<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">(Unfortunately I will be unavailable to participate in tomorrow’s DAI telecon as I’ll be traveling to Canada)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class="">Dear David, John, et al.,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(148, 33, 146); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class="">I believe the current OAIS RM review has a serious flaw. The comments below from David and John, who are both good friends and colleagues and have been for long before we started the OAIS RM, now make clear that we have a significant disconnect that I can’t ignore. For those who may not be familiar with the history of the OAIS RM, we started it to provide a common communication framework within which to describe the preservation of digital information. (For an independent study of its original development, see Cal Lee’s 2009 paper <a href="https://ils.unc.edu/callee/p4020-lee.pdf" class="">Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model</a>.) This lack of a common vocabulary and communication framework is why we developed it as a conceptual model and why we required (and still do) so little regarding information modeling for an Archive to call itself an “OAIS”. Although we say this very clearly, the extensive modeling of both information and function has led many to interpret it as an architecture for implementation, not just for communication. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(148, 33, 146); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class="">The current 5-year review process for the OAIS RM is the first one where I find some active participants applying implementation perspectives to alter communication of long-standing archival concepts, as evidenced by David and John’s comments below that are endorsing this approach to the original, long standing, Information Package concept. The problem with this approach is that implementations are specific and to an extent unique while archival concepts are expected to be broadly relevant and informative regardless of implementations. Concepts are to be evaluated at the conceptual level, such as whether they are still valid, fit in with other related concepts, and are clearly expressed. Using a few implementations to narrow a concept is virtually certain to leave out other implementations and is thus illogical. This is particularly of concern with the OAIS RM Information Package concept, one of only two information concepts (the other being the Information Object) that an Archive needs to ‘support’ to be considered an ‘OAIS’. In this context, ‘support’ means that the Archive can use the concept to discuss its implementations and can do so in a way consistent with the meaning of the concept. It can’t prescribe any features of an implementation because it is only a concept. I discuss this in more detail below in response to David and John’s comments. I also discuss and refute David’s implication that applying PDI to Representation Information is not implementable, or not reasonably implementable. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(148, 33, 146); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class="">In conclusion, I find the proposal (SC222) to modify the Information Package concept, so as to exclude the understanding that PDI could be relevant to Representation Information, to be contrary to valid and widely acknowledged archival concepts and also inconsistent with OAIS RM statements on the role of PDI (Context, Provenance, Reference, Rights, Fixity) in the preservation of Content Information (and by extension any information to be preserved) within an Archive. I don’t know anyone who I think believes that PDI is not important to the preservation of its associated information. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(148, 33, 146); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;" class="">Therefore I call for SC222 to be revisited and rejected. It may be necessary to revisit other SCs if the response to those SCs has not kept the proper perspective between concept and implementation. </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">I would be very uncomfortable with an OAIS RM that mixes Conceptual and Implementation models while calling itself a Conceptual Model. It would open the OAIS RM to significant, and I feel valid, future community criticism.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(148, 33, 146); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(148, 33, 146); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class="">Responses to John’s and David’s specific comments are included below, ending with an example implementation of PDI application to Content Information, with recursion.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(148, 33, 146); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class="">Cheers-</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class="">Don</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 12, 2018, at 8:53 AM, David Giaretta <<a href="mailto:david@giaretta.org" class="">david@giaretta.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">See<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: red;" class="">below</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>MOIMS-DAI <<a href="mailto:moims-dai-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">moims-dai-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>John Garrett<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>12 June 2018 06:39<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'MOIMS-Data Archive Interoperability' <<a href="mailto:moims-dai@mailman.ccsds.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">moims-dai@mailman.ccsds.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Moims-dai] Todays Telecon: PDI on PDI<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Hi,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I think we are converging on an understanding of preservation of PDI objects.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I still support SC#222 which we had previously agreed on. Some comments on Don’s comments below.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Peace and joy,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">-JOhn<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>MOIMS-DAI [<a href="mailto:moims-dai-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:moims-dai-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>D or C Sawyer<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, June 11, 2018 11:57 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>MOIMS DAI List <<a href="mailto:moims-dai@mailman.ccsds.