A DPC Technology Watch Report on new developments in preservation metadata. Written by Richard Gartner and Brian Lavoie this second edition focuses on PREMIS implementations, including revisions of the Data Dictionary, packaging (with a focus on METS), tools and other implementation resources.
Creation of Master Archive Package (MAP)
This webinar recording describes the process of creating a MAP (Master Archive package) JPEG2000 archival element in the Fraunhofer JPEG2000 software suite and discusses the benefits and drawback of this process and the use of MAPs as a standard for the preservation of digital film. While DCP (Digital Cinema Package) is a universally adopted format for digital film distribution, many …
The Role of Standards for the Preservation of Audiovisual Material
This webinar is an introduction to standards in the context of audiovisual preservation. It will start with basics on what standards are, how they are created and which purposes they serve. The webinar will discuss the potential benefits of using standards in audiovisual preservation as well as the additional efforts that may be needed. Moreover it will spot some potential …
Digital Preservation Sound and Vision: Policy, Standards and Procedures
The purpose of this document is to contribute to the development and promotion of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid) as a leading audio-visual archive that has identified sustainable digital preservation as its primary business. With that in mind, this document explicitly outlines all principles and choices that form the basis for execution …
BIBFRAME AV Assessment: Technical, Structural, and Preservation Metadata
The report was prepared by Kara Van Malssen and Bertram Lyons of AVPreserve under contract to the Library of Congress. The report studies the state of technical, structural, and preservation metadata for audiovisual resources in the bibliographic environment. This paper makes recommendations about the extent to which BIBFRAME might support the expression of this type of information and where other metadata standards could be used. Because audiovisual …