On the Notion of Genre in Digital Preservation

Fiorella Foscarini, Yunhyong Kim, Christopher A. Lee, Alexander Mehler, Gillian Oliver, Seamus Ross

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Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the notion of genre as a basis for addressing the problem of context representation in digital preservation. We outline several reference points for the notion of genre. This includes a review of diplomatic principles that can support and enhance the power of genre as a key to capture information about context relations. Further, we discuss the impact of open genre models and open topic models in information retrieval and finally present a list of research questions concerning future research in automation of digital preservation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAutomation Seminar Proceedings 10291
PublisherSchloss Dagstuhl
Number of pages16
Volume10291
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
EventAutomation in Digital Preservation 2010 - Wadern, Germany
Duration: 18 Jul 201023 Jul 2010
https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/volume/DagSemProc-volume-10291

Publication series

NameDagstuhl Seminar Proceedings
ISSN (Print)1862-4405

Conference

ConferenceAutomation in Digital Preservation 2010
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityWadern
Period18/07/1023/07/10
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Keywords

  • context modeling
  • digital preservation
  • diplomatics
  • genre
  • information retrieval

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