Information Technology Reference
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Table 25.1
(continued)
4.1.6 The repository shall obtain sufficient control over the Digital Objects to preserve them.
4.1.7 The repository shall provide the producer/depositor with appropriate responses at agreed
points during the ingest processes.
There must be records of what happens -
part of the Provenance.
4.1.8 The repository shall have contemporaneous records of actions and administration processes
that are relevant to content acquisition.
The AIP must be created.
4.2 Ingest: Creation of the AIP
There should be some pre-planning for
the AIPs
4.2.1 The repository shall have for each AIP or class of AIPs preserved by the repository an
associated definition that is adequate for parsing the AIP and fit for long-term
preservation needs.
4.2.1.1 The repository shall be able to identify which definition applies to which AIP.
4.2.1.2 The repository shall have a definition of each AIP that is adequate for long-term
preservation, enabling the identification and parsing of all the required components
within that AIP.
4.2.2 The repository shall have a description of how AIPs are constructed from SIPs.
The repository must be able to show that
it has not lost any of the input information
(SIPs).
4.2.3 The repository shall document the final disposition of all SIPs.
Of particular concern is to be sure that
any SIPs that are not used in AIPs are
accounted for.
4.2.3.1 The repository shall follow documented procedures if a SIP is not incorporated into
an AIP or discarded and shall indicate why the SIP was not incorporated or
discarded.
4.2.4 The repository shall have and use a convention that generates persistent, unique identifiers
for all AIPs.
4.2.4.1 The repository shall uniquely identify each AIP within the repository.
