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http://www.forgetit-project.eu

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Some store to remember, some store to forget

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Olivier Dobberkau
CEO of dkd Internet Service GmbH
Frankfurt, Germany
About me

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What this is all about
The problem

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Storage capacity is ever increasing
Prices for storage are falling

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How large is large?

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Size references
A simple text: an average Wikipedia article ≈ 3.78 kB (no markup)
Lots of text: complete Wikipedia ≈ 13.5 GB (text only, no markup)
An average image (12MP) ≈ 1.3 MB (JPG 90% quality; 24bit/pixel)
An average movie stored on Blu-ray Disc ≈ 25.48 GB

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1955 – The IBM 355
Capacity: 12 MB
Cost: 6,233.33 USD/MB
3,250 90
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0
✘
0.16 kB

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1970 – The IBM 3330
Capacity: 100 MB
Cost: 259.70 USD/MB
3.94 kB27,089 76 0
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0
✘

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1988 – Seagate ST-238
Capacity: 30 MB
Cost: 9.97 USD/MB
102.71 kB8,126 23 0
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0
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2000 – Western Digital WD600AB
Capacity: 60 GB
Cost: 0.00275 USD/MB
16,644,063 4 47,261 2 363.64 MB

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2010 – Seagate ST32000542AS
Capacity: 2 TB
Cost: 0.0000450 USD/MB
≈ 5 cent/GB
541,798,941 148 1,538,461 76 21.7 GB

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2013 – NSA
Capacity: ∞
Cost: free
∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ it’s free :)
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Let’s store everything, then!
Cool!

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Or, maybe not...
There’s a lot more costs
Retrieval
Maintenance
Indexing
Updates

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We need to keep our information
Accessible
Usable
Useful

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The concept of Memory Buoyancy
Let’s start to forget!

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Memory Buoyancy
time
memory

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Memory Buoyancy

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Memory Buoyancy

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A short overview
The ForgetIT Project

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ForgetIT project overview
Consortium of 11 partners
Project start was in February 2013
3 years of research & development
http://www.forgetit-project.eu
The ForgetIT project is funded by the EC within the 7th Framework
Programme under the objective "Digital Preservation"
(GA 600826).

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Project Partners 1/2
Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
dkd Internet Service GmbH
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH
Eurix Srl
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover

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Project Partners 2/2
IBM Israel - Science and Technology Ltd
Luleå Tekniska Universitet
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford
The University of Edinburgh
The University of Sheffield
Turk Telekomunikasyon AS

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Inspiring people to share!
TYPO3 is the CMS used for the organisational use cases
TYPO3 was chosen because it’s Open Source
We want to raise awareness on the matter of preservation
We will publish our modules under open source licenses

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ForgetIT core concepts

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Managed Forgetting

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Synergetic Preservation

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Contextualised Remembering

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“meta-data is a love note to the future” (Jason Scott)
Do you preserve?

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What is preservation?
“Preservation — The protection of cultural
property through activities that minimize
chemical and physical deterioration and
damage and that prevent loss of informational
content. The primary goal of preservation is to
prolong the existence of cultural property.”
Preservation 101

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Problems are caused by
storage medium (disks, tapes, DVD, etc.)
format of the data
availability of the software or operating system
possible encryption

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“The digital dark age is a possible future
situation where it will be difficult or impossible
to read historical electronic documents and
multimedia, because they have been stored in
an obsolete and obscure file format.” Wikipedia
Digital Dark Age

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Preserving a website is not trivial
What do want you preserve?
Content only?
Content and Design?
How often? Stock prices vs. Company History page
How do you deal with browser differences?
How do you preserve functionality? E.g. insurance fee calculator

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Preservation Value
~ 5,000 €~ 200,000 €

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Private
Organisational
The ForgetIT Use Cases

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A personal use case:
How to organise an ever growing picture collection
Personal Preservation

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Typical use cases in the daily work with TYPO3-driven company
websites.
Organisational Preservation

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Organisational Use Cases
Digital Asset Management
Versioning
Archiving a complete Website
Individual genres and their specific requirements
Example: Press Release

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An organisational use case
Press Release Example

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Elements of a Press Release
text
image
links
documents

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Meta information
Presseinformationen Spielwarenmesse
Global Toy Conference Now on Saturday at the
Spielwarenmesse
* Customised programme for retailers: “How to get
your customer into the shop”
* Conference will take place for the 5th time in
Nuremberg on 1 February 2014
All around the world, retailers are wondering how
they can still get their customers in their shops
in the age of the Internet – because competition
for the sale of consumer goods online is growing
dramatically. With the topic “How to Get
Customers into Your Shop – Successful Pricing,
Presentation and Selling” the Global Toy
Conference of the Spielwarenmesse demonstrates
what parameters business owners can adjust for
the future. The conference will take place for
the first time in the St Petersburg hall in the
NCC East on Saturday. The new earlier date means
that more international retailers can take
advantage of the knowledge on offer at the toy
industry's leading trade fair – from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. on 1 February 2014.
...

