Digitization Priority Score Calculator
Compute a weighted digitization priority score as the weight-normalized sum of significance, condition-risk and demand scores on 0-100 scales.
Description
Calculate a normalized 0–100 digitization priority score from significance, condition risk, demand, and nonnegative relative weights.
Compute a weighted digitization priority score as the weight-normalized sum of significance, condition-risk and demand scores on 0-100 scales.
When to use Digitization Priority Score Calculator
- Calculate a normalized 0–100 digitization priority score from significance, condition risk, demand, and nonnegative relative weights.
- Apply the same explicit rule consistently during ingest, quality control, reporting, or preservation planning.
- Expose records that need human review without silently rewriting the source data.
How the calculation works
Only relative weights matter; multiplying every weight by the same factor leaves the score unchanged, and a zero weight excludes that component.1
score = Σ(weight·component score)/Σweights Interpreting the result
Only relative weights matter; multiplying every weight by the same factor leaves the score unchanged, and a zero weight excludes that component.
Limitations and assumptions
- The three criteria and default weights express a local decision policy, not a universal preservation standard; document governance and review scores for bias.
- Preserve the original value and record the rule version when using this result in an archival workflow.
References
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Digital preservation — Wikipedia contributors
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