VITAL at the National Library of Wales Glen Robson
Plan VITAL Fedora Implementation Preservation Projects
What is VITAL Commercial Repository Supplied by VTLS Fedora with add-ons – Front End – Client – Support
What is Fedora Started as a research project – Cornell University – University of Virginia Prototype 1997 Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture
Implementation Fedora Pilot Jan 2005 – 2006 – Looked at content streams Video Microsoft Office documents Digitised Images Investigated OAIS Looked at digital preservation issues
OAIS Ingest Data Management Data Management Producer Archival Storage Archival Storage Access Consumer SIP AIP DIP Descriptive Info
OAIS Ingest Data Management Data Management Producer Archival Storage Archival Storage Access Consumer SIP AIP DIP Descriptive Info
OAIS Ingest Data Management Data Management Producer Archival Storage Archival Storage Access Consumer SIP AIP DIP Descriptive Info
Preservation Issues Storage Migration / Emulation Locations Managmenet
Storage Digital – Bit safe Tape Storage Optical Tape Storage
Storage Digital – Bit safe Access Copy Tape Storage Optical Tape Storage
Storage Digital – Bit safe Access Copy Copper Room Tape Storage Optical Tape Storage
Storage Digital – Bit safe Access Copy Copper Room Aberystwyth University Tape Storage Optical Tape Storage
Preservation Digital: – Migration Currently migration on ingest Fedora Supports Disseminators (migration on demand) – Emulation? VMware
Locations Digital – URL URLs change Use Handles NLW NumberObject Number
Management Digital:
Management Digital: Archive Copy
Management Digital: Archive Copy Web Copy
Management Digital: Archive Copy Web Copy Thumbnail Copy
Management Digital: Archive Copy Web Copy Thumbnail Copy Metadata
Metadata (METS) METS Header: History of METS document Descriptive Meta Data Details on original file name Relationship information to other objects in Fedora Administrative Meta Data Technical meta data Checksums Relationships between data streams Link to catalogue record in Virtua Digital Providence List of actions that have occurred to the object List of agents - who ran the software and versions of the software used File Sec List of Data streams linking above sections to particular data streams Structural Map First one allows display via a METS viewer type application
VITAL - Media Digital Tape Storage Optical Tape Storage Hard drive 5.25 Floppy Disc 3.5 Floppy Disc
Projects Wills Offair Welsh Journals on line
Wills – Between: 1543 – , 404 Wills 816, 325 Images 3 months to create derivatives 1 month ingest 2.5 Terabytes of derivatives
Offair Record around 1,000 programs a month Record digitally Select programs from a Web Site Records created automatically Automatic ingest
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