New publication from the UKDA and TNA
23 September 2005
The UKDA is pleased to announce the publication of Assessment of UKDA
and TNA Compliance with OAIS and METS Standards resulting from a recent
collaboration between the UKDA, The National Archives (TNA) and the
Estonian Business Archive.
The publication, and the work on which it is based, was made possible
following an award from the JISC under its Institutional Digital
Preservation and Asset Management Programme.
The award enabled the UKDA and TNA to test their compliance with the
Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model and allowed each
organisation to place a recognised seal of approval on established
practices and systems. It also enabled the two organisations to compare
their preservation practices within a common framework: an opportunity
that was particularly timely because, in January 2005, the UKDA was
appointed as a legal place of deposit for TNA.
The award provided the opportunity for the two organisations to explore
the value of the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) for
a digital archive and to review the application of METS at the UKDA and
at TNA.
By recording the experiences of, and methodology for, assessing
organisational correspondence with the OAIS Reference Model, the report
aims to be of use to other organisations that might want to undertake a
similar exercise. It can contribute to any future adaptation of the OAIS
model to the JISC Information Environment.
The report can be downloaded as a PDF or paper copies can be requested
from the UKDA.
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?ID=1452
Anne Etheridge
Promotions/Publicity Coordinator
UK Data Archive - a service provider for the Economic and Social Data
Service (ESDS)
University of Essex
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