Comments on: Will it be Domesday or Doomsday for our information? http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2009/05/09/will-it-be-domesday-or-doomsday-for-our-information/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=will-it-be-domesday-or-doomsday-for-our-information Freedom is the right of all sentient beings Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:57:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Carden http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2009/05/09/will-it-be-domesday-or-doomsday-for-our-information/#comment-139 Michael Carden Sun, 10 May 2009 04:07:31 +0000 http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/?p=158#comment-139 Sridhar, you'll be pleased to know that the Digital Preservation crew at the National Archives of Australia are also firm believers in Open Standards for long term access to data. So much so that we are engaged in FOSS development to make it possible for all to have access to an easy means of getting stuff into open formats. Our Xena software is a good start http://xena.sourceforge.net and for those doing this stuff on an industrial scale and looking for a digital preservation workflow management and audit tool, there's our Digital Preservation Recorder http://dpr.sourceforge.net All released under the GPL and all cross platform (Java). We're committed to Open Standards based formats and as an organisation we get involved in standards processes through Standards Australia. That we can implement all this through Free and Open Source Software is a bonus and in my opinion essential if this kind of work is to be trustworthy. Cheers, Michael Carden (with my NAA hat on) Sridhar, you’ll be pleased to know that the Digital Preservation crew at the National Archives of Australia are also firm believers in Open Standards for long term access to data. So much so that we are engaged in FOSS development to make it possible for all to have access to an easy means of getting stuff into open formats.

Our Xena software is a good start http://xena.sourceforge.net and for those doing this stuff on an industrial scale and looking for a digital preservation workflow management and audit tool, there’s our Digital Preservation Recorder http://dpr.sourceforge.net

All released under the GPL and all cross platform (Java).

We’re committed to Open Standards based formats and as an organisation we get involved in standards processes through Standards Australia. That we can implement all this through Free and Open Source Software is a bonus and in my opinion essential if this kind of work is to be trustworthy.

Cheers,
Michael Carden (with my NAA hat on)

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