Dear All,
Apologies for cross posting.
Dear All,
Thanks to all who provided input in the DROID 5.0 proposals collection
process. The wiki proved to be a useful platform for collecting
information on how DROID 5.0 can be enhanced and where current
functionality could be improved. We are currently evaluating and
prioritizing the proposals for the next round of DROID development.
Development begins in November 2009 and will run for six months.
We have now opened up a second stage of public consultation. The main
section of the DROID 5.0. wiki is now a forum for stakeholders to
provide information on file format issues they may be having, here:
http://droid5.yourwiki.net/wiki/DROID_5.0
The proposals collection process highlighted some of the problems users
have been having with format identification giving examples of formats
and how we could improve DROID output. The format issues wiki attempts
to collect as much information about these issues as we can.
Within this second stage of consultation we are asking you for a
description of the problems or issues that you have been having with
specific file formats. Using the same format used for the proposals
collection process, we are looking for issues to be identified, with
comments and feedback from other stakeholder members where similar
issues have been experienced. This will help us to build a catalogue of
issues that will direct focus for certain stages of the DROID 5.0
development.
If you have a file exemplifying a problematic format, free from
copyright issues, then please forward it to
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much information about it as possible, such as the authoring software
and version. We would like to place these files in a publicly available
test-suite at the end of development for future testing purposes. If you
have issues with the file being released publicly, please make this
clear in your email and we will make sure that the file is disposed of
after DROID 5.0 development and testing has completed.
The issues collection process will run until mid-November.
Please note, the proposals collection process from the first stage of
consultation has now closed. You can still contribute to this part of
the wiki; we are very interested in any feedback you have, however, we
cannot now guarantee we can take account of your contributions for this
next round of development. The URL to access the proposals catalogue is:
http://droid5.yourwiki.net/wiki/DROID_5.0:_Proposals
Once again, thank you for your input. We look forward to providing more
feedback to stakeholders and hearing more from you over the coming
months as the DROID 5.0 development progresses.
Kind Regards,
Craig Alexander Moore
Digital Archivist
The National Archives
+44 (0) 20 8392 5330, ext. 2593
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk <http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk>
on behalf of
Ross Spencer
Digital Preservation Researcher
The National Archives
Kew, Richmond,
Surrey, TW9 4DU
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8392 5330, ext. 2747
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