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Current release

• archivematica-0.3.6.tar.gz (1.7 GB)
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• Current tasks

Objective

The objective of this project is to integrate a number of open source tools and applications to create a comprehensive digital archives system that is compliant with the ISO-OAIS standard and other digital preservation standards and best practices

The project is also trying to establish an agile development methodology to assist with the ongoing maintenance and development of the system. This methodology is focused on rapid, iterative release cycles, each of which improves upon the system's

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• Software
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Open source

The software applications integrated into Archivematica are each released under their own open source license. These are checked for license compatibility before they are integrated into the project. A full list of applications with their respective license is available on the software page.

Any new software code created for the Archivematica project is released under a GPL version 2 license. All system documentation is released under a creative commons license.

About

This project is managed by Artefactual Systems in collaboration with a number of client partners, including the City of Vancouver Archives, UNESCO Memory of the World Subcommittee on Technology and the International Monetary Fund Archives.

This project is in early stages of development. We expect to begin making more public announcements about the project technology and methodology by mid 2010.