The LIFE3 Project: Bringing digital preservation to LIFE
| Title | The LIFE3 Project: Bringing digital preservation to LIFE |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 2010 |
| Authors | Ayris, P., Wheatley P., Aitken B., Hole B., McCann P., Peach C., & Lin L. |
| Date Published | 2010/// |
| Keywords | sg_data_costs, sg_data_economics, sg_data_lifecycle |
| URL | http://www.life.ac.uk/3/docs/life3_report.pdf |
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Purpose:
Investigated the development of a life cycle-based cost model for digital preservation
Method:
Performed comprehensive review of life cycle models and digital preservation; broke a digital object’s lifecycle into six main lifecycle stages and identified the costs of elements in these stages over a specified time; performed case studies to identify costs for each stage of the life cycle; LIFE2 added cases studies for two institutional repositories and an analog collection; LIFE3 included a survey of digital preservation repositories and additional case studies
