Contents:
- Executive Summary
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. State of the Art: Architecture
- 3. State of the Art for Submission Information Package (SIP) 4. Submission Information Package (SIP): Wrapper Specification
- 5. Reference Architecture
- 6. Conclusions
- References
This deliverable presents a technical analysis and abstract design of the software framework for the OAIS based PrestoPRIME Preservation Platform. The framework should not be considered exhaustive nor frozen as it will evolve during the project’s duration. It is a reference software specification and technical language as well as design practices are commonly used.It includes a State of the Art section for architecture, outlining designs of similar projects; a State of the Art section for Submission Information Packages (SIP) which includes a general discussion on Information Packages and provides some SIP examples from related projects and institutions; a section for the specification of PrestoPRIME SIP that includes a METS wrapper; and the architecture analysis and design, which is the core part of the document. It is not a complete SOTA on digital preservation, the architecture is described from a software point of view. The conclusions include a table summarizing the development scenarios and how they are covered by the proposed architecture.
This technical deliverable offers a good OAIS based analysis of the preservation system issues to be resolved specifically inherent to the life cycle management of audiovisual digital objects. The reference architecture section is quite technical; the two state of the art sections are accessible to the non-technician researching digital preservation projects. The detailed SIP analysis section clearly demonstrates the complexity of packaging audiovisual digital objects and the section on the proposed implementation of a METS wrapper provides good detail. Also of interest is how the architecture proposes to incorporate SLA management, another research area within the PrestoPRIME project. Given the technical nature of the report, it is probably more interesting for those with a secure technical background in digital preservation management.