1. Co-ordinated by aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 How certification fits the APARSEN project Simon Lambert, Simon.Lambert@stfc.ac.ukSimon.Lambert@stfc.ac.uk Scientific Computing Department, STFC, UK APARSEN webinar, December 2013

2. Certification of repositories Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, December 2013 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 What is APARSEN? A Network of Excellence in digital preservation Funded by European Commission - 7th Framework Programme — Digital Libraries and Digital Preservation Runs January 2011 to December 2014 (4 years) Coordinated by Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK)

3. Certification of repositories Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, December 2013 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 Objectives of APARSEN Broad scope - Application domains - Aspects of the problem - Approaches and techniques Defragmentation of effort Leading to a Virtual Centre of Excellence founded on a common vision of digital preservation

4. Certification of repositories Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, December 2013 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 Approach of APARSEN TRUST SUSTAIN ABILITY USABILITY ACCESS Stream 1 Integration Stream 2 Technical research Stream 3 Non-technical research Stream 4 Sustainable uptake

5. Certification of repositories Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, December 2013 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 Why certification? Threats to long-term access and usability of digital data Not only technical issues Data must be held somewhere – in a repository PARSE.Insight’s seven threats The ones we trust to look after the digital holdings may let us down

6. Certification of repositories Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, December 2013 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 Certification to build trust How can we have confidence in the repository? Audit – is the repository doing the right things? But we also want confidence in the audit!

7. Certification of repositories Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, December 2013 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 The role of standards Standards for processes can help to establish: - Completeness of coverage - Uniformity of assessment (within reasonable bounds)

8. Certification of repositories Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, December 2013 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 The role of standards

9. Certification of repositories Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, December 2013 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 Some issues in audit and certification What is the scope of the audit? Who performs the audit? Is there a pass/fail assessment? When should it be repeated? How much does it cost?

10. aparsen.eu #APARSEN Network of Excellence