PREFORMAINNOVATIONWORKSHOPBotanicalGarden,Padua(Italy),7March2017

Welcome messages

Maristella AgostiInformation Management Systems (IMS)

Research GroupDepartment of Information Engineering

University of Padua, Italy

PREFORMAINNOVATIONWORKSHOPBotanicalGarden,Padua(Italy),7March2017

Welcome

qA warm welcome to everybody in the Botanical Garden of Padua

q Which has been created in 1545 and

q Which is the oldest university botanical garden in the world

PREFORMAINNOVATIONWORKSHOPBotanicalGarden,Padua(Italy),7March2017

Aim of the workshop

qTo highlight

q The importance of standardisation and

q File format validation

qFor the long term preservation of digital cultural content

PREFORMAINNOVATIONWORKSHOPBotanicalGarden,Padua(Italy),7March2017

The aim is achievablebecause we stand on the shoulders of giants

qLong term preservation is possible alsothanks to the relevant discoveries we base our work on, just two relevant examples:

q Coding theory which is a relevant applicationof information theory that involves the quantification of information (Claude E. Shannon)

q The studies of George K. Zipf of statisticaloccurrences in different languages

PREFORMAINNOVATIONWORKSHOPBotanicalGarden,Padua(Italy),7March2017

Achievements that are presented today

qInnovative solutions for the preservationof our cultural heritageq That have been reached thanks to the

cooperation of domain experts together with computer science experts

qProducts (almost ready-to-market) thathave been developed by companies to satisfy the specific requirements of memory institution

PREFORMAINNOVATIONWORKSHOPBotanicalGarden,Padua(Italy),7March2017

Have a good workshop!