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Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories

Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories . Preserv Project Presented by Steve Hitchcock Intelligence Agents Multimedia Group, School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS), Southampton University DCC Workshop on the Long-term Curation within Digital Repositories

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Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories

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  1. Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories Preserv Project Presented by Steve Hitchcock Intelligence Agents Multimedia Group, School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS), Southampton University DCC Workshop on the Long-term Curation within Digital Repositories Cambridge, 6 July 2005

  2. Abstract Preservation scenarios are often based on hypothetical situations, generalised applications such as digital libraries or cultural heritage organisations, or on specific applications such as digitisation. This presentation will consider the emerging but real scenario of preservation in the context of institutional repositories (IRs), being investigated by the JISC Preserv project. While on the surface this particular scenario may not seem to differ significantly from others, we will build a picture of relationships between repositories and preservation service providers to reveal what differences there may be with other scenarios and to understand the implications. We will use this analysis to inform the capture of some preservation metadata from IRs through the user deposit interface, perhaps the most critical data capture point in the IR preservation chain. Some initial ideas on formalising these IR preservation elements will be proposed for consultation, with a view to learning from, and possibly contributing to, the standard reference in this area, currently the PREMIS Working Group Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata.

  3. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005

  4. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Preservation

  5. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Preservation storage media, media refreshing, reformatting, backups and disaster recovery, environment, audit, security, preservation strategy, migration, technology preservation, emulation, records management, etc.

  6. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Preservation storage media, migration, etc. Preserv partner British Library

  7. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Preserv partner British Library Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  8. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Institutional repository Eprints.org, DSpace, FAIR, JISC DRs Preserv partner British Library Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  9. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. Preserv partner British Library Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  10. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author User/reader Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. Preserv partner British Library Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  11. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author User/reader Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. Preserv partner British Library Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  12. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author User/reader Machine interface OAI Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. Preserv partner British Library Preservation service providers Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  13. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author User/reader Machine interface OAI Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. “Access is still not the primary purpose of a preservation system” Cornell OAIS tutorial Preserv partner British Library Preservation service providers Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  14. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author User/reader Machine interface OAI Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. Preserv partner British Library Preservation service providers Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  15. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author User/reader M I/F(OAI) Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. M I/F Preserv partner British Library Preservation service providers Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  16. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author User/reader Machine interface OAI Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. Preserv partner British Library Preservation service providers Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  17. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author User/reader IR author deposit interface Machine interface OAI Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. Preserv partner British Library Preservation service providers Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  18. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author User/reader IR author deposit interface Machine interface OAI Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. “It is important to build the concept of preservation from the outset" (JISC Circular 4/04) Preserv partner British Library Preservation service providers Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  19. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author User/reader Eprints deposit interface Machine interface OAI Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. Preserv partner British Library Preservation service providers Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  20. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author User/reader Eprints deposit interface Machine interface OAI Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. Contents of IRs Many types of digital objects, formats Versioning issues, some duplication Different degrees of moderation: institutional membership is selection baseline Preserv partner British Library Preservation service providers Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  21. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author F o r m a t User/reader IR author deposit interface Machine interface OAI Format ID TNA + Pronom Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. Preserv partner British Library Preservation service providers Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  22. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author F o r m a t User/reader IR author deposit interface Machine interface OAI Format ID TNA + Pronom Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. Influence/feedback Preservation storage media, migration, etc. Preserv partner British Library Preservation service providers

  23. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author F o r m a t User/reader IR author deposit interface Machine interface OAI Format ID TNA + Pronom Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. Preservation storage media, migration, etc. Preserv partner British Library Preservation service providers

  24. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author F o r m a t User/reader IR author deposit interface Machine interface OAI Format ID TNA + Pronom Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. Stakeholders • Users • IR managers • and admins • Heads of • institutions • Research • funders • Course • leaders • Teachers • Education • funders Preserv partner British Library Preservation service providers Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  25. Connecting IRs (content providers) and preservation services • How far can we apply the OAIS model across our IR-preservation model? • How can we embrace preservation metadata in this model? • To what extent do these apply just to the preservation component? It looks as if many of the ideas focus on the preservation archive rather than the content provider • How can we connect content providers with preservation services?

  26. “Preservation metadata is seldom shared across organizations” Clifford Lynch "there has been some useful work done on metadata standards for preservation, although that work is not highly advanced. Part of the problem is that a lot of the work on preservation metadata has given rise to organizational guidance, the kinds of things you should think about as you attach metadata to objects when you want to preserve them, rather than hard specifics that would be more typical in interchange format, because preservation metadata today is seldom shared across organizations.“ * Since this talk was given there has been a great deal of progress in relevant areas here. I would point the interested reader at the work on METS, PREMIS, and the NISO Still Image Technical Metadata draft standard Preserving Digital Documents: Choices, Approaches, and Standards, Law Library Journal, 96 (4), 2004 http://www.aallnet.org/products/2004-40.pdf

  27. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 OAIS model This model is not very different from the schematic sketched for Preserv, especially in terms of the core components – Ingest, Data Management, Archival Store, Access – but how effectively can OAIS be applied across different organisations?

