Digital obsolescence avoidance systems and methods
OwnerLinda Tadic, David Margolis +1inventors
InventorsLinda Tadic, David Margolis, Diana Eppstein
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Abstract
Digital obsolescence avoidance systems and methods may determine an obsolescence vulnerability for a digital object. A digital obsolescence avoidance system may include a validation system and an obsolescence vulnerabilities system. The validation system may be configured to receive metadata for the digital object and to determine a digital object kind for the received metadata. The obsolescence vulnerabilities system may be configured to determine one or more dependencies for the determined object kind, to determine an obsolescence vulnerability based on the determined one or more dependencies, and to provide output related to the determined obsolescence vulnerability.
Claims12
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by at least one processor result in a digital obsolescence avoidance method, the method comprising:
- receiving metadata for a digital object;
- determining a digital object kind for the received metadata;
- determining one or more dependencies for the determined digital object kind including one or more format values, one or more software values, one or more OS values, and one or more hardware values;
- determining an obsolescence vulnerability based on the determined one or more dependencies by calculating an obsolescence vulnerability score from the one or more format values, the one or more software values, the one or more OS values, and the one or more hardware values, wherein the obsolescence vulnerability score is correlated to the obsolescence vulnerability;
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- providing output related to the determined obsolescence vulnerability, wherein the output is an updated digital object which is less vulnerable to obsolescence.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by at least one processor result in a digital obsolescence avoidance method, the method comprising:
- receiving a digital object;
- validating an object kind for the received digital object;
- determining one or more format values for the validated digital object;
- determining one or more software values for the validated digital object;
- determining one or more operating system (OS) values for the validated digital object;
- determining one or more hardware values for the validated digital object;
- determining an obsolescence vulnerability for the validated object kind based on the one or more format values, the one or more software values, the one or more OS values, and the one or more hardware values;
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- providing output related to the determined obsolescence vulnerability, wherein the output includes recommendations for mitigating or remedying any obsolescence vulnerabilities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.