Martin Donnelly
Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:26:41 -0700
I'd third that. Martin Donnelly Curation Research Officer Digital Curation Centre University of Edinburgh martin.donne...@ed.ac.uk www.dcc.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 2714 +44 (0)7853 261 952 If we use time well, it may work for us, not against us. Hedging against uncertainties, postponing decisions when possible, recognizing that benefits, demand, and users will change, anticipating better information over time—these are the habits of mind that mark responsible digital stewardship and will help husband scarce resources while creating enough flexibility for bold moves and rescue of endangered assets when that becomes necessary. - Blue Ribbon Task Force, Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-Term Access to Digital Information On 14 Jul 2010, at 15:51, Christine Borgman wrote: > thanks, Norman - the astronomy FITS was my assumption also, but it didn't fit > with the context, so I also looked it up. > > If there's time to change the name/acronym, the new "fits" will have much > better takeup and less confusion. > > best, > Christine > > On Jul 14, 2010, at 6:29 AM, Norman Gray wrote: > >> >> Greetings. >> >> (slightly off topic) >> >> On 2010 Jul 12, at 10:44, Swithun Crowe wrote: >> >>> I plan to use FITS (http://code.google.com/p/fits/) >> >> It's rather unfortunate that this library is called FITS, since that makes >> it easy to confuse it with FITS. >> >> FITS, as an archive-quality digital preservation standard, has been around >> for more than 30 years now, and is well known and broadly supported. I >> wonder just how many petabytes of FITS format data there are in the world. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FITS >> http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_libraries.html >> >> And if you do a google search for 'fits', four of the ten hits refer to the >> FITS standard. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Norman >> >> >> -- >> Norman Gray : http://nxg.me.uk >> > > Christine L. Borgman, Professor & Presidential Chair in Information Studies, > UCLA > Homepage: http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/cborgman/ > Publications: http://works.bepress.com/borgman/ > > > >
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