action relevant for preservation? • fonts, colors, formula’s • Usage of MIXED • it is a collection of quality convertors • it will belong to a collection of preservation tools • Plugin interoperability • how can we reuse other conversion plugins

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