The nestor Catalogue of Criteria for Trusted Digital Repository Evaluation and Certification

Automated Validation of Trusted Digital Repository Assessment Criteria

The RLG/NARA trusted digital repository (TDR) certification checklist defines a set of preservation assessment criteria. The criteria can be mapped into management policies that define how a digital preservation environment is operated. We explore how these management policies can be automated through their characterization as rules that control preservation services. By integrating a rule-base...

Users' Trust in Trusted Digital Repository Content

Scholars who study trust in digital archives have largely focused their attention on the power of certification by third-party audit as a way to communicate trustworthiness to end-users. In doing so, they assume that the establishment of a network of trusted digital archives will create a climate of trust. But certification at the repository level also assumes the trustworthiness of digital obj...

MASTERARBEIT Digital Preservation Preservation Planning in the OAIS

Digital objects have become the dominant way that we create, shape, and exchange information. They form a central part of our economy, and are becoming increasingly important for a longer period of time. The evergrowing heterogeneity and complexity of digital object formats together with rapid technological changes turn the preservation of digital information into a pressing challenge. The chal...

The Security Policy Model: A Chapter of the Handbook for the Computer Security Certification of Trusted Systems

Digital Repositories 1 Implementing Trusted Digital Repositories

Trusted digital repositories manage the integrity and authenticity of records through multiple generations of technology. They provide mechanisms to validate assertions about trustworthiness and provide the preservation processes that implement the required control and management capabilities. Today there are multiple technologies that can be used to build a digital repository that is capable o...