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After some discussion we came up with a set of criteria that could work against many aspects of digital preservation architectures: | After some discussion we came up with a set of criteria that could work against many aspects of digital preservation architectures: | ||
*'''Complexity''' - the extent to which something is complicated. Insanely overcomplicated scores 100 out of 100 | *'''Complexity''' - the extent to which something is complicated. Insanely overcomplicated scores 100 out of 100 | ||
*'''Currency''' - how current is a technology. Something which is bang on trend even if widely used scores 100/100 | *'''Currency''' - how current is a technology. Something which is bang on trend even if widely used scores 100/100 | ||
*'''Fear Factor''' - the extent to which something intimidates it's users. Impenetrable texts which create their own jargon score 100/100 | *'''Fear Factor''' - the extent to which something intimidates it's users. Impenetrable texts which create their own jargon score 100/100 | ||
*'''Popularity''' - how widely is something used. Used by everyone scores 100 out of 100 | |||
*'''Usability''' - how easy is something to use. If there's something you can use that you don't even know you're using, it scores 100 out of 100 | |||
*'''x-Factor''' - the extent to which something is a digital preservation 'classic'. This is hard to assess and is designed to encourage debate. | *'''x-Factor''' - the extent to which something is a digital preservation 'classic'. This is hard to assess and is designed to encourage debate. | ||
Revision as of 09:39, 1 August 2013
At the SPRUCE Book Sprint in July one of the warm up sessions saw an effort to create a Digital Preservation 'Trumps' card game. The initial idea was to play file formats against each other, but after some discussion we agreed that this would send the wrong message - there's more to suggesting and agreeing which file formats to use than simply assessing against a narrow set of criteria. But for the game to work the components need to be comparable against consistent criteria.
After some discussion we came up with a set of criteria that could work against many aspects of digital preservation architectures:
- Complexity - the extent to which something is complicated. Insanely overcomplicated scores 100 out of 100
- Currency - how current is a technology. Something which is bang on trend even if widely used scores 100/100
- Fear Factor - the extent to which something intimidates it's users. Impenetrable texts which create their own jargon score 100/100
- Popularity - how widely is something used. Used by everyone scores 100 out of 100
- Usability - how easy is something to use. If there's something you can use that you don't even know you're using, it scores 100 out of 100
- x-Factor - the extent to which something is a digital preservation 'classic'. This is hard to assess and is designed to encourage debate.
The group brainstormed the cards. It broke the cards into groups:
- File Formats
- Tools and models
- Storage media
- Processes
- Content Types
- Platforms