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">moims-dai@mailman.ccsds.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Moims-dai] Todays Telecon: PDI on PDI<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Hi David,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">I’m pleased that you like the ‘Preserved Data Object’ modeling view (not surprised as it is much of what you’ve been pushing), but I can’t agree to SC222 for the reasons given below. I think my proposal below combines the best of both and should eliminate the Content Information controversy discussed in the last 2 telecoms. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">On Jun 9, 2018, at 4:47 PM, David Giaretta <<a href="mailto:david@giaretta.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">david@giaretta.org</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hi Don<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">You almost have it but, to be logically consistent, it needs another step.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The “Preserved Data Object (PDO)” term would be very useful, especially as an intermediate term between the Information Object and AIP.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Yes, I think I expressed this when I mentioned that successive application should lead to an AIP, except that it doesn’t include the Packaging Information and the Descriptive Information which are an important part of our defined AIP.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">At first look, I like the idea of PDO. But of course will need more time to think it through.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">One concern I have is that there could be lots of places where the concept could be used and it could cascade at this late date into many needed updates in OAIS. So I will reserve my agreement until I can get an idea of how many updates are needed and whether and how quickly we can finish them. Our deadline for completing OAIS was our last CCSDS meeting.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;" class="">Good point John</span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">I’m was not proposing to discuss PDO throughout the document, just in an Annex to satisfy David’s desire to have a recursive Data Object view available.</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">You wrote<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 36pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">“The only provision I would add is that both the Rep. Info. and the PDI would need to be optional in the sense that a ‘naked’ or ‘partially dressed’ Data Object needs to be allowed in order to stop the recursion. Of course the stopping criteria are different between the Rep. Info. and the PDI.”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Yes, that is why in the Information Object diagram the RepInfo recursion shows 1 to * since * can be anything from 0 upwards. The link to PDI is 1:1 currently but we would have to change this to 1:*. We would need some text to discuss how the recursion ends.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I fully agree.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I disagree. I think an Information Package always requires PDI. Otherwise what is the difference between an Information Object and an Information Package?</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">John’s comment is missing the context that the discussion is the AIP, not the more general Information Package. Further, the Information Object concept and the Information Package concept, as defined in Section 2.2, are generic CONCEPTs defined clearly in the OAIS RM to have all the components that are clearly visible. There is no debate about what is included and the Information Object and Information Package CONCEPTS are always distinct. However for an Archive implementation to be an OAIS, we say it must SUPPORT this Information Object concept and Information Package concept. It requires nothing more regarding information modeling. What does this SUPPORT mean? As regards the Information Object, it certainly can be satisfied as long as the Archive recognizes that one of its Data Objects together with its Representation Information is an Information Object. It can’t use Information Object to mean something different. As regards Information Package, the exact same type of recognition satisfies this requirement. It can’t use ‘Information Package’ to mean something different. We kept these requirements to a minimum so as not to constrain implementations. Note that the OAIS RM does not actually use the Information Package concept of Section 2.2 as given, but in Section 2.3 it introduces specialized forms as SIPs, AIPs, and DIPs. When the modeling shows it as a SIP, it may or may not have ALL the components of the Section 2.2 Information Package and also may not be an Information Object. When it is an AIP it MUST have all the components and then it WILL BE an Information Object because it has a Data Object and its Representation Information. When it is a DIP it may not have all the components and may not be an Information Object. These are all CONCEPTS and not implementations. Actual OAIS implementations may or may not follow these concepts exactly. Note that NONE of the more detailed information modeling in Section 4.2 is REQUIRED to be ’supported’ by an OAIS.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(148, 33, 146); min-height: 18px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Of course we hope that OAIS implementations will closely follow the SIP, AIP, and DIP models and thus be able to easily address their implementations using these terms. We also hope that the information modeling in Section 4.2 will also be adopted for describing their implementations. We do NOT say that implementations must treat the information modeling as an ARCHITECTURE to be followed, although in many cases this can work. This fact makes it easy for people to slip from concept to implementation views when reviewing the concepts.