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The BBC Domesday Project has some remarkable content, containing observations on life from an extraordinary range of people at the time it was made. I recently

by b800h 3y ago

The BBC Domesday Project has some remarkable content, containing observations on life from an extraordinary range of people at the time it was made. I recently read an entry from a child of the age I would have been at the time, talking about "milk time" (if anyone remembers that) and the school day. It was fascinating. It was brought back online for a while, but I can't seem to find it, the BBC have archived the page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/domesday https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/domesday

dharmab 3y ago
It is ironic and tragic that the original Domesday Book has lasted nine centuries and the Domesday Project is struggling to last four decades.
- jl6 3y ago
  The Domesday Project came from the early years of mass computing, when we (collectively) hadn’t yet learned some important lessons about data management. I think experiences like this project are one of the reasons we are better at digital preservation now. The main risks to data durability are no longer technical, but social - neglect, for example.
- b800h 3y ago
  "The great silence"
- lordelph 3y ago
  It was available online at http://www.domesday1986.com/ http://www.domesday1986.com/ but this now redirects to https://www.domesday86.com/ https://www.domesday86.com/ (which references the duplicate project in the linked repo) I remember participating in the Domesday Project in the eighties when I was in primary school, and it inspired me to help set up similar project in 2005 (https://www.geograph.org.uk https://www.geograph.org.uk). At the time, we were in contact with the BBC to see if we could incorporate the Domesday data, and while they were warmly receptive to the idea, they concluded the legal framework under which the original data was collected did not allow for much flexibility in re-purposing it.

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The BBC Domesday Project has some remarkable content, containing observations on life from an extraordinary range of people at the time it was made. I recently

by b800h 3y ago

dharmab 3y ago
It is ironic and tragic that the original Domesday Book has lasted nine centuries and the Domesday Project is struggling to last four decades.
- jl6 3y ago
  The Domesday Project came from the early years of mass computing, when we (collectively) hadn’t yet learned some important lessons about data management. I think experiences like this project are one of the reasons we are better at digital preservation now. The main risks to data durability are no longer technical, but social - neglect, for example.
- b800h 3y ago
  "The great silence"
- lordelph 3y ago
  It was available online at http://www.domesday1986.com/ http://www.domesday1986.com/ but this now redirects to https://www.domesday86.com/ https://www.domesday86.com/ (which references the duplicate project in the linked repo) I remember participating in the Domesday Project in the eighties when I was in primary school, and it inspired me to help set up similar project in 2005 (https://www.geograph.org.uk https://www.geograph.org.uk). At the time, we were in contact with the BBC to see if we could incorporate the Domesday data, and while they were warmly receptive to the idea, they concluded the legal framework under which the original data was collected did not allow for much flexibility in re-purposing it.