Cultural, Artistic and Scientific knowledge for Preservation, Access and Retrieval (CASPAR), International Projects
CASPAR - Cultural, Artistic and Scientific knowledge for Preservation, Access and Retrieval - is an Integrated Project co-financed by the European Union within the Sixth Framework Programme (Priority IST-2005-2.5.10, "Access to and preservation of cultural and scientific resources").
CASPAR intends to:
Implement, extend, and validate the OAIS reference model (ISO:14721:2002)
Enhance the techniques for capturing Representation Information and other preservation related information for content objects
Design virtualisation services supporting long term digital resource preservation, despite changes in the underlying computing (hardware and software) and storage systems, and the Designated Communities.
Integrate digital rights management, authentication, and accreditation as standard features of CASPAR.
Research more sophisticated access to and use of preserved digital resources including intuitive query and browsing mechanisms
Develop case studies to validate the CASPAR approach to digital resource preservation across different user communities and assess the conditions for a successful replication.
Actively contribute to the relevant standardisation activities in areas addressed by CASPAR.
Raise awareness about the critical importance of digital preservation among the relevant user-communities and facilitate the emergence of a more diverse offer of systems and services for preservation of digital resources.
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