Long-lived data: tools to preserve data: theoretical overview

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Van Wyk, Johann

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This presentation gives an overview of data preservation, what data preservation is, why data should be preserved, steps that should be taken to preserve data, metadata for preservation, levels of digital preservation, what should be preserved, and institutional readiness for data preservation.

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Presentation at the NeDICC Workshop on Data Preservation, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa, 15 February 2017

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research data management life-cycle, processes, data preservation, definition, Reasons, stakeholder requirements, preservation steps, metadata, levels of digital preservation, preservation file formats, what should be preserved, institutional planning, institutional readiness

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