Upcoming GIPWoG meeting: February 2nd, 2006 at the Government Printing Office (GPO).

"Optical medium may only last 3 years according to its detractors or it may last in excess of 300 years according to some media claims. How does the professional archivist sort through the rhetoric to find data to support the packaging claims?" - Jathan Edwards (Imation) will answer this question on February 2nd.

Agenda:

Date: February 2nd, 2006.
Location: Government Printing Office (GPO), 732 North Capitol St. NW, Washington, DC. 20401. [www.gpo.gov/contacts.htm]
Room: Carl Hayden Room (Building A).
Time: 9:30am to 12:30pm followed by a discussion lunch.

We request that if you plan to attend, please email ollie@nist.gov with your name/organization as well as the names of others attending with you.

Presentations:

9:30am to 9:40am: Introductions.

9:40am to 11:00am:
Secure Disc Storage Session:

Nobu Nishimoto (Ricoh): CryptDisc.
Ricoh will give an overview and demonstration of their CryptDisc technology. The CryptDisc technology allows users to write secure data to any optical disc and limit access to that disc to only those who possess a separate encrypted key. The disc can be for individual use or part of a secure data storage system. CryptDisc has been developed in response to the rapid development of central data control, solving the problem of data transportation and security. Ricoh is a copy, printer and fax machine company and also an optical disc manufacturer. Ricoh have been involved in the development optical media for more 25 years and have released reliable and long life optical products. For more information about Ricoh, visit http://www.ricoh.com/.

Chris Goewey (GE): GE SecurOQ.
GE Plastics will present the properties of their counterfeit-resistant media, SecurOQ*, and demonstrate a detection device that authenticates this media before burning content. SecurOQ is used commercially for counterfeit prevention of music download at kiosk. GE Plastics is a division of General Electric. The Global Marketing group develops and commercializes resin solutions to solve "real world" problems in optical media. For more Information, visit http://www.geplastics.com/

11:00am to 11:30am
Jathan Edwards (Imation): Distinguishing an Archival Grade Optical Medium.
Optical medium may only last 3 years according to its detractors or it may last in excess of 300 years according to some media claims. How does the professional archivist sort through the rhetoric to find data to support the packaging claims? This presentation walks through the methodology prescribed in ISO18927:2002-- the only currently recognized testing standard for recordable optical media lifetime. The results presented have been compiled by Imation to support an archival grade optical product for both 52X CDR and 16X DVD+R with media lifetime determinations exceeding 50 years. US-based Imation Corp (NYSE: IMN) is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of magnetic and optical removable data storage media. Additional information about Imation is available on the company's website at http://www.imation.com/ , or by calling 1-888-466-3456.

11:30am to 11:40am (Break)

11:40am to 12:30pm
Wo Chang (NIST): Virtualization Framework for Digital Data Preservation and Migration
Digital data preservation and migration impacts all levels of government agencies due to the rapidly advancement of technology from the digital world that we are living in. To access these valuable and non-replaceable data, it often requires the same physical system hardware, operating system, and application software to view the data. In order to preserve and migrate these legacy data, a virtualization framework is under development and evaluation. The idea behind the virtualization framework is to provide a virtual environment to package the data out of their actual operating environment. This approach will enable the legacy data to be operated more effectively and efficiently as new technologies become available a way for preservation and migration. This presentation offers the virtualization framework and its strategy for digital data preservation and migration, and demonstrates an early implementation of the virtualization framework testbed from the system and data content perspective.

Bios:
Nobu Nishimoto is the product manager of CryptDisc Technology for the Ricoh company.

Chris Goewey is the project leader for the Optical Media Development Center in Pittsfield, MA.

Jathan Edwards is a Senior Optical Physicist with over 21 years experience with optical systems and recording technology with 3M and Imation. He has been granted more than 40 US and foreign patents and currently coordinates the Archive Optical Media development within the Optical Differentiation laboratory at Imation’s World Headquarters in Oakdale, Mn..

Wo Chang is the manager of the Digital Media Group of Information Access Division from Information Technology Laboratory at National Institute of Standards and Technology. His research interests include audio, video, multimedia synchronization, and content metadata description technology.

Directions to GPO: [www.gpo.gov/contacts.htm]
The GPO is just several blocks north of the Capitol Building on North Capitol St. between G and H Streets. The GPO consists of four buildings, three on the west side of North Capitol and one on the east. The main building is located on the corner of North Capitol and H St.
Arriving by train: The GPO is located just three city blocks from Union Station. Union station is a focal point of transportation in Washington DC with a Metro stop on the red line and an Amtrak station, which is the last stop for Maryland’s MARC commuter trains and Virginia’s VRE trains.
Arriving by bus: There are a variety of bus stops near Union Station. Also, there are several bus stops located directly in front of the GPO. You can find schedules at http://www.wmata.com/.
Arriving by car: There are several parking lots located near the GPO buildings. Temporary one-day parking permits will be available to visitors after 9 a.m. from the GPO police officer stationed at the 35 H Street entrance. Visitors requiring parking accommodations prior to 9 a.m. must contact the Parking Manager prior to their visit to the GPO. The Parking Manager can be reached at 202.512.1084.

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GIPWoG mission:

To provide government agencies with information to make informed decisions for using digital storage technologies in digital data storage or preservation strategies.

GIPWoG Goals

• Act as a liaison/meeting place between government users and the optical storage technology industry.
• Inform government users of the current state-of-the-art in optical storage technology.
• Highlight optical storage technology research relevant to government users.
• Serve as a forum for government users to share digital data preservation issues and strategies.
  

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