InterPARES 1 and 2 (1999 - 2006)
The InterPARES (International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems) Project is a major international research initiative in which archival scholars, computer engineering scholars, national archival institutions and private industry representatives are collaborating to develop the theoretical and methodological knowledge required for the long-term preservation of the authenticity of records created in electronic systems. The InterPARES Project is based in the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at the University of British Columbia.
The first phase of the project, InterPARES 1, began in 1999 and was concluded in 2001.
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has granted a second phase of the InterPARES Project. InterPARES 2: Experiential, Interactive and Dynamic Records began on January 1, 2002 and will continue until December 31, 2006. Although based on the findings of the original InterPARES Project, InterPARES 2 is dramatically innovative in several ways:
- it will address issues of reliability and accuracy in addition to issues of authenticity, where InterPARES 1 was only concerned with authenticity;
- it will address them throughout the records' life-cycle (from creation to permanent preservation), where InterPARES 1 was concerned with non-current records destined to permanent preservation;
- it will focus on records produced in new digital environments, experiential, dynamic, and interactive, where InterPARES 1 was concerned with records generated in databases and document management systems; and its object will be records resulting from artistic, scientific and government activities; whereas InterPARES 1 was concerned with records resulting from administrative and legal activities.
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