Vulnerable
Digital materials are listed as Vulnerable when the technical challenges to preservation are modest but responsibility for care is poorly understood, or where the responsible agencies are not meeting preservation needs. This classification includes Lower Risk materials in the presence of aggravating conditions.
Cloud Storage
Materials routinely copied or backed up to an independently managed, off-site data storage facility and able to be restored under contractual terms
Current Hard Disk Technologies
Materials saved to storage devices with a variety of underlying magnetic or solid-state (flash) technologies that are hardwired into a computer still under warranty or supported: typically hard disks that are less than five years old.
Local Network Storage
Materials routinely copied or backed up to locally managed data storage facilities and able to be restored under institutional service arrangements.
Documents presented in PDF (Portable Document Format) format (ISO 32000:1 and ISO 32000:2) and other data wrapped inside them, including all variants and versions, including PDF/A.
Pension, Mortgage and Insurance Records
Records of transactions for long-lived financial products and services contracted between individuals and corporations. These records typically contain or depend on significant amounts of personal information and outlast the infrastructure on which they were created.
Published Research Data Appended to Journal Articles
Closed research data sets produced and documented in accordance with good practice and appended to a journal article or transferred to a repository that does not have sufficient subject-matter expertise or funding commitment to ensure reliable or ongoing preservation for the long term.
Published Research Papers
Completed research papers published in serials, monographs or theses which fall under specific collecting policies of research libraries or archives and are managed through dedicated repository infrastructures.
Recently Commissioned or Completed Media Art
Media art currently displayed in a gallery or in the process of being displayed.
Research Data Published through Repositories
Research data published through digital repositories or other services providers with specialist skills to manage the data and an ongoing commitment to ensure preservation.