The main section below, Topics in Digital Preservation of Knowledge, argues that the technical component of digital preservation research and development should focus on the design and management of digital objects [OE]hardened[base '] for durability. It leads to today[base ']s most difficult conceptual question: [base "]How can today[base ']s information producers represent their output so that its eventual consumers might be able to understand the meanings that these producers intend to convey?[per thou]
To suggest how to proceed towards practical digital preservation, this section combines prior DDQ material with analyses of economic projections and technical trends. For research into answering the difficult conceptual question, we believe that the soundest foundation is early 20th century theories of empirical knowledge. We identify seminal works that collectively seem a sufficient basis[~]works by Wittgenstein, Carnap, Quine, Popper, and Nimmer. We recommend specific ideas from these sources as starting points for research into preserving knowledge. Dr. Henry Gladney's latest newsletter on Basic Topics in Digital Preservation of Knowledge
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