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Historical Attributes of a Trusted Digital Repository: Meeting the Needs of Research Resources
Research Libraries Group (Last Updated: 01 Aug 2001) (United States of America)
This joint RLG-OCLC draft report was available for public comment until 12th October 2001. The report contains information and recommendations on developing and implementing a certified long-term digital information repository based on the OAIS functional model and extensive library and archival community discussion. Appendix B provides useful glossary of terms used in the report. The final report (also listed on PADI) is available at http://www.rlg.org/longterm/repositories.pdf
http://www.oclc.org/programs/ourwork/past/trustedrep/repositories.pdf

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California Digital Library Glossary
California Digital Library (Date Created: 2004)
Produced by the California Digital Library (CDL), this glossary of digital words and terms covers crawling and harvesting, digital objects, interface customization tools, metasearching, preservation, and extensible markup language. The glossary can be searched by term or subject.
http://www.cdlib.org/inside/diglib/glossary/

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Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology
Pearce-Moses, Richard (Date Created: 2005) (United States of America)
This is the latest edition of the Glossary. It contains over 2,000 entries and includes terms of relevance to digital preservation.
http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp
Glossary of Terms (on Digital Curation)
Digital Curation Centre (Regularly Updated)
This is an glossary of digital curation terms adapted from the OAIS Reference Model. It also includes links to additional information on each subject.
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/glossary/

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Hard Disk Glossary
CDR Info.COM (Regularly Updated)
This is an extensive listing of terms and acronyms concerning hard disks and storage devices.
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Glossary/Home.aspx?InitialLetter=B&Cat
egoryId=2

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Lexical and Classification Resources
Stanford University Libraries In: CoOL Conservation OnLine : Resources for Conservation Professionals (Regularly Updated)
This page offers dictionaries, thesauri, classification schemes, and related matter primarily of use to those managing preservation libraries, imaging projects, etc.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/lex/

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NEDLIB glossary
Borbinha, J. L., Cardoso, F. (National Library of Portugal); Freire, N. (INESC) In: NEDLIB : Networked European Deposit Library (Date Created: 22 Feb 2000)
"This document presents the definition of concepts and standards relevant for NEDLIB. It is integrated in D1.3.1 – Technical Standards and Conventions with NEDLIB Standards Recommendations. The content of the document is based on material collected by the authors from various sources, and on material provided by the NEDLIB project partners."
http://nedlib.kb.nl/glossary.pdf#search=%22%22NEDLIB%20glossary%22%22

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Optical Storage Glossary
CDR Info.COM (Regularly Updated)
This is an extensive listing of terms and acronyms concerning optical storage discs and storage devices.
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Glossary/Home.aspx?InitialLetter=&Cate
goryId=1

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Photography / Imaging Glossary
Forget, Mark
This A-Z glossary gives descriptions of terms for principles, processes and equipment from both traditional photography and digital imaging fields.
http://www.digitalexposure.ca/sub1.html
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Historical PRESTO - IST-1999-20013: Key Links System Specification Document
PrestoSpace Consortium (Last Updated: 26 Jun 2001)
A 135 page report developed from the findings of a preservation survey of audio-visual materials in European Broadcast Archives. Included is information on the system requirements, technological improvements, processing methodologies and metadata specifications for digitally archiving film, audio and video. There is also a useful glossary.
http://presto.joanneum.ac.at/Public/D32.pdf

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Historical Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS)
Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) (Regularly Updated)
Developed by the CCSDS, OAIS is a model for an archival system for the long-term preservation of and access to digital information. The reference model is now an ISO standard (ISO 14721). This site provides access to the final blue book CCSDS 650.0B-1 version of the standard.
http://public.ccsds.org/publications/archive/650x0b1.pdf
All drafts available from http://ssdoo.gsfc.nasa.gov/nost/isoas/ref_model.html

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Universal Preservation Format Glossary
In: UPF (Universal Preservation Format) Home Page (Last Updated: 24 Feb 1999)
This glossary was developed as part of the Universal Preservation Format initiative for the archiving of media assets. The glossary has well defined terms and comprehensive cross-domain definitions relating to preservation.
http://info.wgbh.org/upf/glossary.html

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Webmaster's Lexicon
The Web Developer's Virtual Library (Regularly Updated)
This online glossary of terms from The Web Developer's Virtual Library includes contextual links to useful resources online and is constantly updated.
http://www.wdvl.com/Reference/Index/

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