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NARA is investigating an advanced form of conversion combined with encapsulation known as persistent object preservation (POP). Under this approach, records are converted by XML tagging and then encapsulated with metadata. |
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Persons are the subject of rights and duties; they are entities recognized by the juridical system as capable of or having the potential for acting legally. |
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The introduction of the word brochure in the 19th century was probably due to misconception of the French uses. In French brochure is used where the French pamphlet (chiefly applied to scurrilous or libelous or violently controversial pamphlets) is inap |
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Let's first take a look at the origins of the concept of the paperless office – the expectation that electronic technologies would make paper in the office a thing of the past. . . . The understanding was that it came from Xerox PARC. . . . In the mid-197 |
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One common characteristic of papyrus, regardless of quality, is the difference between the two sides of the sheet, which stems from the strips being at right angles to each other. The recto side, on which the strips run horizontally, was the side generall |
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For finer quality calf parchment, use 'vellum.' The terms parchment and vellum sometimes have been and still are both confused and used interchangeably. |
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The principles here stated apply only to the choice and form of headings and entry words – i.e. to the principal elements determining the order of entries – in catalogues of printed books [and library materials having similar characteristics] in which ent |
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The archives should identify its various constituencies in terms of its purpose, plan and implement methods to assess the needs of these groups in relation to the resources of the institution, and devise outreach programs that will fit their needs. Thes |
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Tape packs are wound under a considerable amount of tension. This is necessary to maintain the shape of the tape pack. A reel of tape can be permanently damaged if the tape pack tension is too high or too low. If the tension is too high, the tape backing |
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Give the number of pages or leaves in a publication in accordance with the terminology suggested by the volume. That is, describe a volume with leaves printed on both sides in terms of pages; describe a volume with leaves printed on only one side in terms |
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The publication of [Dom Jean Mabillon's De Re Diplomatic Libri Vl in 1681] marks the birth date of diplomatics and paleography. . . . However, the science which studies ancient scripts3 did not yet have a name; the term paleography was coined by another B |
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The extent to which the earlier writing could be removed depended to a great degree on the ink used. Early carbon inks, which merely lay on the surface of the parchment, could be removed more or less completely simply by sponging, but the later iron gall |
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An 'original'3 of a writing or recording is the writing or recording itself or any counterpart intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing it. An 'original' of a photograph includes the negative or any print there from. If data are s |
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An original is the first complete and effective document, that is, an original must present the qualities of primitiveness, completeness and effectiveness. With facsimile transmission, the first two qualities belong in the document transmitted while the |
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Since files and series reflect the aggregation of records in relation to the activity undertaken, this order should be maintained not only during the phase when the records are current, but also in the phase of preservation, whether through the identifica |
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Any title information, other than title proper or parallel titles, appearing on material. This may include subtitles and phrases appearing in conjunction with the title proper or parallel titles indicating the character, contents, etc., of the material or |
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Effective outreach is more than an event or a series of activities.It is the process of assessing and developing institutional capacity to meet the needs of under served audiences. This process may lead an institution to reframe its mission, vision and g |
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Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the good of the community, specifically through the OSI Certified Open Source Software certification mark and program. |
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The basic idea behind open source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, |
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Linux . . . was created by coders abiding by the open source credo: Do what you wish to improve a product, charge for it if you like, but share the underlying source code you added. |
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Documents described as oral histories range from personal reminiscences to structured interviews to recordings of contemporary thoughts or events saved for posterity. The arrangement of oral histories also range from raw tapes to edited tapes, translation |
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OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. ¶ The OASIS Network includes UDDI, CGM Open, LegalXML and |
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The word 'open' has no commonly accepted meaning in the phrase 'open standard.' For many organizations, 'open' means that they aren't the only organization that supports the advancement and development of a given technology. However, this is an all-too-b |
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An Open Access Publication is one that meets the following two conditions: – 1. The author(s) and copyright holder(s) grant(s) to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual right of access to, and a license to copy, use, distribute, transmit and |
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The [OAIS] model establishes terminology and concepts relevant to digital archiving, identifies the key components and processes endemic to most digital archiving activity, and proposes an information model for digital objects and their associated metadat |
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