1. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath Funded by: This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc- sa/2.5/scotland/ ; or, (b) send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc- sa/2.5/scotland/ The Digital Curation Centre and the Representation Information Registry/Repository Maureen Pennock DCC, UKOLN CETIS MDR SIG, Bath, 28 June 2006

2. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath Todays Talk The Digital Curation Centre DCC teams & work areas Introduction to Representation Information Overview & benefits of the DCC Representation Information Registry/ Repository (RIR)

3. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath Digital Curation Digital curation, broadly interpreted, is about maintaining and adding value to a trusted body of digital information for current and future use the active management and appraisal of data over the entire life-cycle

4. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath The Digital Curation Centre

5. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath The DCC Launched in 2004 Established to help solve the extensive challenges of digital preservation and curation, and to provide research, advice and support services to UK institutions Consortium project – 4 partners 4 main teams distributed across the 4 UK locations

6. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath Organisation to Engage & Collaborate Industry research collaborators standards bodies testbeds & tools communities of practice: users community support & outreach research development co-ordination service definition & delivery management & admin support Collaborative Associates Network of Data Organisations curation organisations eg DPC

7. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath DCC Outreach Raising Awareness and Dissemination Website ( http://www.dcc.ac.uk ) International Journal of Digital Curation Annual International Conference Understanding Users and their Needs Requirement Gathering Associates Network DCC Forum

8. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath DCC Services Information Services Community-developed Digital Curation Manual Briefing Papers & FAQs Technology Watch, Standards Watch, Legal Watch Case Studies Best Practice Checklists Advisory Services Events: information days, workshops, training Helpdesk Audit and Certification Services

9. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath DCC Research Annotation in Databases Data archiving Socio-economic and legal issues Metadata extraction and curation Ontologies and data dictionaries Provenance and databases Data transformation, integration and publishing Supporting technologies Networks of trusted digital repositories Organisational and cultural challenges to digital curation

10. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath DCC Development DCC Approach to Digital Curation (white paper) – sets out the path for development activities: Monitoring international standards Creating testbeds for digital curation tools Development of recommendations for tools and methods for generating Representation Information Development of a Representation Information Registry/Repository (DCC RIR)

11. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath Representation Information & the DCC Representation Information Repository/ Registry

12. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath Representation Information

13. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath DCC RIR Representation Information Registry/Repository An essential service for institutions managing an OAIS-type repository Envisage network of RIRs Authoritative source of RI for a designated community DCC prototype demonstrator: based on 2 key concepts to facilitate sharing of the curation effort Descriptive label (structural, semantic, other metadata) Curation persistent ID

14. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath RI & RIR High-level view

15. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath RIR development as Registry Interface and protocols – JAXR standard freebXML implementation many access methods URL Web Services API Etc.. Findability Persistent IDs What can we rely on? Labels (to support automated processing)

16. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath RIR development as Repository Trusted repository of Rep. Info Authenticity of information Access control Certificates/Digests Extensibility Distributed/Shared network

17. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath Shared RIR Provides the building blocks for institutions to develop their own RI objects according to the types of data objects they hold Reduces the effort each institution has to expend Benefits all those involved in the life cycle of data objects Data creators Data curators Data re-users

18. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath Benefits for creators & depositors Helps content producers and depositors prepare materials for ingest by: Increasing awareness Facilitating selection process Indicating types of RI to be submitted Minimising required RI through cumulative deposits

19. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath Benefits for curators Availability of a shared RIR offers a broad range of benefits for curators, centres, archives and libraries: Cost reduction in running digital archive Reduces and shares effort Provides tools to work with RI Increases range of formats an archive can curate Extends time for which files can be useful Encourages community building

20. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath Benefits for re-users Availability of the RIR for third-party re-users: Provides trusted, authoritative, secure RI Allows users to rely on the authenticity and integrity of data sources Extends community able to use digital material by enabling a large amount of RI to be searched and retrieved.

21. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath Future developments RIR development activities tracked through http://www.dcc.ac.uk http://www.dcc.ac.uk See also the dcc development wiki: http://dev.dcc.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Main/WebH ome http://dev.dcc.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Main/WebH ome CASPAR project http://www.casparpreserves.org http://www.casparpreserves.org Research programme of the TFPARS

22. a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation CETIS MDR SIG::28 June 2006::University of Bath Further information DCC development website http://dev/dcc/ac/uk http://dev/dcc/ac/uk DCC development listserv DCC-DEVELOPMENT@JISCMAIL.AC.UK DCC-DEVELOPMENT@JISCMAIL.AC.UK DCC website http://www.dcc.ac.uk http://www.dcc.ac.uk

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