[game_preservation] Project proposal: citation/catalogue standards

[Andrew Armstrong]

So, what, you mean a Mobygames-like database? a set of XML files - one 
for each game? a ISBN-like book system? or a library "library of 
congress style" categorisation system?

Or all of these?

It'd be certainly something that would be useful. I'm interested to know 
exactly what you mean, and have a comparable example to look at copying 
from. There's no need to reinvent the wheel after all :)

Andrew

Devin Monnens wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> Coming close to the end of the white paper project, I've got another 

> proposal to consider. This is in regards to the development of a 

> standards system for cataloguing and citing videogames. I know the 

> Game Journalists group has their own system in the works, and I think 

> that the catalogue system for archives could have affinities with 

> citation standards. I spoke with archivists at a couple universities 

> in Japan, one of which has begun their own catalogue system.

>

> The game catalogue would eventually be used to produce a 'master list' 

> of games (say a sum of all products) that can be used for citation and 

> archival. At this point, it is just metadata, but it is also a tool 

> that can be used for preservation purposes by giving a list of actual 

> works. Something like this could be very helpful for preservation.

>

> One of the first steps is determining what information needs to be 

> included in the catalogue, and I think a good bit of this would 

> involve cooperation from existing archives and catalogues, as well as 

> help from the International Game Journalists. Ideally, I think this 

> would be a system that could be used effectively by libraries, 

> archives, academics, and journalists.

>

> -Devin Monnens

>

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