Migration
1 Definition
Transfer of digital information to new hardware or software environments to preserve it and overcome technological obsolescence, excluding format conversion as reprocessing.
Notes
The transfer of digital information, while intending to preserve it, within the OAIS. It is distinguished from transfers in general by three attributes: • a focus on the preservation of the full information content; • a perspective that the new archival implementation of the information is a replacement for the old; and an understanding that full control and responsibility over all aspects of the transfer resides with the OAIS.
Examples
Sources
- CEOS/WGISS/DSIG/GLOS
- CEOS EO Data Stewardship Glossary
- NESDIS Data Management Lexicon and Related Terms
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