Preservation Storage instead of Archival Storage proposal
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OAIS June 2012
Reporter: (from login)
<login for Nancy McGovern>
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Section 4 Detailed Models
Component Description (fixed from selection of 'Component'):
Introduction to the models
Version: (from selected product)
June 2012
Category of change: (from list)
Recommended change for other considerations
Are there issues of backward compatibility?: (from list)
Not certain
Is this a conformance issue?: (from list)
No
Summary:
Replacing the name of the Archival Storage with Preservation Storage, throughout the entire document text and figures.
Description of requested change:
(Use From: "..." To "..." format)
Throughout the entire document text and figures replace
From:
Archival Storage
To:
Preservation Storage
Attachment:
None
Organisation of the submitter:
MIT Boston (reviewed via OAIS Community)
Explanation of the reason for the suggested change:
In practice, the term Archival Storage can be confusing in two ways:
- It can sound like storage management in the way that computer science and information technology often understands archiving and storage so mostly involving provisioning storage and not involving the full set of preservation activities that Archival Storage requires.
- It can sound like a responsibility for archivists to engage rather than a shared responsibility for content curators and IT, and a core digital preservation responsibility.
The challenge in the past has been that many people think of Archival Storage as just a storage platform, where it in fact is much more than this.
Note that there should not be conformance issues as it is only a matter of changing the name of the entity.