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= Objective =
 
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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.
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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 is able to implement [[format-specific preservation plans]] based on an analysis of significant properties.
  
 
The [[Overview]] section provides a summary of Archivematica's functionality and technical architecture.
 
The [[Overview]] section provides a summary of Archivematica's functionality and technical architecture.

Revision as of 08:27, 11 February 2010

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 is able to implement format-specific preservation plans based on an analysis of significant properties.

The Overview section provides a summary of Archivematica's functionality and technical architecture.

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


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 the system documentation found on this wiki is released under a Creative Commons license.

The source code is available at archivematica.googlecode.com.


About

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