Re: [CODE4LIB] Preserving Digital Objects with Descriptive Metadata

2016-05-16 Thread Andrew Weidner
Hi Rosalyn, Yes, I see the RDF and EAD preservation ingests as text files. The key affordance of this model, in my mind, is flexibility. Metadata producers can create and maintain their data in systems designed for that purpose on a schedule that is decoupled from preservation ingest for digital

Re: [CODE4LIB] Preserving Digital Objects with Descriptive Metadata

2016-05-12 Thread Rosalyn Metz
in the preservation space you describe, the files would presumably be small text files. if that's the case it might be useful to ask, what would keeping the metadata separate from the content files afford you? On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Andrew Weidner wrote: >

Re: [CODE4LIB] Preserving Digital Objects with Descriptive Metadata

2016-05-09 Thread Andrew Weidner
Thanks for your replies, Stuart and Brian. The information you provided got me to thinking more generally about what comprehensive preservation could look like for the digitized cultural heritage materials we are managing. As a content administrator for an access repository, I am primarily

Re: [CODE4LIB] Preserving Digital Objects with Descriptive Metadata

2016-03-23 Thread Brian Kennison
>> >> How do others approach this problem? Are there recognized best practices to >> adhere to? >> I’m still trying to put the CDL model into practice. < https://confluence.ucop.edu/display/Curation/D-flat > And Stanford has similar but different model <

Re: [CODE4LIB] Preserving Digital Objects with Descriptive Metadata

2016-03-21 Thread Stuart A. Yeates
There is a standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Archival_Information_System Which leads to software like fedora commons. There is also archive.org. For a low annual subscription you can have fine-grained control over regular harvests of your web spaces (including password protected web

[CODE4LIB] Preserving Digital Objects with Descriptive Metadata

2016-03-21 Thread Andrew Weidner
Hi Code4Lib, We are in the process of designing new workflows for preservation and access of our digital stuff, and I'd like to get a sense of how people understand digital objects in the preservation space. My gut tells me that it might be useful for future digital archivists/archaeologists to