[Workshop] Internet Data Trust: Preserving the Internet’s Historical Data Legacy
An Internet Data Trust (IDT) is an institution for Internet data preservation, built in the public interest and based on the principles of collaboration, ethics, and sustainability.
Details
The objectives of the workshop will be to:
- Introduce participants to the concept of an IDT.
- Provide an overview of the century-scale preservation goals of the trust, and its technical, operational, governance, financial, and legal dimensions.
- Solicit brief presentations from key institutions about the scale, scope, and challenges of maintaining and utilizing long-term historical datasets in the here and now.
- Brainstorm points of intersection and identify forms of support that would be most useful to member institutions in ensuring the long-term sustainability of a community preservation effort.
- Envision strategies for connecting broader research communities to Internet historical data as part of an Internet Data Trust’s mission.
Note: This training is available in-person and virtually.
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Agenda
14:00–14:45 Welcome and Overview of IDT
14:45–15:45 Institutional Perspectives
15-20 minutes apiece from institutions about the nature and depth of their historical datasets, and their pain points in preserving them
15:45–16:15 Break
16:15—17:00 Supporting Preservation
Attendees brainstorm descriptions of the kinds of support (financial, procedural, advocacy, awareness) that a Data Trust could provide to support their preservation efforts today.
17:00—17:30 New Research Horizons
Attendees envision ways in which a Data Trust might enable new kinds of research audiences to connect to preserved data in the coming century, in the public interest.
17:30—18:00 Next Steps
Organizers
Internet Society Pulse and Internet History Initiative (Jim Cowie)