Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Digital Preservation

Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Digital Preservation Brian Kelly UKOLN University of Bath Bath, UK Email [email_address] UKOLN is supported by: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/mla-london-2008-07/ About This Talk A recap of Web preservation challenges and approaches to the preservation of Web content. But will use of Web 2.0 services lead to new preservation concerns? How much of a concern is this? And what steps can be taken to minimise the risks of data loss? This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 licence (but note caveat) Resources bookmarked using ' mla-london-2008-07 ' tag

Contents ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Is Web Site Preservation An Issue? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Problem

Digital Resources Do Rot! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Problem

Preservation In A Web 1.0 World ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 1.0

The Nightmare Scenario ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 1.0

It Has Happened ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 1.0

Technical Issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 1.0 Note that in reality content owners may have little control over the formats used and the technical architecture.

Content Issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 1.0 Note that in reality rather than necessarily taking a safe position over, say, legal issues, a risk assessment approach may be taken

Mothballing Your Web Site (1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],This should not be an onerous task if you have following best practices. Note that errors found later occurred after your funding finished. Web 1.0

Mothballing Your Web Site (2) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 1.0

Mothballing Your Web Site (3) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],This Web site is no longer maintained. See home page for details See <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/qa-focus/ documents/briefings/briefing-04/> Web 1.0

Case Study 1 - Exploit Interactive ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 1.0

Case Study - Exploit Interactive ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 1.0

Is Web 2.0 Different? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 2.0

Case Study 1: A Public Wiki ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 2.0 Many aspects of Web site curation are to do with implementing such best practices, rather than implementing technical solutions

Case Study 1: A Public Wiki ,[object Object],[object Object],Web 2.0 There are limitations in this particular service (poor quality HTML, internal links don’t work, …) But this does illustrate an approach which can be taken.

Case Study 2: Blog Migration ,[object Object],[object Object],Web 2.0

Case Study 2: Blog Migration ,[object Object],Web 2.0 Note, though, that not all data was transferred (e.g. title, but not contents) so there’s a need to check transfer mechanisms

Case Study 2: Blog Migration ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 2.0 Migration of blogs, wikis, etc. is not currently an easy task 

Case Study 3: Reusing Data ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 2.0 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Case Study 4: Disposable Data ,[object Object],[object Object],Web 2.0 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Case Study 4: Disposable Data ,[object Object],[object Object],Web 2.0 You could make use of clients which manage your tweets (e.g. treat like email) But you should develop your policies first, prior to exploring technologies

Case Study 4: Disposable Data ,[object Object],Web 2.0 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Case Study 5: Digitized Talks ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Benefits identified – now how do we seek to deploy recordings of seminars, conferences, etc. on a more systematic basis? This is work in progress – but see IWMW 2007 videos

Role Of The Internet Archive ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 2.0

Role Of The Internet Archive ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 2.0

The Research Challenges ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Web 2.0

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