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Towards a national web in a federated

country: a Belgian case study

NetLab: Workshop on National Webs, Aarhus 8-9 December 2016

Sally Chambers, Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities, DARIAH-BE

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Belgian web

NetLab: Workshop on National Webs Aarhus 8-9 December 2016

Source: https://www.dnsbelgium.be/en

History of the Belgian web


Source: https://www.dnsbelgium.be/en/history

Archiving the Belgian web


Source: http://www.belgium.be/en/about_belgium/government/federale_staat

Archiving the Belgian web: the regions


Source: http://www.belgium.be/en/about_belgium/government/regions

Archiving the Belgian web: communities


Source: http://www.belgium.be/en/about_belgium/government/communities

Belgian web


Geographic Distribution

Source: https://www.dnsbelgium.be/whois/stats

Belgian web


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Belgium/

Wayback Machine Beta: Content Language Determination



Source: http://www.pdg.be



Royal Library of Belgium National Archives of Belgium

•Belgian legal deposit law (1965, 2008) •Preserve all types of documents

a) Published in the Belgian territory b) Published abroad by Belgians

•Websites as ‘publications’ (like books, periodicals etc) •Once part of the legal deposit publications can not be removed •Is web-archiving ‘depositing’? •Web-archiving as part of the KBR’s mission?

•Federal law on archives (1955) •Preserve documentary heritage of the federal public authorities •Archival lifecycle (includes retention and distruction) •‘Information produced bypublic authorities and published through digital media (internet, intranet extranet, social media)

Archiving the Belgian web: Legal deposit


Source: http://www.kbr.be/nl/wet-van-8-april-1965-tot-instelling-van-het-wettelijk-depot

Archiving the Belgian web: Federal Archival Law


Source: http://www.arch.be/docs/loi_archives_1955_2009.pdf

Archived Belgian web


Source: https://web.archive.org/web/19980129080139/http://www.kbr.be/

Royal Library of Belgium website 29 January 1998



Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20080817080448/http://www.kbr.be/

Royal Library of Belgium website 17 August 2008



Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20161108032422/http://www.kbr.be/language_selection

Royal Library of Belgium website 8 November 2016



Source: https://eservices.minfin.fgov.be/taxonweb



Source: https://eservices.minfin.fgov.be/taxonweb (German)



Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillarisation#Institutions_by_pillar_with_their_ethnic_divisions



Source: http://collection.amsab.be/10796/7DD4D6BB-868D-49C9-BCDC-39431D3FE2B0



Source: https://web-beta.archive.org/#/search/site:be



Source: https://web-beta.archive.org/#/search/site:be



Source: http://be.dariah.eu

Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD)?





Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20161208072122/http://be.dariah.eu

PROMISE: PReserving Online Multiple Information: towards a

Belgian StratEgy


Royal Library of Belgium (Project Coordinator)

National Archives of Belgium

Research Group for Media and ICT and Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities

Research Centre on Information, Law & Society

Unité de Recherche et de Formation en Sciences de l’Information et de la Documentation (URF-SID)


Belgian StratEgy a) Identify current best practices in web-archiving and apply

them to the Belgian context

b) Pilot Belgian web-archiving c) Pilot access (and use) of the pilot Belgian web aerchive for

scientific research

d) Make recommendations for a sustainable web-archiving service for Belgium


PROMISE Work Packages


•WP1: Web-archiving: State-of-the-art (KBR) •WP2: Definition of a Belgian policy for web-archiving (AGR) •WP3: Piloting web-archiving in Belgium (URF-SID, MICT & GhentCDH) •WP4: Recommendations for sustainable web-archiving in Belgium (KBR) •WP5: Dissemination, Valorisation and Coordination (KBR)



•WP1: Web-archiving: State-of-the-art (M1-M3) •T1.1 Review of existing web-archiving projects •T1.2 Analysis of legal frameworks for web-archiving •T1.3 Analysis of the implementation of legal frameworks for web-archiving •T1.4 Analysis of existing technical solutions for web-archiving

Reviewing existing web-archiving projects


Source: https://archive.org/details/InternetArchiveStakeholdersConsultationFindingsPublic

•Legally, Technological, Organisationally •National Libraries, e.g. :

•Netherlands •France •Germany •British Library

•Countries where National Libraries and Archives Work Together •Other Federal Countries, e.g. Switzerland



•WP2: Definition of a Belgian policy for web-archiving (AGR) (M4-M10)

•T2.1 Analysis, typology and classification of ‘Belgian web information’ •T2.2 Analysis of legal framework for ‘Belgian web information’ •T2.3 Proposals for a global Belgian web-archiving strategy •T2.4 Selection criteria for appraisal methods •T2.5 Analysis of user requirements for a Belgian web archive

Belgian web


Source: https://www.dnsbelgium.be/en

Plus Missing websites, e.g. : be.dariah.eu (N.B. Zonefiles)

Belgian web


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Belgium/

Wayback Machine Beta: Content Language Determination



•WP3: Piloting web-archiving in Belgium (URF-SID, MICT & GhentCDH) (M9-M18)

•T3.1 Selection of web content for the pilot Belgian web-archive (Snapshot, Selective, Event) •T3.2 Selection of tools / collecting model •T3.3 Harvesting the web-content •T3.4 Piloting access to (and use of?) the Belgian web-archive for scientific research (Case Studies) •T3.5 Evaluation of the pilot web-archive



Source: https://archive-it.org

Archiving the Belgian web: Event-based


Source: http://www.dekrook.be/tijdslijn

Archiving the Belgian web: Research Case Studies


Source: http://www.netlab.dk/research/projects/network-analysis-of-the-danish-parliamentary-elections-2007-2011/

Research Case Study ?


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Belgian_federal_election

Research Case Study?


Geographic Distribution

Source: https://www.dnsbelgium.be/whois/stats

Research Case Study?

Database of Southern Dutch Dialects

www.wvd.ugent.be



•WP4: Recommendations for sustainable web-archiving in Belgium (KBR) (M12-M24)

•T4.1 Legal considerations concerning access to web-archives •T4.2 Business model development •T4.3 Legal recommendations for web-archiving •T4.4 Technical and functional requirements for an operational web-archiving system for Belgium •T4.5 Definition of procedures



•WP5: Dissemination, Valorisation and Coordination (KBR) (M1-M24)

•T5.1 Dissemination activities (internal and external communication) •T5.2 Valorisation activities (Publications, Conferences & Workshop and Concluding Colloquium) •T5.3 Coordination and Management

Connecting to the community


Source: http://resaw.eu

Source: http://www.netpreserve.org


Belgian StratEgy

Making the PROMISE to archive the Belgium web come true …

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Belgian StratEgy

Making the PROMISE to archive the Belgium web come true …

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NetLab: Workshop on National Webs, Aarhus 8-9 December 2016

Sophie Vandepontseele, Royal Library of Belgium

[email protected]

Sally Chambers, Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities,

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