Abstract
Web archiving "attivo": preservare portali di ricerca legacy con IA e Docker
I portali legati a progetti di ricerca universitari data-driven sfuggono al web archiving tradizionale: uno snapshot non preserva navigazione, indici e relazioni che ne costituiscono il valore scientifico. Il lavoro propone un approccio di web archiving "attivo", che preserva il servizio nella forma originale, applicato a La fortuna visiva di Pompei (stack PHP/MySQL, frontend PRADO, provider OAI-PMH) progetto avviato dalla Scuola Normale nel 2002. Con un agente di coding basato su LLM (Codex) è stato prodotto in tempi contenuti un rilascio Docker con runtime aggiornato (PHP 8.3, MySQL 8), hardening documentato e valutazione di pubblicabilità con rischi residui esplicitati. Si presentano inoltre due traiettorie evolutive: staticizzazione assistita da IA con navigazione per indici lato client, e archiviazione del dataset su Zenodo riusabile indipendentemente dall'interfaccia.
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Since 2013, Michele Fiaschi has been Head of the Information Systems Service at the Scuola Normale Superiore, a public higher education institution. He coordinates the analysis, design, and development of IT solutions supporting teaching, research, and administrative processes. His experience spans digital transformation, project management, process simplification, and dematerialisation. He is involved in the procurement of institutional platforms and in the applied exploration of automation and artificial intelligence technologies in university and public administration contexts, with a focus on operational sustainability, security, data protection, and accessibility.
Abstract
Active” web archiving: preserving legacy research portals with AI and Docker
Portals linked to data-driven university research projects elude traditional web archiving: a simple snapshot does not preserve the navigation, indices, and relationships that constitute their scientific value. This work proposes an “active” web archiving approach, which preserves the service in its original form, applied to La fortuna visiva di Pompei (PHP/MySQL stack, PRADO frontend, OAI-PMH provider), a project launched by the Scuola Normale in 2002. Using an LLM-based coding agent (Codex), a Docker release with an updated runtime (PHP 8.3, MySQL 8) was produced within a short timeframe, along with documented hardening and an assessment of publishability with clearly stated residual risks. The paper also outlines two evolutionary paths: AI-assisted staticisation with client-side index-based navigation, and dataset archiving on Zenodo, enabling reuse independently of the interface.
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