arsip-indonesia.org: Project showcase, knowledge sharing, and democratized archives
arsip-indonesia.org is a curated project showcase managed by PT Aliz Dinamika, featuring real-world implementations of archival solutions by Indonesian institutions. Every project and data set is published with explicit client consent, ensuring ethical and transparent use of archival materials.
Knowledge sharing: building a collaborative archival community
The portal is designed not just to display projects, but to actively foster knowledge sharing among archival professionals and the public. This is achieved through:
- Open Access to Best Practices: Showcasing how leading institutions manage, digitize, and preserve their collections, providing practical models for others to follow.
- Sharing Workflows and Experiences: Detailed case studies allow other organizations to learn from real implementation challenges and solutions, accelerating collective learning.
- Community Engagement: The platform encourages dialogue and exchange, supporting both formal and informal knowledge transfer in the archival sector.
Democratizing archives: making heritage accessible
arsip-indonesia.org is committed to democratizing access to Indonesia’s archival heritage by:
- Centralizing Diverse Collections: Bringing together materials from multiple institutions, making them accessible to a broader audience.
- Bilingual and Inclusive Design: Supporting both Indonesian and English, and accommodating regional languages and scripts, to reach all segments of society.
- Public Participation: Enabling researchers, students, and the general public to explore, study, and engage with Indonesia’s cultural memory, regardless of location or institutional affiliation.
- Transparency and Consent: Ensuring that all published data is shared with full client approval, respecting privacy and data ownership while broadening access.
The power of MAIS-(M)DWS
MAIS-(M)DWS is a robust platform that elevates the archival experience on arsip-indonesia.org with advanced digital capabilities:
Powerful search and text access
- Full-Text Search: Enables users to search within the content of documents, newspapers, and manuscripts, not just metadata. Search terms are highlighted directly in the text, making it easy to locate relevant information quickly.
- Advanced Filtering: Users can filter search results by collection, material type, date, and custom fields, supporting both broad exploration and precise queries.
- Flexible Sorting: Results can be sorted based on various criteria, such as relevance, date, or collection, enhancing research efficiency.
Broad digital file support
- Multi-Format Compatibility: Supports a wide range of digital file types, including images (JPEG, TIFF, JPEG2000), documents (PDF, XML), audio, and video files. This ensures that all kinds of heritage materials, from photographs to films are accessible and viewable online.
- Integrated Viewer: Features an intuitive viewer for documents and newspapers, allowing users to zoom, rotate, adjust contrast, and download files as needed. OCR-processed documents are fully searchable and navigable
Contact and participation
Institutions interested in featuring their projects, learning more, or joining the knowledge-sharing community can contact PT Aliz Dinamika through the portal.
arsip-indonesia.org stands as a living gallery of Indonesia’s archival excellence. Demonstrating the power of shared knowledge and democratized access to heritage, all managed with integrity and client consent.
In the realm of digital preservation, ensuring the longevity, authenticity, and usability of digitized cultural heritage is paramount. Implementing internationally recognized standards, such as Metamorfoze, FADGI, and ISO 19264-1 is essential for achieving these goals. Below, we explore what these standards are and why they are critical for any institution committed to safeguarding digital assets.
Understanding the standards
Metamorfoze
- Origin: Developed by the Netherlands’ national program for the preservation of paper heritage.
- Scope: Focuses on the digitization of two-dimensional materials—books, manuscripts, newspapers, photographs, and more.
- Key Principle: Digital images must be of such high quality that they can serve as true replacements for the originals, which are often withdrawn from use after digitization.
- Quality Tiers: Defines three levels: Extra Light, Light, and Strict, tailored to the preservation needs and intended uses of the digitized material.
FADGI (Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative)
- Origin: A U.S. initiative started in 2007 to harmonize digitization practices across federal agencies and cultural institutions.
- Scope: Provides comprehensive guidelines for digitizing still images, audio-visual content, and textual records.
- Key Principle: Emphasizes measurable image quality, color accuracy, resolution, file formats, and metadata to ensure digital replicas are faithful to the originals.
- Star System: Rates image quality from one to four stars, with four stars representing the highest level of fidelity and suitability for long-term preservation.
ISO 19264-1
- Origin: Developed by the International Organization for Standardization to unify and standardize image quality assessment for cultural heritage imaging.
- Scope: Sets out requirements and best practices for the creation, storage, and retrieval of digital images, ensuring their authenticity, integrity, and accessibility.
- Key Principle: Provides a globally recognized framework for consistent, high-quality digital imaging, facilitating interoperability and long-term preservation.
Why implement these standards?
1. Ensuring consistency and quality
- Standards provide objective, measurable criteria for image quality, color fidelity, and resolution, ensuring that digitized materials are accurate and reliable representations of the originals.
