Hi Miguel, DSpace was built more as a generic "institutional repository" system (or general repository).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_repository By default, DSpace is more built around the following best practices/models for archival information systems / repositories: * Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OAIS * Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification (TRAC) criteria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustworthy_Repositories_Audit_%26_Certification However, as neither of the above guidelines are specific "system standards", DSpace is just built keeping these best practices in mind (e.g. TRAC is not limited to a specific technology/system, but rather extends well beyond to funding models, organizational support, etc. These are obviously areas outside of DSpace as a system. So, no software can claim to be "TRAC-compliant", but software can be built keeping in mind these best practices.) So, DSpace does not seek to meet all records management standards, as it is not an out-of-the-box records management system. It may be possible to modify DSpace to support records management, but that may require a lot of local customization work. (I'm not sure exactly how hard that would be as I'm not a records management expert -- but maybe others on this list would have a better idea.) To answer your second question about metadata. DSpace does support custom metadata schemas (you can create your own), but internally it does not currently support XML-based metadata (like EAD). Out-of-the-box DSpace only supports qualified Dublin Core. You can import/export metadata in some XML-based formats, but when the metadata is stored in DSpace itself it is always translated into a qualified Dublin Core structure (so depending on the metadata schema, some specificity may be lost). If you have other questions, feel free to ask this list! - Tim On 8/19/2011 6:41 AM, Miguel A. Robledo wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I need to implement DSpace for archiving valuable documents in the > environment of government. > > I know there are standards such as ISO 15489 records management or the G-ISAD > for archival description, but wanted to know if anyone has done anything > like this or suggest any idea. > > I also wanted to know if is possible combine with the Dublin Core metadata > with ISAD-G or EAD or is it preferable to adopt a single metadata schema. > > Regards, > > -- > Ing. Miguel A. Robledo > > Dirección Provincial de Gobierno Digital > Tucuman 2657 1º Piso - Santa Fe > Teléfono: 0342-4508704 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, > user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take > the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the > tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 > > > > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
