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It is ironic and tragic that the original Domesday Book has lasted nine centuries and the Domesday Project is struggling to last four decades.
by 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 agoThe 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 agoIt 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.