How PREMIS can be used
§For
systems in development
as a basis for metadata definition
§For
existing repositories
as a checklist for evaluation
It
seems that often people say they aren't ready to implement PREMIS yet, but they don't
seem to realise they are already collecting some of the same information that PREMIS describes. The metadata is the same
because it is often common sense that it is needed in a repository
system. PREMIS can be useful to point out a few extra areas they
perhaps hadn't thought of yet.