[Cesg-all] CCSDS MOIMS OAIS Standard continues to be used

[Nestor.Peccia at esa.int]

FYI


>  IBM helps Die Deutsche Bibliothek to develop digital long-term
> archives
>  KOPAL project aims at preserving the German cultural heritage for
> future generations
> IBM Business Consulting Services, CIDL Sponsor 2004
>
> La Gaude, France, October 13, 2004 - The German Federal Ministry of
> Education and Research (BMBF) selected IBM together with Die Deutsche
> Bibliothek (DDB), the Göttingen State and University Library (SUB),
> the Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung (GWDG) to
> develop a long-term digital archive . The aim of this project, named
> 'KOPAL', is to create a long-term preservation archive to allow better
> access to digital publications and the preservation of cultural
> heritage in a system designed to adhere to international and open
> standards.
>
>  The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is
> contributing EUR 4 million towards project KOPAL which will allow
> partners DDB and SUB to preserve digital documents into the future.
> KOPAL will be based on the IBM DIAS solution (Digital Information
> Archiving System) which IBM set-up jointly with the Koninklijke
> Bibliotheek, the National Library of The Netherlands. In a development
> project scheduled to take three years, IBM will ensure a professional
> adoption of the software components and provide long-term support.
>
>  "KOPAL integrates from the start several partners at different
> locations", said Dr. Elisabeth Niggemann, Director General of Die
> Deutsche Bibliothek. "The project offers an opportunity for academic,
> business and administrative use that extends beyond libraries. IBM's
> proven experience and capabilities in existing long term preservation
> projects will be essential to the success of our partnership", Dr.
> Niggemann concluded.
>
>  In recent years, the number of 'born-digital' publications, where no
> paper copy exists, has increased rapidly, creating new and different
> data formats. Each format may need specific programs that run only on
> a specific hardware and a specific operating environment. As a
> consequence, older digital files run the risk of no longer being
> accessible or readable by the latest programs. The KOPAL Project is
> aimed at creating the necessary new procedures, based on international
> and open standards, to ensure future generations' access to culture
> and data over the long term.
>
>  "Digital preservation is an area that needs attention in all industry
> with requirements to maintain information for fiscal or commercial
> reasons over long periods", said Eberhard Armbruster, Partner, IBM
> Business Consulting Services, Public Sector Central Region. "Many
> companies are not aware of the fact that they already have
> difficulties in accessing digital information which is not even five
> years old", Armbruster added www-1.ibm.com/services/
>  us/bcs/html/bcs_index.html.
>
>  IBM's high quality digital media solution, DIAS, is based on IBM
> Content Manager as well as Websphere application server and Tivoli
> storage management software, using IBM disk and tape storage products.
> KOPAL will allow flexible data import and export based on the USA's
> Library of Congress "METS" (Metadata Encoding and Transmission
> Standard). The archive will be operated by the computing centre
> partner Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Göttingen
> (GWDG), enabling other institutions to use the archive in the near
> future.
>
>  The IBM DIAS solution is already deployed at the Koninklijke
> Bibliotheek (National Library of The Netherlands), which recently
> launched a comprehensive digital media system for storing and
> protecting millions of electronic documents, including digitized
> historic books and papers. The National Library of The Netherlands
> estimates savings of US $5 million per year, and the solution helps
> ensure large-scale storage and long-term accessibility of electronic
> documents, publications and images, thereby helping to preserve the
> country's cultural heritage. IBM DIAS is based on the Open Archival
> Information System (OAIS) standard, and is designed specifically to
> store, preserve and make available digital content over the long term.
> Other industries with the need for long term preservation of
> born-digital data and document include the pharmaceutical industry,
> insurance, finance, medical and health industries.
>
> About Die Deutsche Bibliothek
>
> Die Deutsche Bibliothek (DDB) serves as the German national archival
> library and the national bibliographic center. DDB ensures a secure
> archive and the availability of all publications in Germany. The DDB's
> legal mandate covers all hand-held publications (including
> publications on floppy disc, CD-Rom, DVD, etc.). Networked electronic
> publications today are collected on a voluntary basis; a new legal
> deposit law is being prepared.
>
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>
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>
> About IBM Public Sector
>
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