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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#002060'>Excellent, David, thanks! I’m not sure that’s exactly what’s meant by biological ecosystem, but regardless it’s certainly coming at it from a different, and productive, direction. <o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>One of your bullets caught my attention…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>effort can be shared e.g. one repository may look after a variety of Representation Information to be used by other repositories<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>When I was at the RDA I spoke with Larry Lannom about his Data Type Registries project. Take his example and your example, and perhaps there is a more general statement about registries (public or commercial) for Data Types, Representation Information, ontologies and other key items/terms being available to help (1) initialization of a preservation archive (faster startup); and (2) better consistency across the preservation archives that use those registries. Also, that better consistency will enhance interoperability for users accessing multiple archives because of common usage of those items/terms. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>But perhaps the more general statement is that such registries appear in the ecosystem and preservation archives evolve to take advantage of them. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'> -=- Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>Mike Kearney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>Huntsville, Alabama, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> MOIMS-DAI [mailto:moims-dai-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Giaretta<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 11, 2018 7:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'MOIMS-Data Archive Interoperability' <moims-dai@mailman.ccsds.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Moims-dai] Desirable preservation ecosystem characteristics<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Hi Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>You have a good list there so I’d like to come at it from another direction.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The OED has two definitions for ecosystem (1) “A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment” and (2) “(in general use) a complex network or interconnected system.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>While the second definition is general and can be aligned with technology rather more easily, I like to bring in the first definition because <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>(1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>It brings in people<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>(2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>It leads one to think of things changing and evolving<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>(3)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>It leads on to think about specialisations, death, food chains and dependencies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>That leads one to say that in 50-100 years we should have:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>people aware in the requirements of preservation <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>producers of information creating/recording<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>data management plans linked to preservation i.e. capturing all the types of “metadata” required along the way. This must include the semantic information about the data/documents<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>support systems should help as much as possible<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>preservers of information being aware of:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>who they are preserving for i.e. the Designated Community and the “metadata” likely to be required (OAIS Representation Information including formats, semantics and software etc)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>potential uses of data including numerical data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>the costs of preservation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>funders (public and commercial) who are aware of:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level3 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>the potential value of information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>systems/processes which can cope with change and evolution:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>implementation independent designs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>standard, long lived / slowly evolving / backward compatible interfaces to data and systems e.g. programming interfaces for accessing/searching archives and for extracting components from Archival Information Packages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>appraisal processes which help to decide if it is worth continuing to preserve specific information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>ways to monitor the evolving needs of Designated Communities so that repositories can ensure that the information they are preserving can be understood/used etc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>specialisations, death, food chains and dependencies <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>each repository is probably good at certain things and not at others, so it should be clear which is which. As things such as people, technology and funding change, a repository which is good at one time may not be good later on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>effort can be shared e.g. one repository may look after a variety of Representation Information to be used by other repositories<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>any particular repository may cease to operate so it will need to be ready to hand over its holdings to another repository<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>information is linked so that as new information is created it may affect the value of other previously existing information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>..David<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> MOIMS-DAI <<a href="mailto:moims-dai-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org">moims-dai-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Kearney<br><b>Sent:</b> 10 July 2018 21:36<br><b>To:</b> 'MOIMS-Data Archive Interoperability' <<a href="mailto:moims-dai@mailman.ccsds.org">moims-dai@mailman.ccsds.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Moims-dai] Desirable preservation ecosystem characteristics<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Vint Cerf is a preservation evangelist, and in discussions and presentations he makes, he’s considering adding this topic: Desirable preservation ecosystem characteristics. The idea is that if we know what we want the preservation environment to be 50 or 100 years from now, we will have be better equipped to chart a course (at least the first steps) to get there. Vint asked me my opinion on that, and I’m asking the DAI WG community. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m doing this off the top of my head right now, so here goes my first cut at it: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Trustworthiness of archives: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>A majority of archives that are certified trustworthy. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Broad community agreement on what constitutes trustworthiness and the process for certifying it. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Global prioritization of the need for certification of key archives. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Interoperability of archives: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Well understood and widely available user interface systems that function broadly for multi-archive access. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Archive-to-Archive communications that are easily and quickly configured.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Distributed archives that allow transparent access to all preserved data within their distributed “realm.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Access to archives (besides above): <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>(From the RDA) Data sharing without boundaries. Social and technical infrastructure that enables open sharing of data. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Well-understood and easily-waiverable system of Intellectual Property management – for example, a system to quickly secure rights to download YouTube videos by national archivists. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Effective archive security that does not interfere with authorized user access. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Future tech: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Storage capacity: A better, faster, cheaper More’s Law. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>AI Access to preservation archives; AI helpers that can assist archive users whether they are part of the Designated Community or not. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Auto-preservation… Systems that automatically compile the *<b>correct</b>* metadata (Representation Info) as object data is generated. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>AI systems that can generate warnings like “Uh oh… you’re not compiling the correct metadata!” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What’s on your list? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> -=- Mike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mike Kearney<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Huntsville, Alabama, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>