RE: [-empyre-] archiving

["luke" <lduncalfe@eml.cc>]

The Internet Archive is a good resource and we're lucky to have it, but
I've so far never managed to find a complete archived version of
anything! Even important websites are effectively unsurfable because of
the missing pages, broken images etc., and for these reasons we
certainly shouldn't rely on it as the sole preserver of Internet media.

One of the benefits of having a 'sentient' process is that strategies
for preservation could be implemented on a case-by-case basis as the
time and needs arrive. Something that I'm sure PANDORA has considered,
and I'd be very interested in hearing about more, are the ideas around
not only the archiving the Internet, but how the systems of media are to
be made available in 100, or 500 years time when we can only guess the
relationship of user to digital networked media will be entirely
different.

I did a quick look around the PANDORA site and found this line:
"Maintaining means of accessing an acceptable presentation of the
digital object". Paul, I was wondering if you could elaborate on how the
organisation intends to provide future access.

Just quickly - Rhizome.org has an example of strategising (perhaps as
much as you can for an unforeseen future scenario) how to 'preserve',
and not just 'archive', the work included in the rhizome artbase.

http://rhizome.org/artbase/report.htm

The report is weighted primarily to the idea of emulation, metadata and
migration from one medium to another.

Luke