Übertragbarkeit von Archivinformationspaketen zwischen Langzeitarchivsystemen als Teil der Exit-Strategie

Die vorliegende Arbeit beleuchtet, ob und unter welchen Voraussetzungen es möglich ist, Archivinformationspakete (AIP) als Zeitkapseln digitaler Medien, zwischen verschiedenen Langzeitarchivsystemen auszutauschen. Dazu werden die Systeme Rosetta von Exlibris — a ProQuest Group und Archivematica von Artefactual Systems Inc. verglichen. Es wird untersucht, inwieweit eine Exit-Strategie Bestandteil von einigen zertifizierten Langzeitarchivsystem-Betreibern ist, und wie unterschiedlich Informationspakete verwendet werden. In der Arbeit wird der Begriff AIP-AIP-Transfer definiert und verschiedene AIP-Übernahme-Szenarien vorgestellt.:1. Einführung 1.1. Motivation 1.2. Aufbau der Arbeit 2. Exit-Strategie als Baustein der digitalen Langzeitarchivierung 2.1. Digitale Langzeitarchivierung 2.2. Begriff der Exit-Strategie 2.3. Fragestellung und Bedeutung 2.4. Aktueller Stand der Wissenschaft und Technik 2.4.1. Exit-Strategien von zertifizierten Archivinformationssystemen 2.4.2. Informationspakete 2.4.3. AIP-AIP-Transfer 2.5. Abgrenzung 3. Vorbereitung der Untersuchung 3.1. Vorbetrachtung 3.2. Aufbau und Varianten von Submission Information Packages 3.2.1. Allgemeines 3.2.2. Abbildung zwischen Intellektuellen Einheiten und SIP 3.2.3. Technische Realisierungen von SIPs 3.2.4. Technische Realisierungen von AIPs 3.3. Ingest 3.4. Typische AIP Update Szenarien 3.4.1. Was ist ein AIP Update 3.4.2. Bedingungen 3.4.3. Metadatenupdate 3.4.4. Repräsentations- und Datenupdates 3.4.5. Löschen von AIPs 3.4.6. Preservation Planning and Action 3.5. AIP-AIP Transfer Szenarien 3.5.1. Allgemein 3.5.2. Übernahme AIP → AIP über definierte Schnittstelle 3.5.3. Übernahme AIP → AIP über Direktzugriff Quell- und Zielsystem 3.5.4. Übernahme AIP → SIP → AIP über Direktzugriff Quellsystem 3.5.5. Übernahme AIP → DIP → SIP → AIP 3.5.6. Vergleichskriterien 3.6. Betrachtete Langzeitarchivierungssysteme 3.6.1. Archivematica 3.6.2. Rosetta 3.6.3. Zusammenfassende Gegenüberstellung 4. Durchführung 4.1. Beschränkung 4.2. Festlegungen 4.2.1. Festlegung Submission Information Package 4.2.2. Festlegung Metadatenanreicherung (Enrichment) 4.2.3. Festlegung AIP Update Szenarien 4.3. Zugriff auf AIPs 4.4. Analyse der entstandenen AIPs 4.4.1. AIPs von Archivematica 4.4.2. AIPs von Rosetta 4.5. Direkte Übernahme von AIPs 4.6. Archivematica AIP als Rosetta SIP 4.7. Rosetta AIP als Archivematica SIP 5. Bewertung und Ausblick 5.1. Ausspielen AIPs 5.2. Aufbau der AIPs 5.3. Bewahrungsmetadaten 5.4. Einspielen von SIPs 5.5. Empfehlungen 5.6. Beurteilung anhand Vergleichskriterien 5.7. Ausblick A. Zusätzliche Abbildungen und Quellcodes B. Literatu

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