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content/notes/22-digital-preservation.md

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 - comp210
 - lecture
+sr-due: 2022-10-13
+sr-interval: 3
+sr-ease: 250
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 how long will data survive?
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 ## preservation of digital material
 - continuous format migration
-	- 
+	- everytime you upgrade software, convert all documents
+	- document changes, keep old versions
+- emulation of olf hardware
+	- open things in original evironment
+
+- standardised preservation formats
+	- pdf/pda
+	- not designed for convenient editing
+
+- dont know original format?
+	- lots of tools, but user unfriendly and somwhat limited
+	- need to find version and which software
+
+- in cloud
+	- e.g., social media, websites
+		- things are changing
+		- acquisitions, bankruptcy
+		- link rot
+	- internet archive
+		- aims to archive everything
+		- crawl websites (wayback machine)
+		- digitise of magazines and films
+		- over 100 petabytes
+		- controversy over copyright
+		- only static content
+- most national archive organisations are doing similar
+- not eveything is accessable
+- some services let you export your data
+
+what happens when you die
+- or stoke etc
+- few legel precedents
+- prohibit giving password to someone else
+- "memorialise an account"

content/notes/comp-210.md

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 - [19-deepfakes](notes/19-deepfakes.md)
 - [20-SE-in-IA](notes/20-SE-in-IA.md)
 - [21-SE-in-IA-2](notes/21-SE-in-IA-2.md)
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+- [22-digital-preservation](notes/22-digital-preservation.md)