tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303975371294158246.post5979679231392473746..comments2024-03-11T10:02:17.638+00:00Comments on Digital Curation Blog: Do we really want repositories to be more Web2.0-like?Graham Pryorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12394604548989689232noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303975371294158246.post-62108689741715571742009-01-15T05:22:00.000+00:002009-01-15T05:22:00.000+00:00I've been thinking about this subject again and wh...I've been thinking about this subject again and while Andy was on the right path suggesting slideshare, but having been involved in a team implementing a commercial DAMS solution for our cultural institution and its vast digital archive, and designing the preservation requirements to go with it, my views have changed somewhat along the following lines. I now believe that if digital repositories are going to be used widely (i.e. successfully) then they must come to terms with at least an interface that is something like or as easy to use as iTunes or Flickr. On top of that is a layer of automated preservation and curation processes, but perhaps the interface likeness is much of what the references to Web2.0 are about. I would add that the other valuable aspect of the Web2.0 argument is the inherent relationship between access and preservation if the digital objects are to be used. In early 2009 there seems to be a decent amount of discussion emerging from people who might be worth listening to along the "use-it-or-lose-it" line of thinking. This is what I have been saying for a very long time: digital preservation and access go hand-in-hand.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04571161252530964470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303975371294158246.post-62542068893923154872008-06-19T10:27:00.000+01:002008-06-19T10:27:00.000+01:00I think it comes down to this: in technology choic...I think it comes down to this: in technology choices prioritise the size of the potential user base over fitness for purpose.<BR/><BR/>IMO the web 2.0 label in this context probably means making your content usable by everyone in the web, rather than the small subset in the libraries / archives / repositories community who have read the OAIS spec.<BR/><BR/>And yes, OpenID would be a really good start in solving your password frustrations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303975371294158246.post-50627194361588029812008-06-19T02:17:00.000+01:002008-06-19T02:17:00.000+01:00Chris, I understand what you are saying and have h...Chris, I understand what you are saying and have heard the same thing before re passwords and web 2.0. I think some of the aspects of web 2.0 that repositories should aim at are more like openness, ease-of-use (apart from passwords!), intuitive to understand, RSS, visible to Google, persistence on the web (hoefully), a shared community of use, ease of access, etc. Maybe it goes back to an address that Andy Powell gave in Melbourne Australia earlier this year at VALA 2008 where he said something like if he were asked what a repository would look like he'd say Slide Share. I blogged about it at the time here:<BR/>http://frommelbin.blogspot.com/2008/02/it-was-worth-trip-just-to-hear-this.html<BR/>One day soon I really must get around to an OpenID!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04571161252530964470noreply@blogger.com