Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 24.1
Threats and solutions
Threat
Requirements for solution
Example implementations
Users may be unable to
understand or use the data
e.g. the semantics, format,
processes or algorithms
involved
Ability to create and
maintain adequate
representation information
RepInfo toolkit, packager and
registry - to create and store
representation information.
In addition the orchestration
manager and knowledge gap
manager help to ensure that the
RepInfo is adequate
Non-maintainability of
essential hardware, software
or support environment may
make the information
inaccessible
Ability to share information
about the availability of
hardware and software and
their replacements/
substitutes
Registry and orchestration
manager to exchange
information about the
obsolescence of hardware and
software, amongst other
changes.
The representation information
will include such things as
software source code and
emulators
The chain of evidence may
be lost and there may be lack
of certainty of provenance
or authenticity
Ability to bring together
evidence from diverse
sources about the
authenticity of a
digital object
Authenticity toolkit will allow
one to capture evidence from
many sources which may be
used to judge authenticity
Access and use restrictions
maymakeitdifficulttoreuse
data, or alternatively may not
be respected in future
Ability to deal with digital
rights correctly in a
changing and evolving
environment
Digital rights and access rights
tools allow one to virtualise
and preserve the DRM and
access rights information
which exist at the time the
content information is
submitted for preservation
Loss of ability to identify the
location of data
An ID resolver which is
really persistent
Persistent identifier system:
such a system will allow
objects to be located over time
The current custodian of the
data, whether an organisation
or project, may cease to exist
at some point in the future
Brokering of organisations
to hold data and the ability
to package together the
information needed to
transfer information between
organisations ready for long
term preservation
Orchestration manager will,
amongst other things, allow the
exchange of information about
datasets which need to be
passed from one curator to
another
The ones we trust to look
after the digital holdings may
let us down
Certification process so that
one can have confidence
about whom to trust to
preserve data holdings over
the long term (see RAC)
The audit and certification
standard to which CASPAR has
contributed will allow a
certification process to be
set up
