Dear Corey,
I have been aware of PREMIS for awhile, though my attempt
to get up to speed last November was frustrated when the
PDF file of the OCLC/RLG survey report did not print out
here (the technicians at OCLC figured it was a European/US
incompatibility, itself a bit worrying from a preservation
standpoint...).
So I feel should know this already, but will ask anyway:
What is the basic context of the current call for comments?
The draft at http://premis.lib.uchicago.edu:8888/premis/53
looks like it should be the starting point for review, but
the document itself does not have a date, authors, links to
previous versions, or an explanation of its status (at least
not in the header). Skimming through the Introduction and
Conclusion, I see that some of this context is explained
there, but not (at least, not obviously) in answer to my
basic question of what the review is meant to do and what
the status of the ultimate deliverable would be.
On the face of it, I take this to be the report of a Working
Group, and after review that report would be finalized --
as a report. If it is more than a report -- i.e., if it is
already considered a specification advancing towards a sort
of standardization -- then I would want to look at it even
more closely from a number of standpoints.
On one level, it would appear to constitute another "core
of elements" in the vocabulary landscape (alongside DC,
FOAF, SKOS, and others), so I would want to understand
better the underlying data model, maintenance policies,
use of identifiers, and such. For example, there has been
a very lucid and long-overdue discussion this past week on
DC-ARCHITECTURE about the subtle difficulties of mixing and
matching "properties" (in an RDF sense) with "elements"
(in the XML sense) in an open Semantic Web environment,
and I would want to understand where PREMIS stands in that
regard.
However, I'm expecting that such a close reading would
take some time and possibly raise significant issues,
and the deadline is less than a week away. In sum -- and
again, I feel I should already know this -- but what is the
significance of the February 25 deadline with regard to the
long-term standardization (assuming that is the goal) of a
PREMIS data dictionary?
Tom
On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 09:40:05AM -0800, Corey Harper wrote:
> It occurs to me that I volunteered to coordinate this group's comments on
> the PREMIS Report and Element Set during the DC meeting in Shanghai.
>
> I'm guessing some of you may have already responded directly to Rebecca per
> her 1 Feb. email. If anyone is still looking to comment, I'd gladly
> summarize any comments that are submitted to the list, so long as they come
> through a couple of days prior to next Friday's deadline.
>
> I plan to finish working through the draft documents with some colleagues
> here, who are also on the Preservation WG Listserv, and hope to have my own
> set of comments ready by Friday as well.
>
> Alternately, it looks like we do have a Wiki set up
> (http://dublincore.org/preservationwiki) and this kind of collaborative
> group review process seems like it might be well suited to the Wiki
> environment. There may be some concerns about using it for this purpose,
> as it doesn't seem to be pass-worded or otherwise secured. Then again, it
> isn't linked from anywhere either, so it's unlikely that anyone outside of
> this group will accidently stumble across it.
>
> Let me know what you all think, and as I said, I'd be happy to help
> facilitate getting group comments together.
>
> My apologize for not making this offer on list sooner.
>
> Sincerely,
> -Corey
>
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> Corey A Harper
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>
> At 02:20 PM 2/17/2005, you wrote:
> >This is a reminder that comments are due on the PREMIS work next
> >week. Original date was Feb. 21, but we will extend that until
> >Fri. Feb. 25.
> >
> >There is now a section on the PREMIS final report page that lists the
> >changes that we know are needed in the final report and data dictionary.
> >
> >Thank you for your input.
> >
> >Rebecca
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> >---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 17:27:37 -0500 (EST)
> >From: Rebecca S. Guenther <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: PREMIS final report and data dictionary
> >
> >We are pleased to announce the initial completion of the PREMIS final
> >report and data dictionary. These documents are for review by the PREMIS
> >Working Group, Advisory Commitee, and other invited experts before a more
> >general world-wide review. The documents still require final editing and
> >formatting. There are 3 documents:
> >
> >1. PREMIS Final Report
> >This narrative gives a summary of the activities of the PREMIS working
> >group and is an introduction to the PREMIS data dictionary. It explains
> >many of the decisions that the Core elements subgroup made when developing
> >the data dictionary, details the data model used, and defines
> >terminology. It should be read prior to reviewing the data dictionary.
> >
> >2. PREMIS Data Dictionary
> >This document is a complete specification of data elements (called
> >"semantic units") that make up this core preservation metadata element
> >set. It includes element names, definitions, applicability, repeatability,
> >obligation, examples, creation/maintenance notes, and usage notes. The
> >data dictionary is organized by type of entity, as explained in the data
> >model.
> >
> >3. Examples
> >There will be selected full examples for various types of digital objects.
> >This section is not yet completed, but will be shortly. We will announce
> >the availability of the examples in a separate message.
> >
> >To access the documents go to:
> >http://premis.lib.uchicago.edu:8888/premis
> >This site is password protected.
> >Login: premis
> >Password: promise
> >Then click on Review Draft of PREMIS Final Report
> >
> >How to send comments
> >Comments may be sent to this list (premis-all or DC preservation). If you
> >prefer, you may send personally to Rebecca Guenther ([log in to unmask]) and
> >Priscilla Caplan ([log in to unmask]).
> >
> >Deadline
> >Please send all comments within 3 weeks, by Feb. 21.
> >
> >Thank you all for your participation.
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