Automated Validation of Trusted Digital Repository Assessment Criteria
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Author(s)
Smith, MacKenzie
Date Issued
September 2007
Publisher
Texas Digital Library
Citation
Moore, R., Smith, M., "Automated Validation of Trusted Digital Repository Assessment Criteria". Journal of Digital Information 8(2), 2007.
Abstract
The RLG/NARA trusted digital repository (TDR) certification checklist defines a set of assessment criteria for preservation environments. The criteria can be mapped into data management policies that define how a digital preservation environment is operated. We explore how the enforcement of these management policies can be automated through their characterization as rules that control preservation services. By integrating a rule-based data management system with the DSpace digital archive system, we expect to demonstrate automated audits of the TDR checklist for a defined set of local policies. The system is sufficiently general that one can also demonstrate the completeness and self-consistency of preservation environments. This is the concept that all required preservation metadata are controlled by management policies, and that for each management policy the required preservation metadata are preserved.
Subjects
digital preservation
digital curation
digital archives
trusted digital repositories
data lifecycle management
rule-based data managment
policy expression
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