The Statistics New Zealand Prototype PREMIS creation tool Euan Cochrane PREMIS Fair October 2009

key points the tool is useful tools like this are relatively simple to create XML is powerful and simple

New Zealand we are here

Archives NZ National Library of NZ Statistics NZ

Digital Continuity Action Plan

1995Background, why? how? A need Few $ No developer resources, little experience

the tool

DROID XML JHOVE XML NLNZ XML Filter Script custom XSLT “XML” file splitter script individual PREMIS “Object” XML files

the XSLT matches on the file paths of scanned objects makes use of (in particular): – the file format info from all tools – the checksums from JHOVE – file extension from NLNZ – environment info from NLNZ – PID and format registry info from DROID

problems/issues 1.limited by the harvesters 2.creates ‘object’ (not ‘PREMIS’) records 3.no GUI (cumbersome) 4.may not be scalable

uses / benefits actually useful / implement in your repository adopt the mappings from the tool outputs simpler than “Fits” and produces PREMIS XML illustrates the power of XML

The tool fulfils a particular need Tools like this are relatively simple to create XML is powerful and simple Key points