Date   : Wed, 04 Dec 2002 22:58:46 +0100
From   : "Isabel & Robert" <rschmidt@...>
Subject: Re: DIGITAL DOMESDAY BOOK GETS NEW LIFE

> The whole thrust of our work is to move Domesday to a media neutral form
in
> which it can be preserved over time. I've never suggested putting it on a
> DVD. If you have a look at our web site, you'll find lots of info on this.
> The early publications by my colleague Dave Holdsworth are a good place to
start.

We're just dreaming. :-) We know of the copyright issues, but it's hard to
realize the neccessity of preserving something that won't be available to
the general public anyway.  And we know preservation is Camilion's primary
concern, not availability after preservation.  A downloadable DVD image
would be a very attractive way for many of us to experience the fruits of
your work.  Of course, quality would be degraded when compared to the 250 GB
"master preserve", but, as Mr. Gilbert implies, that shouldn't lessen most
people's experience of it.  An experience is better than no experience. :-)

Come to think of it, one might argue that a "lo-fi" DVD version could be
exempt from the copyright, for that very reason (degraded data).

Another idea would be to allow people to run Richard's pumped-up Domesday
BeebEm on their local PCs, with all its requests for LD data routed to a
http (or https) server controlled by Camilion.  The streamed video frames
should adapt to the user's bandwidth, of course...  hmm... I'd better stop
now.

Ah well... maybe I'll come across it in a museum during one of my rare
visits to the UK...


Cheers,
Robert