- Consistent application of these standards enables institutions to produce digital assets that meet international benchmarks, enhancing credibility and trust.
2. Facilitating long-term access and preservation
- High-quality digital replicas reduce the need to handle fragile originals, thereby protecting them from further damage.
- Standards like ISO 19264-1 and FADGI ensure that digital files remain accessible, authentic, and usable over time, even as technology evolves.
3. Supporting interoperability and collaboration
- Adhering to recognized standards makes it easier to share, exchange, and aggregate digital collections across institutions and borders, fostering collaboration and resource sharing.
- Standardized metadata and file formats enable seamless integration into digital repositories and discovery platforms.
4. Streamlining workflows and compliance
- Standards guide digitization workflows, from capture to quality control, reducing errors and inefficiencies.
- They also help organizations meet regulatory and funding requirements, as many grants and institutional policies mandate compliance with established digitization standards.
5. Enhancing usability and future-proofing
- By following these standards, institutions ensure that digital assets are not only preserved but also searchable, accessible, and usable for diverse audiences now and in the future.
- This future-proofs collections against obsolescence, ensuring ongoing relevance and value.
Comparison table: Metamorfoze, FADGI, and ISO 19264-1
| Standard | Origin | Quality Tiers | Focus Areas | Key Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metamorfoze | Netherlands | Extra Light, Light, Strict | Image quality, replacement | Faithful replacement of originals |
| FADGI | USA | 1–4 Stars | Resolution, color, metadata | Measurable, scalable image quality |
| ISO 19264-1 | International | Level C, B, A | Global harmonization | Standardized, interoperable digital imaging |
Conclusion
Implementing Metamorfoze, FADGI, and ISO 19264-1 standards is not just a technical choice. it is a commitment to the authenticity, longevity, and accessibility of our shared digital heritage. By adopting these frameworks, institutions can ensure their digitization efforts are robust, credible, and future-ready, ultimately serving both present and future generations
In an era where data moves at the speed of light and heritage risks being lost in the digital noise, one company stands firm as the bridge between Indonesia’s past and its digital future: PT Aliz Dinamika.
Founded in 2013, PT Aliz Dinamika is rooted in a rich legacy. It emerged from the renowned DASA Project, a groundbreaking initiative launched in 2010 by The Corts Foundation and Indonesia’s National Archives (ANRI). The project digitized more than 1.1 million pages of VOC (Dutch East India Company) archives. Bringing centuries of historical records out from the shadows and into the public digital realm. Since then, PT Aliz Dinamika has grown into a trusted name in archival digitization, preservation imaging, and cultural heritage technology.
What they do best
PT Aliz Dinamika doesn’t just scan documents. They bring dead archives back to life through world-class tools and careful curation. As the exclusive Indonesian partner of i2S Digibook (France) and MAIS Archival Systems (Netherlands), they supply the technology backbone to many of Indonesia’s top archival institutions.
Their services include:
- High-End Digitization using i2S scanners (from A3 to 2A0 size, including SupraScan Quartz and CopiBook series) with preservation-grade quality that meets Metamorfoze, FADGI, and ISO 19264-1 standards.
- Archival Management Software, such as MAIS-Flexis and LIMB Capture, for metadata tagging, digital collection management, and long-term archival access.
- Physical Conservation of fragile documents, maps, and rare manuscripts.
- Training & Technical Support, ensuring clients know how to use tools effectively and maintain archival quality over time.
Projects that make a mark
Over the past decade, PT Aliz Dinamika has been trusted by numerous government, academic, and religious institutions across Indonesia.
Some standout projects include:
- Colonial Archives Digitization: Managing and digitizing historical collections from the colonial era, both in private and government institutions, using preservation-grade workflows and high-end imaging systems.
- Scientific Archives: Digitizing rare glass plate negatives using custom lighting and precision scanning at over 1000 dpi.
- Church & Cultural Archives: Supporting community-led efforts to digitize religious records, old maps, and colonial-era materials in Maluku and Jakarta.
With over 30 completed projects, 20+ institutional clients, and millions of documents preserved, PT Aliz Dinamika has become a go-to name for any institution serious about preserving history.
The vision behind the mission
What sets PT Aliz Dinamika apart is it’s dual commitment to technical excellence and cultural responsibility. Their work isn’t just about machines; it’s about memory, identity, and resilience. Every scan, every line of metadata, every restored page is a small act of historical justice.
In a world chasing the next big thing, PT Aliz Dinamika reminds us that the future is only strong when its roots are deep.
Want to collaborate?
Whether you’re a museum, archive, university, or government agency, PT Aliz Dinamika offers consultation, project planning, and hands-on support. From a heritage scanners to digital repository systems, their team is ready to help you turn your physical collections into lasting digital replicas.
