SGER: In Vivo Digital Preservation

该提案通过探索如何使数据对象能够在新环境中进行自我转换和翻译来解决数字保存问题。该项目将涉及广泛的主题：数字对象元数据格式和格式迁移服务（以及表达这些服务的语言）；对象存储库交互；新颖的适应、整合和部署；而且，重要的是，框架和测试平台，以衡量保存有效性。该方法鼓励内容创作者设计功能，以确保数字对象在创建时的可保存性，以及有效地为现有数字材料添加自我保存特征。该项目将包括一系列关于保存的纵向实验，因为自我保存的数字对象被整合到Old Dominion大学的选择性本科计算机科学课程中。保存和软件工程之间的互补关系将在四年的学习过程中强调。学生报告的经验将有助于对实验的评价。

The proposal addresses digital preservation by exploring how to make data objectscapable of self-conversion and translation in new environments. The project will address a wide range of topics: digital object metadata formats and format migration services (as well as the languages that express these); object repository interactions; novel adaptation, integration and deployment; and, importantly, frameworks and testbeds for measuring the preservation effectiveness. The approach encourages content creators to design features to ensure preservability of digital objects at the time of their creation as well as efficient means to add self-preserving characteristics to existing digital materials. The project will include a series of longitudinal experiments about preservation in general as self-preserving digital objects are integrated into selective undergraduate computer science courses at Old Dominion University. A complimentary relationship between preservation and software engineering will be stressed over the four-year course of study. The experiences reported by the students will contribute to the evaluation of the experiments.