Preserving Complex Digital Objects

doi:10.29085/9781783300396

This ground-breaking edited collection explores the challenges of preserving complex digital objects such as simulations, visualisations, digital art and video games. Drawing on the outputs of the JISC-funded Preservation of Complex Objects (POCOS) symposia, enhanced with specialist pathfinder solutions, this book will cover topics such as the legal and technical challenges of preservation, curation and authority, and digital archaeology.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

Foreword
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xii

Contributors
pp xiii-xxvi

Glossary
pp xxvii-xxxiv

Introduction
pp xxxv-xlviii

Part 1 - Why and what to preserve: creativity versus preservation
pp 1-2

1 - Standing on the shoulders of heavily armed giants – why history matters for game development
pp 3-12

2 - Archaeology versus anthropology: what can truly be preserved?
pp 13-20

3 - Make or break? Concerning the value of redundancy as a creative strategy
pp 21-30

4 - Between code and space: the challenges of preserving complex digital creativity in contemporary arts practice
pp 31-46

Part 2 - The memory institution/data archival perspective
pp 47-48

5 - Preservation of digital objects at the Archaeology Data Service
pp 49-62

6 - Preserving games for museum collections and public display: the National Videogame Archive
pp 63-72

7 - Bridging the gap in digital art preservation: interdisciplinary reflections on authenticity, longevity and potential collaborations
pp 73-90

8 - Laying a trail of breadcrumbs – preparing the path for preservation
pp 91-106

Part 3 - Digital preservation approaches, practice and tools
pp 107-108

Part 3.1 - A good place to start: software preservation
pp 109-110

9 - Digital preservation and curation: the danger of overlooking software
pp 111-124

10 - How do I know that I have preserved software?
pp 125-140

Part 3.2 - Tools and techniques
pp 141-142

11 - Digital preservation strategies for visualizations and simulations
pp 143-154

12 - The ISDA tools: preserving 3D digital content
pp 155-166

Part 3.3 - Metadata, paradata and documentation
pp 167-168

13 - Ecologies of research and performance: preservation challenges in the London Charter
pp 169-184

14 - A tangled web: metadata and problems in game preservation
pp 185-200

15 - Metadata for preserving computing environments
pp 201-216

16 - Preserving games environments via TOTEM, KEEP and Bletchley Park
pp 217-234

17 - Documenting the context of software art works through socialtheory: towards a vocabulary for context classification
pp 235-256

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