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a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation
CETIS MDR SIG :: 28 June 2006 :: University of Bath
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The Digital Curation Centre and the Representation Information
Registry/Repository
Maureen Pennock
DCC, UKOLN
CETIS MDR SIG, Bath, 28 June 2006
a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation
CETIS MDR SIG :: 28 June 2006 :: University of Bath
Today’s Talk
• The Digital Curation Centre• DCC teams & work areas• Introduction to Representation Information • Overview & benefits of the DCC
Representation Information Registry/ Repository (RIR)
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
a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation
CETIS MDR SIG :: 28 June 2006 :: University of Bath
The Digital Curation Centre
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
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 DataOrganisations
curation organisations eg DPC
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
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 & FAQ’s• Technology Watch, Standards Watch, Legal
Watch• Case Studies• Best Practice Checklists
• Advisory Services• Events: information days, workshops, training• Helpdesk
• Audit and Certification Services
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
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)
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
a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation
CETIS MDR SIG :: 28 June 2006 :: University of Bath
Representation Information
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 RIR’s• 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
a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation
CETIS MDR SIG :: 28 June 2006 :: University of Bath
RI & RIR High-level view
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)
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
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
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
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
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.
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• See also the dcc development wiki:
http://dev.dcc.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome
• CASPAR project http://www.casparpreserves.org
• Research programme of the TFPARS
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• DCC development listserv
• DCC websitehttp://www.dcc.ac.uk
a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation
CETIS MDR SIG :: 28 June 2006 :: University of Bath
Thank You
Join the DCC Associates Network (it’s free!)http://www.dcc.ac.uk/associates/