How is OAIS evolving?
After some reviews about the implementation of the OAIS standard in the real world some are wondering what are the benefits of the concept over the long run:
Tenet of OAIS approach (ISO-14721)
- Self-describing / self-containing information packages contain content and contextual metadata without dependency on databases or technology through time
Pros:
• Interoperability over the long-term and economic benefits in heterogenous digital environments
• Longevity of understandability of business information independent on technology (interfaces)
Cons:
• more effort & complexity to perform
• Definition of the container to submit the package (package type, or SIP)
• Additional step prior to ingest where the database scheme is validated before submission (package)
• No (or very few) proven use cases where advantages of standardization had a substantial impact on economics or interoperability
Some experts from the DCC and DPC in UK have written about this:
After a 5-year report in 2006 (http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/briefing-papers/introduction-curation/using-oais-curation#2),
see: OAIS-REVIEW-2006 (pdf, 212 KB)
Tech watches have been written by Brian Lavoie: Digital Preservation Coalition
http://www.dpconline.org/advice/technology-watch-reports
2014: http://dx.doi.org/10.7207/twr14-02
Interesting also the chapters in the thesis of Anthea Seles from the University College of London.
http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1473881/1/Seles_Anthea_thesis.pdf
see also Foscarini: The information culture challenge: Moving beyond OAIS
https://digitalpreservationchallenges.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/foscarini.pdf
Tenet of OAIS approach (ISO-14721)
- Self-describing / self-containing information packages contain content and contextual metadata without dependency on databases or technology through time
Pros:
• Interoperability over the long-term and economic benefits in heterogenous digital environments
• Longevity of understandability of business information independent on technology (interfaces)
Cons:
• more effort & complexity to perform
• Definition of the container to submit the package (package type, or SIP)
• Additional step prior to ingest where the database scheme is validated before submission (package)
• No (or very few) proven use cases where advantages of standardization had a substantial impact on economics or interoperability
Some experts from the DCC and DPC in UK have written about this:
After a 5-year report in 2006 (http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/briefing-papers/introduction-curation/using-oais-curation#2),
see: OAIS-REVIEW-2006 (pdf, 212 KB)
Tech watches have been written by Brian Lavoie: Digital Preservation Coalition
http://www.dpconline.org/advice/technology-watch-reports
2014: http://dx.doi.org/10.7207/twr14-02
Interesting also the chapters in the thesis of Anthea Seles from the University College of London.
http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1473881/1/Seles_Anthea_thesis.pdf
see also Foscarini: The information culture challenge: Moving beyond OAIS
https://digitalpreservationchallenges.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/foscarini.pdf
jhagmann - 4. Mai, 10:53
