Digital Preservation Declaration of Shared Values

I'd like to draw your attention to the effort underway by a number of organizations active in digital preservation to agree on a Digital Preservation Declaration of Shared Values:

The digital preservation landscape is one of a multitude of choices that vary widely in terms of purpose, scale, cost, and complexity. Over the past year a group of collaborating organizations united in the commitment to digital preservation have come together to explore how we can better communicate with each other and assist members of the wider community as they negotiate this complicated landscape.

As an initial effort, the group drafted a Digital Preservation Declaration of Shared Values that is now being released for community comment. The document is available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cL-g_X42J4p7d8H7O9YiuDD4-KCnRUllTC2s...

The comment period will be open until March 1st, 2018. In addition, we welcome suggestions from the community for next steps that would be beneficial as we work together.

The list of shared values (Collaboration, Affordability, Availability, Inclusiveness, Diversity, Portability/Interoperability, Transparency/information sharing, Accountability, Stewardship Continuity, Advocacy, Empowerment) includes several to which adherence in the past hasn't been great.

There are already good comments on the draft. Having more input, and input from a broader range of institutions, would help this potentially important initiative.