[Chapter-delegates] Vint Cerf - Digital Vellum

[Sivasubramanian M]

Dear Joly,

Yes, it would be a good initiative. We could form a group.

Sivasubramanian M
On Jan 23, 2013 2:10 PM, "Joly MacFie" <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

>
> I am noticing today<http://guevents.georgetown.edu/event/vint_cerf_internet_in_the_21st_century>that Vint appears to have a new post-WCIT hobby horse - solving the problem
> of "bit rot". Bit rot is the loss over time of the ability to properly
> interpret digital information, and also the degradation of the media that
> carries it.. Vint's notion is "Digital Vellum", in his words "creating an
> ecosystem for preserving the meaning of digital information over long
> periods of time."
>
> I think digital preservation particularly of online media, and the
> development of open standards for the same, is a suitable topic for ISOC to
> pay attention to. I know the W3C is interested, too.
>
> There are already plenty of initiatives within the library and museum
> communities.
>
> If enough people are interested perhaps we could form a group.
>
> j
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