Technology & Tools Flashcards

Which of the following is the most appropriate audio preservation format for digitizing analog sound recordings according to current archival standards?

Answer: Broadcast WAV (BWF) at 96 kHz/24-bit

Broadcast WAV (BWF) at 96 kHz/24-bit is the preferred archival audio format because it is lossless, uncompressed, and embeds technical metadata within the file header.

What is the primary function of a Trusted Digital Repository (TDR) audit as defined by ISO 16363?

Answer: To assess whether a digital repository meets defined criteria for reliable, authentic, and secure long-term preservation

ISO 16363 provides a framework for auditing digital repositories to certify their trustworthiness in preserving digital content reliably and authentically over time.

In digital archiving, what does the term 'ingest' refer to within the OAIS model?

Answer: The workflow by which digital content is transferred into a preservation system, validated, and transformed into an Archival Information Package

Ingest is the OAIS functional entity that receives Submission Information Packages, performs quality checks, and produces Archival Information Packages for storage.

Which technology allows archivists to search the full text of scanned documents by converting image-based text into machine-readable characters?

Answer: OCR (Optical Character Recognition)

OCR software analyzes scanned images of printed text and converts them into machine-readable text, enabling full-text search and indexing.

An archivist discovers that a collection of floppy disks cannot be read by any current hardware. This situation exemplifies which digital preservation challenge?

Answer: Technological obsolescence

Technological obsolescence occurs when the hardware or software required to access digital media or file formats is no longer available or supported.

Which linked data framework is increasingly used by archives to publish descriptive metadata as structured data on the web, improving interoperability with search engines and other repositories?

Answer: Schema.org / RDF

Schema.org and RDF (Resource Description Framework) enable archives to publish structured linked data that search engines and other systems can consume directly, enhancing discoverability.

What is the purpose of an 'Archival Information Package' (AIP) in the OAIS reference model?

Answer: A standardized digital package containing the content and all associated metadata needed for long-term preservation

An AIP is the OAIS-defined package held in storage that bundles a digital object with all descriptive, preservation, and provenance metadata required to maintain it over time.