The durability of works using real time devices is undermined by the rapid obsolescence of computer programs. Faced with this problem, a few initiatives exist, such as the Pure Data Repository, which makes emblematic works rewritten with relatively durable IT tools available, because they are located in the Open Source domain. International projects, such as the ANR CASPAR project, have provided the expertise of digital data archivists, seeking to apply the recommendations of the OAIS in the fields of music. They make it possible to perpetuate file formats, document technological devices, develop an organology of electronic instruments, ensure the playability of the electronic musical instrument and preserve audio and video documents of public performances. The Gamelan or ReKall projects have enabled the development of tools to document the genesis of works. The MUSTICA and then Sidney environments developed at IRCAM, for their part, focused on archiving geared towards the possibility of continuing to play works.
The objective of this project is to go further, by benefiting from the knowledge, even the tools developed in these previous projects. It will make available to the public and professionals a collaborative, Open Source database, allowing and guaranteeing the authenticity and sustainability of the musical repertoire using whatever digital technologies they may be.
The objective of the project is the development of an online application allowing the documentation, distribution and preservation of repertoires of musical works using electroacoustic and digital means.
The "Antony" software environment is intended to be a collaborative platform for cultural organizations and creators and will offer on the one hand a metadata editing interface documenting digital musical works according to a dedicated data model and, on the other hand, a repository system for hosting, versioning and sharing the digital content defining these works. The system will thus improve the sustainability, research and dissemination of the music repertoire using digital technologies while simplifying the modes of sharing and traced and versioned reuse of content between users. This project requires the development of a web application to manage this documentation database and the digital repository of computer music programs associated with the works.