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a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation The Digital Curation Centre and the Representation Information Registry/Repository Maureen Pennock DCC, UKOLN CETIS MDR SIG, Bath, 28 June 2006 Funded by: This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non. Commercial-Share. Alike 2. 5 UK: Scotland License. To view a copy of this license, visit http: //creativecommons. org/licenses/by-ncsa/2. 5/scotland/ ; or, (b) send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5 th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. CETIS MDR SIG : : 28 June 2006 : : University of Bath

a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation 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) CETIS MDR SIG : : 28 June 2006 : : University of Bath

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation 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) CETIS MDR SIG : : 28 June 2006 : : University of Bath

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation 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/Web. H ome • CASPAR project http: //www. casparpreserves. org • Research programme of the TFPARS CETIS MDR SIG : : 28 June 2006 : : University of Bath

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

a centre of expertise in data curation and preservation Thank You Join the DCC Associates Network (it’s free!) http: //www. dcc. ac. uk/associates/ CETIS MDR SIG : : 28 June 2006 : : University of Bath