</span></div></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;" class="">I was making the analogy with Representation Information – the “0” would only apply where the iteration ends, just as with Representation Information. But it is an interesting point about needing to keep the difference between Info Object and Info Package. For RepInfo the same would apply at the “0” where Data Object and Info Object become indistinguishable. We certainly need to make sure the meaning of “0” is clear</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">As noted above, the Information Object and Information Package are ALWAYS unique concepts. I have no problem adding a conceptual model showing PDI recursion. This is not ruled out by the current modeling but it seems useful to make this recursion view explicit. An actual implementation may find many of the PDI components not necessary, apart from Fixity.</span></p></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">So far so good.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">But, in order to actually preserve something, we really do need all the components of an AIP i.e. we need to know how the Data Object, RepInfo and PDI are connected together, and have some overall description. In other words, whatever you want to call it, it is an AIP.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Yes, we need the full AIP and the current modeling provides this, apart from showing PDI can be recursive, which as you note could easily be added.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I don’t agree that we need all the components of an AIP in each and every instance to preserve something. It is definitely useful to have it all, but is not necessary in every situation for every Information Object. As we’ve all agreed, we need to break the recursion as some point by not having all of PDI for everything.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">You are talking about an IMPLEMENTATION. The conceptual model says an AIP has ALL the components. If you can make the case that your AIP implementation doesn’t need all the components, then fine. The current AIP, based on an IP, strictly speaking says nothing about recursion of either the Representation Information or the PDI. However they both can be recursive and implementations will deal with this as they see fit. They may or may not pass an audit but this is a totally different issue. This confusion between the CONCEPTUAL model and an IMPLEMENTATION model, as regards what should appear in the OAIS RM, is the fundamental underlying issue that allows the SC222 proposal.</span></div></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;" class="">I think we need to carefully document the “edge” cases and distinguish these from the more general case where all the AIP components are needed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Again, this is a valid consideration for an implementation but has NO bearing on the conceptual model. Based on the OAIS RM, an AIP implementation does not need to have ALL the components even in the general case (i.e., because the AIP concept is not addressing implementations). This could be made more clear in the OAIS RM. This says nothing about what may be required in an audit.</span></p><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">In terms of an Annex – that would be helpful to contain the bulk of the discussion and examples. If we move the discussion to a Normative Annex, then the only change we need is that agreed in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://review.oais.info/show_bug.cgi?id=222" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">http://review.oais.info/show_bug.cgi?id=222</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> but there would have to be a small amount of additional explanatory text in the body of the standard.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I can not agree with SC222. I note that SC222 is titled “Change PDI to be describing CDO rather than Content Information”. This is stated to be a ‘significant’ change and I would say it is a radical, unnecessary, and counter productive change, for the following reasons:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I on the other hand feel it is a necessary change. I think conceptually the change makes more sense than the current situation.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;" class="">I also think it a necessary change.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">I believe I’ve clarified that not only is it not necessary for the conceptual modeling, but to do so reduces the generality of what is now a perfectly valid and widely accepted archival concept (Information Package) that is one of the two most fundamental information concepts in the OAIS RM. </span></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">1. SC222 provides the following rationale : “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">While discussing other SCs, we are often confronted with situations where applying PDI to Representation Information raises significant problems. I think this change may make it easier to resolve some of the other SCs.” </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">This statement clearly states that discussions leading to this proposal were concerned with implementations of particular views. Further text discusses issues with possible approaches to applying the Fixity component of PDI to Representation Information and to the combined CDO with Representation Information. All of the text clearly expresses concerns with a set of implementation approaches and therefor should immediately be suspect as a rationale for changes. In fact it appears that not only were the approaches being considered too rigid, but the view of the information models was also too rigid because there are implementation approaches that can work. The OAIS RM presents CONCEPTUAL MODELS and not IMPLEMENTATION MODELS. The OAIS RM was generated to provide a common framework of terms and concepts to facilitate communication. This is easy to forget as it can easily be viewed, and often has been, as an implementation model. For example, Section 2.2 is stated to contain the only information models that an OAIS implementation needs to support in order to be an OAIS. But what do we say in 2.2, and specifically regarding Figure 2-3, in this context? We take a top-down approach and give a very high level (i.e.,with little detail) view of an Information Package involving four basic types of information (Content Information, PDI, Packaging Information, and Descriptive Information) and their relationships. We show Packaging Information as a simple container with a small divider, one side holding Content Information and the other PDI, and we state that PDI is needed to preserve the Content Information, to ensure it is clearly identified, and to understand the environment in which it was created. We show Descriptive Information as being associated with this Information Package to facilitate finding the Content Information of interest.