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• archivematica-0.3.2.tar.gz (1.9GB)
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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 estabish 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

• requirements
• software
• documentation

About

This project is managed by Artefactual Systems, in collaboration with a number of client partners.

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

License

Archivematica is released under a GPL v2 license. All system documentation is released under Creative Commons license.