Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2008

Natasa Milic-Frayling & Vijay Rajagopalan Microsoft Corporation

Effective strategies for preservation of digital content are of paramount importance This applies to both ‘born digital’ and digitized content, across domains and scientific disciplines Unless we use adequate technologies and best practices to ensure that the past digital content is compatible with new information environments, we will loose access to the material created in the digital era. PRESERVATION Estimated value of digital documents that are produced in the EU and in danger of obsolescence is in excess of $6billion per year.

Scientists manage large collections of digital data within complex and multifunctional systems Systems are designed to support the full data lifecycle: Production, ingestion, storage, curation, publishing, and consumption. Systems evolve with usage. There is a continuous migrating of data formats and services to ensure wide usability and interoperability SCIENTIFIC DATA MANAGEMENT

CONSUMPTION STORAGE INGESTION PUBLISHINGDATA CREATION CURATION CREATION OF NEW DATA OBJECTS Data loop, from data creation to data consumption is continuously instantiated from individual processes in the cycle SCIENTIFIC DATA MANAGEMENT

Preservation and Long-term Access through NETworked Services Ensure long-term access to Europe’s cultural and scientific heritage Improve decision-making about long term preservation Ensure long-term access to valued digital content Control the costs through automation, scalable infrastructure Ensure wide adoption across the user community Establish market place for preservation services and tools Build practical solutions Integrate existing expertise, designs and tools Share and build

The British Library National Library, Netherlands Austrian National Library State and University Library, Denmark Royal Library, Denmark National Archives, UK Swiss Federal Archives National Archives, Netherlands Hatii at University of Glasgow University of Freiburg Technical University of Vienna University at Cologne Tessella Plc IBM Netherlands Microsoft Research, Cambridge ARC Seibersdorf research

Preservation Planning Services Characterisation Services Preservation Action Services Test Bed: evaluation and validation services Interoperability Framework MS Open Office XML Formats I n 2006, Microsoft released specification of the Office formats. In 2008 OpenXML became an ISO standard. IBM Universal Virtual Computer Storage of data and specifically designed programs that decode and provide a logical view of the data. Proprietary Formats Open Standards

Transformer Box (Wrapper) “Binary  OpenXML” TB Interface TB Interface Watch Folder Tool Web Service ToooXML (GUI) Modular and extendible architecture that involves ‘transformer’ box interface between the services and the transformer tools

Transformer Box (Wrapper) “ODF  OpenXML” Transformer Box (Wrapper) “WP  OpenXML” Transformer Box (Wrapper) “Binary  OpenXML” TB Interface TB Interface Watch Folder Tool Web Service ToooXML (GUI)

Ensuring Open Connections Data Portability Enhanced Support for Standards Open Engagement including the.NET Framework “The interoperability principles and actions announced today by Microsoft present significant opportunities for the vast majority of software developers and will benefit the broader IT community.” - Thomas Vogel, Information Management, Novartis Pharma

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