Rethinking how to shape a new matrix for the protection and retention of cultural heritage

Abstract

Institutional repositories are currently evolving into a single core of digital collections. Necessary for this evolution is the task of charting the principles used in creating a matrix, which can be derived from the rules for the preservation of cultural heritage in order to endure over the course of time. These principles should be derived in such a way that they develop far beyond what the usual technology-dependent advice and methods would. Technologies come and go, but preservation is a task that should be carried out independently of the currently common line of thinking. Technology with know-how in preservation matters is only one aspect. Preservation is a cultural mission, which must guide our actions. The code that we select in the task of preservation, makes our culture bound behavior reproducible.