An approach for long-term preservation of digital videos based on the extensible MPEG-4 textual format

Long-term preservation of data, and especially the long-term preservation of digital videos is a challenging task. In this paper, we summarize the challenges that need to be addressed in this context. We suggest the use of a high-level file format for the long-term preservation of digital videos. Based on this idea, we introduce an XMT-based approach for the long-term preservation of digital videos in the context of Open Archive Information System (OAIS) infrastructures. The approach makes it possible to archive data in a way that ensures convenient, high quality availability of information with a high degree of authenticity.