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Digital preservation

Digital preservation refers to all activities towards ensuring that digital information is available, interpretable, and useable over the long term. This includes storing files in a digital repository or digital archive, transforming files to make them compatible with newer versions of software or more common platforms, and backing up files. It also includes activities such as creating metadata and documentation so that internal and external users can interpret and use data in the future.

• Case studies
• Team Digital Preservation YouTube videos on various aspects of digital preservation:
  • File format migration
  • Representation information
  • Common information model
  • Metadata