Digital preservation systems are being researched and studied in academia and government-funded efforts all over the world. However, the actual release of a proven production system is still yet to happen. Some efforts have broken ground and present great potential, but major roadblocks still exist. One such obstacle is the complex data object, similar to what is produced by the DOE2000 Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN). This research effort will focus on determining a methodology for extracting a complex data object from the ELN, and transforming that into a standard digital preservation ingest file. This standard file type will be based on the Library of Congress Metadata Encoding & Transmission Standard (METS) . A METS file serves as a Submission Information Package (SIP) as defined by the Open Archive Information System (OAIS). In addition to the content information, a complete set of Preservation Description Information (PDI) for the content conformation needs to be collected as well in order to create an Archival Information Package (AIP) which will be used for preservation.
Revised: February 20, 2009 |
Published: January 5, 2006
Citation
Flynn D.F. 2006.A Digital Preservation Ingest Parsing Agent for Complex Data Objects. In Emerging Trends and Challenges in information Technology Management: Proceedings of the 2006 Information Resources Management Association Conference, edited by M Khosrow-Pour, 947-950. Hershey, Pennsylvania:Idea Group Publishing.PNNL-SA-46878.