Practice question · Put in order
Arrange these stages of caring for a code-based work in order.
- Document the intent, not only the implementation
- Assess whether emulation or migration is appropriate
- Record what changed and why, for the next custodian
- Rebuild the work on a current platform
- The original platform becomes unavailable
Hints
- Documentation happens while the work still runs.
- Recording the changes closes the cycle for whoever comes next.
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- Document the intent, not only the implementation
- The original platform becomes unavailable
- Assess whether emulation or migration is appropriate
- Rebuild the work on a current platform
- Record what changed and why, for the next custodian
Why
The first step has to happen while the work still runs, which is why it is so often missed, nothing appears to be wrong. By the time the platform is unavailable, the information needed to rebuild the piece may exist only in the memory of whoever made it.
Practise Multidisciplinary Processes
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