what is the mediapedia
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Innovative Ideas Forum
National Library of Australia
What is the Mediapedia
Douglas Elford, Digital PreservationDavid Pearson, Digital Preservation
April 10th 2008
Mediapedia
Designed to:
• enable the identification of various media types for assisting with collection planning, assessment, documentation, infrastructure and preservation
• recording business knowledge, from either internal or external communities, about these various media formats to enable to making a risk management evaluation or preservation decision
UsageInternal
• Recording business knowledge• Media identification for the Digital Preservation Workflow Project• Assist in the identification of media for offers and collection assessment • Assist in the identification of media when managing collections and
information technology infrastructure• Assist in the understanding the environment within which to make
preservation assessments• Support the Digital Preservation Plan
External – Regional [future possibilities]• Similar use by cultural institutions and government e.g. MAGDIR,
Collections Council, Collections Australia, Digital Heritage Collections Action Plan Framework, etc.
• Recording business knowledge• Share with others who also have a similar needs
External – International [future possibilities]• Recording business knowledge• Community of shared ‘trusted’ knowledge• Collaboration on conservation options for various media• Collaborative voting system to enable community quantification of risk
management
Classification
In order to cover such a wide range of media type, a systematic approach has been taken to view them a more generic perspective.
Initially they have been categorised by their:• genre or area of use type,
followed by their:• process• carrier• enclosure/housing (optional),• trade name or common name (optional).
Associated information includes:• Intermediate Tool / Access Path / technical requirements• Conservation assessment and community conservation
knowledge• Genre Specific Specifications & Data Sheets
Classification SchemaGenre (Category)
• Recording of the media genre (category)
Data, Microform, Moving Image, Sound, Still Image & Unmediated
Process• Recording of the type of process used
to record informatione.g. magnetic, magnetic/optical, mechanical, optical, paper, photo chemical, photo mechanical, photo digital, solid state, etc.
Carriers• Recording of the type of carrier, and
optionally its enclosure.e.g. disc, disc/disk cartridge, disc pack, etc.
Name• Basic instructions on recording
Common Name of the carrier used to physical media.
Genre
Process
Carrier/Housing+ (Enclosure)
Name
Mediapedia Prototype - Floppy
Form View
Form View - Environmental Specifications
Mediapedia Prototype - Floppy
Mediapedia Prototype - Sound
Form View
Form View - Environmental Specifications
Mediapedia Prototype - Sound
Form View – Materials: Tape Variants
Mediapedia Prototype - Sound
Mediapedia – Other Views
Contact: [email protected][coming soon to a web near you - www.mediapedia.org.au/]
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