{"id":305,"date":"2017-03-03T12:24:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T12:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/highly-relevant\/?p=305"},"modified":"2018-09-18T11:23:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T10:23:10","slug":"impressions-from-idcc17-in-edinburgh-12th-international-digital-curation-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/highly-relevant\/2017\/03\/03\/impressions-from-idcc17-in-edinburgh-12th-international-digital-curation-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Impressions from IDCC17 in Edinburgh (12th International Digital Curation Conference)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The below is a very quick summary of things that I found interesting, remarkable or funny at IDCC17<\/a>. But before I start, a big thank you to Kevin Ashley<\/a> and his team for organising such an interesting event with a varied programme<\/a>! And thanks for all the conference pictures<\/a> on Flickr!<\/p>\n

Surgeons Hall Edinburgh, IDCC17 venue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Monday, 20 February (Workshops)<\/h2>\n

Actually a nice idea to have the conference proper sandwiched between two days of workshops<\/a> which gives attendees the chance to be quite flexible with their time commitment (you need to visit Edinburgh as well while you’re there)! The location was the Surgeons’ Hall<\/a> which is conveniently located for attractions in the Old Town of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

I went to the “Technical Appraisal of Complex Digital Objects in Evolving Environments” workshop run by the PERICLES<\/a> project. PERICLES is a four-year Project\u00a0 funded by the\u00a0European Union which will be finished in March 2017.<\/p>\n

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Simon Waddington (King\u2019s College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The project has the ambitious aim not just to preserve data files, but also the surrounding environment including software, and associated hardware requirements. I enjoyed the discussions about authenticity of objects (how much can you change or convert before you “lose” the original) and identification of videos. But I have to admit that the demo of the Ecosystem tool (using a complex ontology) was a bit too much for my limited understanding. But sometimes it is good to see your limits, so thanks to the presenters from King\u2019s College and the University of G\u00f6ttingen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday finished in style with a drinks reception in the wonderful Playfair Library<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Drinks reception in Playfair Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tuesday, 21 February (Conference)<\/h2>\n

Tuesday started with the keynote “A Process View of Missing Data” from Maria Wolters<\/a> who is a Reader in Design Informatics at School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n