The Mailbag Project<https://archives.albany.edu/mailbag/spec/> is excited to announce the draft release of the Mailbag Specification 0.1<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X7pOHxxzZl6PyMAJWd7bIR11rE4FlKty3J7oI6ghAKo/edit> with an open call for comments!
The Mailbag Specification aims to provide a structured and actionable package based on the Bagit Specification<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8493> to preserve email using multiple preservation formats. Any feedback is welcome, though are a number of issues in particular that we have created GitHub issues for that we're looking for further comments on: * Can/should a mailbag contain multiple email accounts?<https://github.com/UAlbanyArchives/mailbag/issues/2> * Can a mailbag be used to package multiple versions of email, such as for weeding or redactions?<https://github.com/UAlbanyArchives/mailbag/issues/3> * Will a mailbag include descriptive metadata?<https://github.com/UAlbanyArchives/mailbag/issues/4> * Will a Mailbag include PREMIS events?<https://github.com/UAlbanyArchives/mailbag/issues/5> * Use of mailbag.csv<https://github.com/UAlbanyArchives/mailbag/issues/6> * Use of original filenames<https://github.com/UAlbanyArchives/mailbag/issues/7> * Will mailbag use EA-PDF?<https://github.com/UAlbanyArchives/mailbag/issues/8> * Use of personas<https://github.com/UAlbanyArchives/mailbag/issues/9> * Line endings and encoding for tag files<https://github.com/UAlbanyArchives/mailbag/issues/10> In addition to commenting on Github you are also welcome to comment directly on the specification Google Doc<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X7pOHxxzZl6PyMAJWd7bIR11rE4FlKty3J7oI6ghAKo/edit>. General feedback is great, and it's even more actionable for us if you offer specific user stories or make connections to the project personas<https://archives.albany.edu/mailbag/personas/>! Gregory Wiedeman University Archivist M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives University at Albany, SUNY [email protected] 518-437-3936
