In 2003 the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and Research
Libraries Group (RLG) established an international working group
to develop a common, implementable core set of metadata elements
for digital preservation. Most published specifications for
preservation-related metadata are either implementation specific or
broadly theoretical. PREMIS (Preservation Metadata: Implementation
Strategies) was charged to defi ne a set of semantic units that
are implementation independent, practically oriented, and likely
to be needed by most preservation repositories. The semantic units
will be represented in a data dictionary and in a METS-compatible
XML schema. In the course of this work, the group also developed
a glossary of terms and concepts, a data model, and a typology of
relationships. Existing preservation repositories were surveyed about
their architectural models and metadata practices, and some attempt
was made to identify best practices. This article outlines the
history and methods of the PREMIS Working Group and describes
its deliverables. It explains major assumptions and decisions made
by the group and examines some of the more difficult issues encountered. (from the article)
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/2448
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