Oct. 26, 2004
DLF-PREMIS
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Background
•March 2000: OCLC and RLG jointly sponsor international working group on preservation metadata
•Identify key issues/challenges
•Seek consensus on recommendations and best practice
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•White paper (January 2001)
•Defined preservation metadata; role in preservation process
•Reviewed/synthesized existing preservation metadata schemes
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•Preservation metadata framework (June 2002)
•Comprehensive description of types of information constituting preservation metadata
•Based on OAIS information model
•Set of “prototype” preservation metadata elements