I agree with Merrilee that provenance is too loaded to use, though also don't have the perfect term. Any of the others proposed would work fine, though I confess a personal affection for "digiprocess" just for the rhythm of the word! Terry On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 12:20:25 -0700 Merrilee Proffitt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I can't suggest the perfect term, but I will weigh in AGAINST > provenance. Preservation or process are fine with me. But I sill never be > able to explain this "special" use of the word provenance to my rare book, > archives, and museum pals. > > Merrilee > > At 04:20 PM 6/8/2001 -0400, you wrote: > >Jerry and Nancy Hoebelheinrich: Thanks for the notes about "provenance" > >and "process." It is difficult to come up with the perfect word, hence > >this exchange. > > > >One version of the OAIS definition for provenance is this: "Provenance > >Information describes the source of Content Information, who has had > >custody of it, what is its history." (from a 1999 PowerPoint from the > >OAIS guys) This may cover a bit more ground than what we had in our > >processMD, which was focused on the chain of events that transformed X > >without attempting to offer a full description of X. > > > >We worry less about the fit to the OAIS dictionary than the possible > >terminological dissonance with our colleagues in libraries, archives, > >and (above all) museums, where _provenance_ has a special meaning that > >may lead to confusion here. > > > >Thus Nancy's suggestion of a combined term like "preservprocess" may > >have merit. There is logic to a term that expresses our wish to embrace > >BOTH preservation-meaning-reformatting and > >preservation-including-digital-migration. But the logic of this term > >may not outweigh its phonemic disadvantages. Meanwhile, one of our > >colleagues suggested alternates along the lines of "digiprov" or > >"digiprocess." > > > >Dear readers! Can anyone suggest the perfect term? > > > >Carl Fleischhauer > >Library of Congress Terry Ryan Assoc University Librarian for Info Technology 11334 University Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles CA 90095-1575 310/825-1201 [log in to unmask]