Gregor Završnik highlights the difficulties in restoring old data, stating, 'When you finally extracted data from an Excel table, you don't have the context. You don't know what the numbers correspond to, how were they collected, with what level of precision, and if they are authentic.' This underlines the necessity of context alongside data.
The eArchiving initiative aims to enable organizations to avoid retaining obsolete IT equipment by utilizing open formats and metadata for long-lasting data access, as described by Završnik.
Završnik notes, 'At the start of E-Ark, we imagined we'd create a universal format for archiving. But as we progressed, we realized that archives are kept by those who created the data. We need a standard for enterprises to restore their archives after several years.'
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