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Applying appropriate levels of curation and preservation to digital objects maximises the long term return on investment in data assets. Curation and Long-term preservation depend on a repository having the rights, and taking the responsibility to provide an organisational infrastructure, digital...

This is a recording of a CESSDA workshop on the Data Archiving Guide (DAG). The DAG (https://dag.cessda.eu/) is designed to support the work of employees of data repositories by providing a general understanding of the full range of activities a data repository performs.

Part 1: Use of PDF 1.4 (PDF/A-1) ISO 19005-1:2005 specifies how to use the Portable Document Format (PDF) 1.4 for long-term preservation of electronic documents. It is applicable to documents containing combinations of character, raster and vector data.

Part 2: Use of ISO 32000-1 (PDF/A-2) ISO 19005-2:2011 specifies the use of the Portable Document Format (PDF) 1.7, as formalized in ISO 32000-1, for preserving the static visual representation of page-based electronic documents over time. ISO 19005-2:2011 is not applicable to specific processe...

Part 3: Use of ISO 32000-1 with support for embedded files (PDF/A-3) ISO 19005-3:2012 specifies the use of the Portable Document Format (PDF) 1.7, as formalized in ISO 32000-1, for preserving the static visual representation of page-based electronic documents over time in addition to allowing an...

Part 4: Use of ISO 32000-2 (PDF/A-4) ISO 19005-2:2011 specifies the use of the Portable Document Format (PDF) 1.7, as formalized in ISO 32000-1, for preserving the static visual representation of page-based electronic documents over time. ISO 19005-2:2011 is not applicable to specific processe...

The webinar introduces different storage solutions for research projects, guide you through key data security measures throughout the research process, and present different preservation options and requirements. By the end of the presentation you will know how to define a strategy to protect you...

This document describes measures taken at SND to ensure that research data are preserved and managed with the aim of being usable now and in the future.

This deliverable contains the report of the two “Trust” workshops as well of that of a preceding “CESSDA Expert Seminar”. These workshops were held as part of task 4.3 of the CESSDA SaW project plan (“Development Support: achieving the Data Seal of Approval”) in 2016 and 2017.

The needs of institutions regarding the digital materials they create and acquire vary considerably. This Handbook of the Digital Preservation Coalition is intended to provide a bridge between broad, high level overviews and explicit, detailed guidelines applicable to the needs of a specific inst...