  28. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author F o r m a t User/reader IR author deposit interface Machine interface OAI Format ID TNA + Pronom Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. Stakeholders • Users • IR managers • and admins • Heads of • institutions • Research • funders • Course • leaders • Teachers • Education • funders Preserv partner British Library Preservation service providers Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  29. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 From Digital Preservation Management, 4B. The OAIS Reference Model. A Cornell tutorial http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/dpworkshop/working/index.html

  30. OAIS information model: AIP • Archival Information Package (AIP): • Content Information • Original target of preservation • Information Object (Data Object & Representation Information) • Preservation Description Information (PDI) • Other information (metadata) "which will allow the understanding of the Content Information over an indefinite period of time“ From Michael Day, Categories, uses and challenges of metadata and process documentation http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/preservation/presentations/2005/delos-summerschool/slides.ppt

  31. OAIS information model: PDI Preservation Description Information Reference Information Provenance Information Context Information Fixity Information PDI Preservation Description Information (Figure 4-16) From Michael Day, Categories, uses and challenges of metadata and process documentation http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/preservation/presentations/2005/delos-summerschool/slides.ppt

  32. A suggestion • PDI – or somewhere - ought also to indicate what you want to do with the object, and perhaps act as the basis of selection for preservation services. What isn't clear is how these features could be incorporated.

  33. Preservation metadata PREMIS = Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies Preservation metadata = "the information a repository uses to support the digital preservation process" The PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata (May 2005) http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/pmwg/

  34. PREMIS data model Intellectual entities Rights Agents Objects Events

  35. PREMIS Data Dictionary, v 1.0 • Defines semantic units for Objects, Events, Agents and Rights • Object: objectIdentifier, preservationLevel, objectCategory, objectCharacteristics (format, significant properties, etc.), creatingApplication, storageMedium, environment (dependencies, hardware and software details, etc), relationship, … • Event: eventIdentifier, eventType (from a controlled list, e.g. ingestion, migration, normalization), eventDateTime, eventDetail, eventOutcomeInformation, linkingAgentIdentifier, … • Agent: agentIdentifier, agentName, agentType, … • Rights: permissionStatement, …

  36. Limits to scope of PREMIS dictionary • Does not focus on descriptive metadata • Domain specific and dealt with by many other schemes • Does not deal with technical metadata for all different types of digital file (left to format experts) • Does not consider in detail the business rules of a repository, e.g. roles, policies, and strategies (but this could be added to data model)

  37. Resonance Points raised by PREMIS that have resonance for Preserv are: • "Questions about business plans, policies, preservation strategies, as well as metadata" • "Recognition of the need for automatic capture of metadata

  38. Some questions • Is there a need or scope for Preserv to describe semantic units within the PREMIS data dictionary that may be relevant to preservation metadata for IRs? • Is what we need already included? For example, might the result of interaction with Pronom produce data residing in the Object entity (but noting PREMIS "Does not deal with technical metadata)? • Which other entities might we contribute to? Events is one possibility. It's possible that some information we'd like to capture, e.g. funder, might fall within the scope of the Intellectual entity, which is outside the scope of PREMIS.

  39. Preserv, Capturing preservation metadata from institutional repositories, DCC, Cambridge, 6 July 2005 Deposit IRs, Eprints.org, DSpace, etc. Access User/author F o r m a t User/reader IR author deposit interface Machine interface OAI Format ID TNA + Pronom Preserv partners eprints.soton Oxford Univ. Stakeholders Q. Preservation metadata or Selection metadata? • Users • IR managers • and admins • Heads of • institutions • Research • funders • Course • leaders • Teachers • Education • funders Preserv partner British Library Other preservation service providers Preservation storage media, migration, etc.

  40. Preservation metadata or selection metadata? Who are the key stakeholders in selecting materials to preserve? Institutions – selection by admission to IR, or other criteria? Research funders – preserve outputs of a funded programme Authors – objective or subjective? Preservation business models for IRs: perhaps the answer lies in who pays?

  41. Credits • Southampton University Les Carr, Tim Brody, Jessie Hey, Steve Hitchcock • British LibraryRichard Boulderstone, Adam Farquhar, Richard Masters • National ArchivesAdrian Brown • Oxford University David Price, Frances Boyle, Neil Jefferies, Michael Popham

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