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I think the Conceptual Model was designed to be and should reflect real implementations.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">This was never the case and should never be the case, as I’ve pointed out. The conceptual modeling in the OAIS RM was based on the insight of those with archival experience, recognizing deficiencies and trying to apply good archival concepts to digital information. That is why we were fortunate to have the participation of Bruce Ambacher from the US National Archives and why the result gained the approval of Ken Thibedaue, then head of the US National Archives. The archival concepts we’ve included have been throughly reviewed and accepted by both digital and non-digital archivists. We expected future implementations to adopt the concepts that make sense in their particular situations. The auditing of digital archives may take a more rigid perspective, but that is not the function of the OAIS RM. I think the statement above probably reflects digital auditing concerns.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;" class="">I agree with John – the Conceptual Model should be implementable and real implementations should be mappable to the Conceptual Model if the implementation conforms.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Almost: An Architectural model should be implementable and real implementation should be mappable to the Architectural model if the implementation conforms. The Conceptual model is at a more abstract level and should be useful as a framework for discussing and comparing concepts, architectural models and implementations. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Note what it does NOT say. It does NOT say how PDI is supposed to be related to Content Information, which is defined to be the Content Data Object and its Representation Information. It could be implemented as only applied to the Content Data Object (as SC222 proposes), it could also be implemented as applied individually to the Content Data Object and the Representation Information. For example, a registry of Representation Information objects must perform preservation and must be concerned with source, version history, and fixity (i.e., PDI) and therefore needs to maintain some level of PDI. One would expect PDI applied to a Content Data Object and to differ from that applied to its Representation Information. There is no OAIS requirement other than being able to describe an OAIS implementation as using these high level concepts, and this can be done regardless of the implementation approach as long as these information types can be identified. On the other hand, adopting SC222 says that a conforming OAIS is expected to be able to relate PDI to its Content Data Object, AND there is no reason to expect any PDI to be applied to the Representation Information. This is limiting the concept of PDI applicability that is contrary to actual implementations (e.g., Representation Information Registries) while such a limitation is not there now and thus would be a step backward.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I think this is stretching understanding of normal readers. I think a normal person would interrupt a statement that PDI is associated with Content Information to mean that PDI applied to the total Content Information and was not applied sometimes to part of the Content Information and sometimes to all of it. And if I can apply PDI to only part of the Content Information, why can’t I just provide PDI for the Representation Information and not the CDO?</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Certainly a ‘normal reader’ would understand a statement that ‘PDI associated with Content Information’ to mean that PDI applies to the whole Content Information AT THE CONCEPTUAL LEVEL. This is based on a fundamental and widely accepted archival concept. But how implementations deal with this concept is a different matter. An implementation could apply PDI only to the Representation Information, but this would seem hard to justify and would seem unlikely to pass a creditable audit. Since both the CDO and the Representation Information need preservation, I would apply it to both except where local circumstances suggest otherwise.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Also changing the relationship of PDI to only the CDO instead of the whole Content Information, does not mean that we can’t have PDI-like information applied to Representation Information. We’ve just been agreeing that we can preserve and applied PDI-like information to the components of PDI Information. What is the difference with doing the same thing for RepInfo?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;" class="">The underlying question is “ How does the OAIS preserve the PDI and the Representation Information?”</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">An actual OAIS will apply PDI to the Content Information to the extent that makes sense in its particular domain and for the specific Content Information under consideration. This can include applying PDI (some or all of the components) to the Content Data Object and separately to the Representation Information, again to the extent it makes sense. Since some seem to think this can’t be done, I’m providing a brief summary below of an approach I might use if I were designing such an implementation.</span></div></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">2. SC222 proposes that PDI is to be associated only with the Content Data Object. The only way this can be reasonable (given that clearly some Representation Information will have PDI), is to view Content Information and its Content Data Object as ANY Information Object and ANY Data Object. <span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I missed last week so I guess I’m missing something here. I don’t understand the problem here.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;" class="">I think what I was saying was that any information<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class="">that the archive wants/needs to preserve</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>should be viewable at Content Information.