Contents:
- Introduction
- Preservation
- OAIS
- Authenticity and integrity
- Information packages
- Workflow schemas
- Developing a Preservation Metadata Dictionary
- Important Findings
- To Conclude
- About the Authors
After a short introduction into the role of this audiovisual archive, the authors, who form the core of Sound and Vision’s Information Management Team, describe how the organisation has taken up the challenge to become a trustworthy digital repository (TDR) for Dutch audiovisual cultural heritage collections.The TDR project’s outcome is an Information Model for the Digital Archive of Sound and Vision which formulates a normative answer on how to manage and preserve growing volumes of digital material in a rational and responsible way. This model combines OAIS based processes and PREMIS metadata to meet the specific situations and needs of AV files managed in a dynamic production environment.The paper describes how the combination of workflows, documenting the actions an object undergoes as well as the properties of the objects themselves result in different object types (defined as sets of essence, associated support files and metadata files) in the SIP, AIP and DIP phase. The defined preservation workflow should guarantee the authenticity and integrity of the objects in the repository, via the focus on digital provenance, including quality assurance.The next step towards the status of Trusted Digital Repository will be the certification with the Data Seal of Approval. De Nederlandse versie van deze paper is ook beschikbaar: Preservering van digitale AV-collecties volgens de OAIS standaard: Requirements voor een ‘trusted’ archief.
Concise white paper, sharing practical experiences with the implementation of a TDR that discusses:the guarantees of trustworthiness and long-term preservation that must be met,how the archive provides the end-user with the needed authenticity guarantees andwhat essential questions and issues remain after having defined the OAIS compliant audiovisual archive requirements.Especially interesting is the insight the paper gives in: synchronizing OAIS theory with Sound and Vision practice;the relevance of an Enterprise IT architecture viewpoint, which focuses on the lifecycle management of the data/content as a business process, in contrast with an IT process viewpoint, which focuses on whether specific applications within the IT infrastructure are working properly;the difficulty for project members to translate theoretical processes into archive policy, while still being responsible for their daily work. Relevant for policy makers and archivists responsible for the long-term trustworthiness of their digital AV collections. Also a must read for IT staff in digital archives, as this paper might bridge the gap between ICT workers and archival ambassadors.