Policy Issue Working Space

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This page is intended as rough working space to post ideas and issues about policy development

Lowest level of manageable object

• file or bitstream?

-what is the lowest level of digital entity that we can meaningfully manipulate and apply metadata to?

Preservation Level Commitment

SIP requirements

• Public
  • VanDocs
  • city recordkeeping systems outside of VanDocs
• Private
  • formats
  • accompanying metadata
  • packaging

Metadata locations

• what is necessary and sufficient metadata to include in AIP? I.e., Should SIP include all metadata, or should some metadata only be present in the Data Management Database (DMDB)?
• Consider:
  • What is necessary metadata to be able to render the content
  • Problems with update conflicts