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Translations
German English

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…

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Levels of significance
archive value
Action: keep forever
legal value
Action: keep for legal time
Archive
present value
Action: Keep for x days
trigger value
Action: Check significance
KeepDelete

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media
meta info

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media
meta info

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Content Management Systemmedia
meta info
copy
move
refer

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media
meta info
media
asset
meta info
media
asset
meta info
etc.
meta info
editable
content
meta info
structure
(code, users,
plugins,
extensions,
etc.)
meta info
external
Digital Asset (DAM)
internal

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Archive 1
Info Level 2
Info Level 3
media
meta info
media
asset
meta info
media
asset
meta info
etc.
meta info
editable
content
meta info
structure
(code, users,
plugins,
extensions,
etc.
meta info
Info Level 1
(semi)automatic
static
dynamic
Info Level 4, etc.
Output
Archive 2
Delete

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Archive 1
Info Level 2
Info Level 3
media
meta info
media
asset
meta info
media
asset
meta info
etc.
meta info
editable
content
meta info
structure
(code, users,
plugins,
extensions,
etc.
meta info
Info Level 1
(semi)automatic
static
dynamic
Info Level 4, etc.
Output
Archive 2
Delete

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Archive 1 Archive 2
Delete
L2
L1
L3
L4
L2
L1
L3
L4
T-CM (Todays Content Management) F-CM (Future Content Management)
Retrieve Service

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Information Lifecycle
Collect Create Process Publish Analyse Archive

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Collect

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Create

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Process

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Publish

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Analyse

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Archive

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Information Lifecycle
Collect Create Process Publish Analyse ArchiveProcess
Annotations

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Example Press Release
Annotation (text) Annotation (image)
global toy
conference,
conference,
podium, speaker,
lights

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A game about forgetting.
Do you remember?

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or how you can participate
Next steps

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We’d love to see you participate!
Reflect your thoughts with us
Take our short survey: http://tinyurl.com/forgetit-webarchiving
Tell us your use cases
Join the development of TYPO3 features

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Thank you for your attention!

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Sources, Books, Images
References

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References (Sources) 1/2
Size of Wikipedia (as of 2013-10-04): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Wikipedia:Size_comparisons
Average JPG size: http://web.forret.com/tools/megapixel.asp?
title=12+Megapixel+camera&width=4000&height=3000
Average movie size: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?
qid=20110807095141AABGQm8
Storage Prices: http://www.jcmit.com/diskprice.htm

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References (Sources) 2/2
Forget IT Website: http://www.forgetit-project.eu
Preservation: http://unfacilitated.preservation101.org/session1/
expl_whatis-definitions.asp
Digital Dark Age: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_dark_age

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References (Books)
Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age, Viktor Mayer-
Schönberger

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References (Images) 1/8
“About me”: all images by Søren Schaffstein
“ForgetIT Team” by Søren Schaffstein
“The Problem/Knot”: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-
photo-8933647-rope-with-knot.php
“1 Dollar”: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-17830696-fan-
dollars-isolated-on-white.php
Starbucks Cups: http://5feetonagoodday.files.wordpress.com/
2012/01/starbucks-coffee-cups-sizes-tall-grande-venti-trenta.jpg

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References (Images) 2/8
IBM 355: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/
storage_355.html
IBM 3330: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/
storage_3330.html
Seagate ST-238: http://www.redlop.de/bilder/produkte/gross/
Seagate-WREN-5-ST4702N-702-MB-.png
Western Digital WD600AB: http://www.junek.de/thomas/bilder/
WD600AB.jpg

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References (Images) 3/8
Seagate ST32000542AS: http://bilder.afterbuy.de/images/ZZNLZ/
seagatesata.jpg
Finger “Forget”: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-7252836-
string-finger-reminder-on-white.php
Memory Buoyancy: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-
photo-16244755-fishing-hook-underwater.php?st=0320b45
Fish: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-14623368-gold-fish-
and-piranha.php

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References (Images) 4/8
Game pieces by Søren Schaffstein
Managed Forgetting: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-
photo-3533508-colorful-memos.php?st=0320b45
Synergetic Preservation: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-
photo-13301920-goldfish-jump.php
Contextualised Remembering: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-
photo-14370511-shoebox-of-old-photos-too.php

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References (Images) 5/8
Cans: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-16948268-three-
metallic-goods-can-with-key.php
5 1/4” Disk: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/twicepix/4330813840/
sizes/z/in/photostream/
5 1/4” Disk Drawing: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/
flattop341/2094771560/sizes/z/in/photostream/
Ami Pro: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/?attachment_id=99
Digital Dark Age by Søren Schaffstein

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References (Images) 6/8
Gauges: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-9059088-old-
gauges.php
Golf Car: http://www.netzeitung.de/default/337276.html#
Golf Car Papers: http://www.motor-talk.de/news/das-heilige-blech-
wieder-unterm-hammer-t4421282.html
Create: http://hdwallsize.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/
Abstract-Art-Wallpaper-Dekstop.jpg

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References (Images) 7/8
Process by Søren Schaffstein
Publish: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-25712828-british-
dog-reading.php?st=e5bf164
Analyse: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-28297160-
laboratory-experimental-testing.php?st=239c76e
Archive: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-18865341-old-
wooden-card-catalogue-with-one-opened-drawer.php

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References (Images) 8/8
Shoes: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-2457744-what-s-
your-walking-style.php?st=e12d3d2
Questions: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-17686236-
decision-making.php