<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Preservation without metadata creates a warehouse... > Preservation without metadata creates a warehouse of amnesia. Dates, participants, rights, source links, identifiers, topics, versions, and relationships allow future people and machines to know what an asset is, where it came from, and how it may be used. **Source:** [[livestreams/Reusing Creative Work Across Changing Platforms - Workbook|Reusing Creative Work Across Changing Platforms]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Preservation without metadata creates a warehouse of amnesia. Dates, participants, rights, source links, identifiers, topics, versions, and relationships allow future people and machines to know what an asset is, where it came from, and how it may be used.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-preservation-without-metadata-asset-came-used ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->