Tradition Archives and the Challenges of the Digital World: from Exclusive Rules Towards Networks and Contexts
Tradition Archives and the Challenges of the Digital World: from Exclusive Rules Towards Networks and Contexts

Summary/Abstract: At the beginning of the 20th century, international indexing and cross-referencing type-systems were developed for folklore archiving and research that later advanced to international standards in tradition archives, but they were not compatible with the general archival rules and practices. At present, during the digital age of 21st century, a need to participate in creating interoperable archival standards has emerged. Archival and cultural theories have proceeded from the postmodern era towards the requirements of the digital network society. This paradigm shift calls for measures for creating new standards and rules for the archival world, and a new understanding of the word context in the archival terminology. Furthermore, an integration of the archives, museums and libraries in developing search portals and solutions of Linked Open Data is at stake right now. In the digital age the keywords for the collecting institutions include: network, context, interoperability, and integration.

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