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|homepage=http://openpreservation.org/knowledge/blogs/2013/12/16/scout-preservation-watch-system/ | |homepage=http://openpreservation.org/knowledge/blogs/2013/12/16/scout-preservation-watch-system/ | ||
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+ | <!-- Add one or more categories to describe the function of the tool, such as: | ||
+ | [[Category:Metadata Extraction]] or [[Category:Preservation System]] or [[Category:Backup]] | ||
+ | Choose carefully, and view the list of existing categories first (see the Navigation sidebar on the left) --> | ||
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+ | [[Category:Audio]] or [[Category:Document]] or [[Category:Research Data]] | ||
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+ | [[Category:Planning]] | ||
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
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'''General''' | '''General''' | ||
− | Scout is a preservation watch system developed within the | + | Scout is a preservation watch system being developed within the SCAPE project. It provides an ontological knowledge base to centralize all necessary information to detect preservation risks and opportunities. It uses plugins to allow easy integration of new sources of information, as file format registries, tools for characterization, migration and quality assurance, policies, human knowledge and others. The knowledge base can be easily browsed and triggers can be installed to automatically notify users of new risks and opportunities. Examples of such notification could be: content fails to conform to defined policies, a format became obsolete or new tools able to render your content are available. |
'''Risk''' | '''Risk''' | ||
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Monitoring if content is aligned with the long-term and continuous access requirements, i.e. if selected preservation and access format are still adequate, is a big endeavor that quickly becomes infeasible with large-scale content. Institutions are normally able to tackle the usual suspects, like images and text documents, but are unable to process the long tail of file formats that almost all institutions have. | Monitoring if content is aligned with the long-term and continuous access requirements, i.e. if selected preservation and access format are still adequate, is a big endeavor that quickly becomes infeasible with large-scale content. Institutions are normally able to tackle the usual suspects, like images and text documents, but are unable to process the long tail of file formats that almost all institutions have. | ||
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== User Experiences == | == User Experiences == | ||
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