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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 [log in to unmask].
Attach it to the email and provide as 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
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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