As far we can predict, the future of our archives lies in networked infrastructure and in making data future-proof by ensuring that data sets and metadata meet certain requirements. Many archives do not have the infrastructure to preserve ‘born and reborn’ digital files. Digital Repository Services such as AVAN: Audiovisual Archive Network 25 offer solutions to the archives’ lack of infrastructure, which will aid the archives’ preservation efforts. Furthermore, the development and adoption of a Data Seal of Approval 26 ensures that in the future media art data can still be processed in a high-quality and reliable manner, without resulting in new thresholds, regulations or high costs. Relying on networking and collaboration for media art archives are the challenges for the future.
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http://www.archivenetwork.org.
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http://www.datasealofapproval.org.