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">I think that transforming Content Information into a label that would also apply separately to Representation Information and separately to PDI is highly confusing and therefore unproductive, to say the least. That you want to see a recursive view is why I offered the Preserved Data Object conceptual model. However it can not take the place of Content Information which is an extremely useful concept that would be lost if turned into a label that could be applied to any information that the archive wants/needs to preserve.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">This would be a very major and clearly controversial, (as per your proposal and 2 recent telecons), revision to what most everyone understands Content Information to be. It is defined as the ‘original target of preservation’, and widely understood to refer to the primary information that external providers are submitting to the OAIS for preservation. I believe it would be a major step backward to loose the ability to clearly refer to this information category.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I think that in most cases the Producers (and the DC) think to “target of preservation” is the CDO (not the CDO as well as the RepInfo). They expect RepInfo to understand the CDO, but I don’t think most people are really considering that to be the target of the preservation.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Some examples of this, if you migrate the CDO from a particular format (which has an associated standards document describing that base format) to a new, more modern format (which has an associated standards document describing that base format), I don’t think most people would care if the standards document (or maybe the software decoding it) describing the original format is preserved.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Again, the above comment reflects a particular implementation perspective and can not refute the obvious fact that information that has been encoded is useless unless the decoding information (e.g., Representation Information) is available. For your example, the decoding information is being preserved elsewhere - e.g., by some standards organization. The reality is not up for debate - it is just a question of who is doing the preservation of the Representation Information and whether it is remaining adequate. We know standards evolve and, for example, there are multiple versions of PDF/A in use. An archive relying on PDF/A should know which versions it is using and where, and should maintain appropriate associated PDI. </span></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">3. As you’ve agreed, there is utility in a model that takes a Data Object central approach to it’s preservation as I described below and which I called a “Preserved Data Object” model. Adding this to an Annex with a proper discussion, and as normative if you’d like, together with maintaining the current information model views augmented with making PDI recursive, provides retention of all the good and historic OAIS information modeling and terminology while allowing for the addition of this alternative view for an enhanced perspective. It is usually productive to have more than one way to view a topic. I see this as a win-win situation and it should remove the Content Information controversy.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Cheers-<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Don<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;" class="">As I wrote previously – what we need for logical consistency if SC222 as agreed previously, and a normative annex to explain the issue more fully.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US" class=""></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">I believe I have logically and practically refuted SC222 and the only reason I can think these implementation concerns have intruded is because several participants are very active in the auditing efforts. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class="">EXAMPLE IMPLEMENTATION: PDI APPLICATION TO CONTENT INFORMATION</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">A couple of participants have taken the view that the application of PDI to Content Information is not implementable or is impractical, despite arguing that conceptually PDI is important for all information being preserved. If it is a valid concept, which it surely is, then some form of it must be implementable as long as one takes a reasonable and practical approach as any Archive must do. Perhaps it is the potentially recursive nature of Representation Information and PDI, along with the possibility that PDI may need Representation Information, etc. that has some concerned. Real implementations, apart from conceptual applications that seem to never end, will deal with these recursions in practical ways. Here I offer one approach, part of which was implemented at the former National Space Science Data Center and managed by John, now augmented to include PDI and its potential recursion in a practical fashion.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The Content Information of interest is set of NASA satellite observations of local magnetic field values during a period of one minute, each minute. It has been provided to the OAIS as a set of digital files (Content Data Objects, or CDOs) along with a Representation Information component (RP1) addressing the format of a CDO file and a component (RP2) addressing the meaning of the structural fields identified in RP1. These components are in PDF/A format and contain English descriptions where the English criteria, as Archive policy, are also described in a PDF/A file. PDF/A hardware and software is included to terminate representation networks. The CDOs and the Representation Information components all have associated PDI files, apart from the English criteria file as it is judged to be unnecessary. The PDI files contain their own PDI components of Context, Provenance, and Rights information, and are thus ‘self-recursive’. Fixity checksums are maintained in associated databases, one for the CDOs and one for the Representation and PDI information. All files have object identifiers in their file names. A schematic of the objects, object identifiers, and the relationships are show in the PDF file attached below this text. The resulting scheme shows a set of AIP components (but without all the Packaging Information), with PDI applicable to the CDOs, Representation Information, and the PDI itself.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(148, 33, 146);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">A schematic of the above implementation is included in this attachment:</span></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></div></div></body></html>