Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 Angela Dappert University of Portsmouth Agenda } Digital preservation metadata } Why is it needed and what does it look like? } PREMIS } What is it? } Data model } How to use it } From V2 to V3 2 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 5 August 2016 Agenda } PREMIS } What is it? } Data model } How to use it } From V2 to V3 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 What is digital preservation metadata? } Digital preservation metadata = metadata that is considered necessary to ensure long-term accessibility of digital resources } Digital objects must be self-descriptive } Must be able to exist independently from the systems which were used to create them XML (machine and human readable) 4 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 5 August 2016 DP metadata supports preservation goals Preservation Pyramid (from Priscilla Caplan) Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 Domain 6 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 5 August 2016 Technology dependence No direct access digital Complex environments • Not self-descriptive • Complex formats Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 Technology dependence Metadata: • Format information • Rendering information • Software • Hardware • Other dependencies: schemas, style sheets, encodings, etc. Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 Complex structures Abstract.html TitleContent Page file 1 ContentPage 134 file 136 Ta bl e Abstract.gif OfContent file 2 ContentPage 135 file 137 contents Content file 138 Thumb.jpg PageContent 1 file 3 Page 136 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Metadata • Physical structural relationships • Embedded files • File sequence • Logical structural relationships Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 Supporting features Metadata: Semantic information for the designated community Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 Supporting features Metadata: Semantic information for the designated community 11 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 5 August 2016 Obsolescence -> object transformations Support } Pre-emptive preservation actions } Bit migration } Content migration } Forensic transformation actions 12 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 5 August 2016 Obsolescence / object transformations Goals Metadata } Avoid rights violations } Rights information for preservation actions during copyright / license period } Provenance metadata: } Prove authenticity } History of all actions performed on the resource qEvents qChanges and decisions } History of custodianship qAgents (decision maker + tools used) qDates 13 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 5 August 2016 Obsolescence / object transformations Goals Metadata } Demonstrate degree of } Significant characteristics authenticity = business requirement } Manage potential loss of } Technical and content object characteristics characteristics of objects before and after preservation actions } Business rules guiding } Explain descisions preservation actions q Documentation 14 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 5 August 2016 } Intentional or accidental change Mutability } Decay: rapid and potentially complete Goals Metadata } Viability: the object is } Data carrier metadata readable } Ty pe of medium } Its preservation characteristics } Age of medium } Date of recording } Usage patterns } Checksums, message digests } Fixity: the object is } Event creating them unchanged } Hash algorithms creating them } Date/time } Originator 15 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 5 August 2016 } Intentional or accidental change Mutability } Decay: rapid and potentially complete Goals Metadata } Integrity: the object is } Event information for whole and unimpaired format identification and validation events (= provenance) } Structural metadata } Provenance metadata } Authenticity: the object is what it purports to be } Digital signatures } Access rights 16 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 5 August 2016 recto verso recto verso verso Context descriptions recto verso recto Metadata: Context descriptions • Original source • Related items (e.g. migration source) Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 Agenda } Digital preservation metadata } Why is it needed and what does it look like? } Data model } How to use it } From V2 to V3 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 The PREMIS standard } International standard for metadata to support the preservation of digital objects and ensure their long-term usability. } Information you need to know for preserving digital documents Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies } Developed by an international team of experts. } Implemented in digital preservation projects around the world. } Incorporated into commercial and open-source digital preservation tools and systems. Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 The PREMIS standard } Data Dictionary (PREMIS 2.2) } http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/v2/premis-2-2.pdf } Version 3 will be released this summer – major release } XML schema } OWL ontology } Supporting documentation 20 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 5 August 2016 Activities } The PREMIS Editorial Committee } Coordinates revisions and implementation of the standard } PREMIS Implementors' Group forum ([email protected]) } Email message to [email protected]: Te x t : subscribe pig <your name> } PREMIS Implementation Fair (PIF) } User group meetings (@iPres) 21 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 5 August 2016 Scope } What PREMIS DD is: } Common data model for organizing/thinking about preservation metadata } Implementable } Standard for exchanging information packages between repositories } Te c h n i c a l l y n e u t r a l } Core metadata Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 Scope } What PREMIS DD is not: } Out-of-the-box solution } All needed metadata } Lifecycle management of objects outside repository } Rights management Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 Agenda } Digital preservation metadata } Why is it needed and what does it look like? } What is it? } How to use it } From V2 to V3 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 Data Model in PREMIS Version 2 } Entities: “things” relevant to digital preservation that are described by preservation metadata Entity } Relationships between Entities } Properties of Entities (semantic units) Intellectual Entity Rights Object Agent Representation File Bitstream Event Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 Example: Object Entity semantic units } 1.1 object Identifier } 1.6 original Name } 1.2 object Category } 1.7 storage } 1.3 preservation Level } 1.8 environment } 1.4 significant Properties } 1.9 signature Information } 1.5 object1.5 objectCharacteristics Characteristics 1.5.1 compositionLevel 1.5.2 fixity Object 1.5.3 size 1.5.4 format 1.5.5 creatingApplication 1.10 relationship 1.5.6 inhibitors 1.11 linkingEventIdentifier 1.13 linkingRightsStatementIdentifier 26 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 5 August 2016 Sample Data Dictionary Entry Semantic unit size Semantic None components Definition The size in bytes of the file or bitstream stored in the repository. 1.5 objectCharacteristicsRationale Size is useful for ensuring the correct number of bytes from 1.5.1 compositionLevel storage have been retrieved and that an application has enough room to move or process files. It might also be used 1.5.2 fixity when billing for storage. 1.5.3 size Data constraint Integer Object category Representation File Bitstream 1.5.4 format Applicability Not applicable Applicable Applicable 1.5.5 creatingApplicationExamples 2038927 Repeatability Not repeatable Not repeatable 1.5.6 inhibitors Obligation Optional Optional Creation/ Automatically obtained by the repository. Maintenance notes Usage notes Defining this semantic unit as size in bytes makes it unnecessary to record a unit of measurement. However, for the purpose of data exchange the unit of measurement should be stated or understood by both partners. Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 Agenda } Digital preservation metadata } Why is it needed and what does it look like? } What is it? } Data model } From V2 to V3 Angela Dappert -Digital Preservation Metadata and Improvements to PREMIS in Version 3.0 Tayloring PREMIS to needs } Increasing experience ensuring the longevity of digital objects } Changing future technical possibilities } Changing future legal framework } Tayloring solutions