Research data management

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This page describes requirements for enhancements to Archivematica to better handle research data management. It is funded by Jisc, through University of York and University of Hull.

See also

• Dataset preservation
• Dataverse
• Digital Archiving blog written by archivists at University of York

Automated DIP generation

The tasks related to this phase of development are:

• change workflow so that the ‘upload DIP’ choice can be preconfigured.
• update AIP reingest workflow to allow uncompressed AIPs to be reingested.
• enhance the callback functionality in the Storage Service, to notify third party apps when a DIP is ready to be used.

These developments are necessary for research data management to meet use cases when research data is stored without the expectation that it will be re-used, but then subsequently a need for re-use arises and/or is approved by the creator of the data.

Workflow

• Access request is initiated through a staff alert to RDMonitor
• Request for DIP sent to Storage Service
  • If DIP exists already in storage, return DIP
  • If DIP does not exist, send wait response and initiate AIP re-ingest in Archivematica pipeline
• When DIP stored by Archivematica,return DIP message goes to RDMonitor
• If DIP creation/storage fails, failure message sent to RDMonitor.

METS parsing

METS questions

Question	METS source source	Sample result
How many files are in archival storage?		integer
How many files with PRONOM puid X are in archival storage?	premis:formatRegistryKey	integer
How many files with format name X are in archival storage?	premis:formatName	integer
How many [video, image, plain text etc.] files are in archival storage?	fits:mimetype, File:MIMEType, other mimetype sources?	integer
What is the total volume of files with PRONOM puid X in archival storage?	premis:formatRegistryKey; premis:size	integer and unit, eg 452 GB
What is the total volume of files with format name X in archival storage?	premis:formatName; premis:size	integer and unit, eg 452 GB
What is the total volume of [video, image, plain text etc.] files in archival storage?	fits:mimetype, File:MIMEType, other mimetype sources?; premis:size	integer and unit, eg 452 GB
How many files with PRONOM puid X have been normalized?	premis:formatRegistryKey; files with matching GROUPID attributes in mets:fileGrp USE="original" and mets:fileGrp USE="preservation"	integer
How many files with PRONOM puid X have not been normalized?	premis:formatRegistryKey; files without matching GROUPID attributes in mets:fileGrp USE="original" and mets:fileGrp USE="preservation"	integer
How many files with format name X have been normalized?	premis:premis:formatName; files with matching GROUPID attributes in mets:fileGrp USE="original" and mets:fileGrp USE="preservation"	integer
How many files with format name X have not been normalized?	premis:premis:formatName; files without matching GROUPID attributes in mets:fileGrp USE="original" and mets:fileGrp USE="preservation"	integer
How many [video, image, plain text etc.] files have been normalized?	fits:mimetype, File:MIMEType, other mimetype sources?; files with matching GROUPID attributes in mets:fileGrp USE="original" and mets:fileGrp USE="preservation"	integer
How many [video, image, plain text etc.] files have not been normalized?	fits:mimetype, File:MIMEType, other mimetype sources?; files without matching GROUPID attributes in mets:fileGrp USE="original" and mets:fileGrp USE="preservation"	integer
How many files were ingested between date X and date Y?	<premis:eventType>ingestion</premis:eventType>; premis:eventDateTime	integer
How many files with PRONOM puid X are invalid/not well-formed?	premis:formatRegistryKey; <premis:eventType>validation</premis:eventType>; <premis:eventOutcome>fail</premis:eventOutcome>	integer
How many files with format name X are invalid/not well-formed?	premis:formatName; <premis:eventType>validation</premis:eventType>; <premis:eventOutcome>fail</premis:eventOutcome>	integer