Christoph Becker and Andreas Rauber:
Preservation Decisions: Terms and Conditions apply.
Proceeding of the 11th annual international ACM/IEEE joint conference on Digital libraries (JCDL 2011), 2011, 67-76.
DOI:10.1145/1998076.1998089
Abstract
This article explores the decision space in digital preservation, with a focus on what can be called the core decision: how to preserve content information. We undertake a critical analysis of the challenges, constraints and objectives of decision making, and discuss the experience in applying the Planets preservation planning method, supported by the planning tool Plato, to real-world business decisions. Based on this methodology and substantial real-world experience in decision making, we present a set of observation points that address issues frequently raised in decision making. The conclusions shall contribute to a clarified understanding of the state of the art and future challenges in scalable decision making for long-term preservation.
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