LiveDVD

Software on the LiveDVD (release 0.1)

1. Start the LiveDVD

Insert the dvd into your computer's CD/DVD drive.
Turn off the computer.
Turn the computer back on: the computer will boot from the dvd. If this doesn't happen, turn the computer off, start it up again and press F12 to boot from the dvd.
Note that you will have access to the Internet via Mozilla Firefox when you are in the LiveDVD environment.

2. Location of test files

3. Generating checksums

Select the files for which you would like to generate the checksums. Please note that as of Qubit-OAIS 0.1 you cannot select folders, only files.
Right click, then select Scripts > makeMD5.
Save the report in the same folder.
Copy all the files, including the MD5 report, to another folder (eg. archivalstorage)
Right-click the report, then select Scripts > checkMD5
The report should tell you that all files are OK. If you didn't move over all the files or if there was a problem which changed one or more of the files, the report will tell you that the checksum for those files failed.

4. Using DROID

DROID provides a gui interface for selecting objects for processing. Navigate to home/ubuntu/ingest/ and select the entire folder, or open the folder to select individual files.
DROID allows you to select an "include subfolders" option.
When the files are processed, go to File > Save List to save an xml report of the results.

5. Using NLNZ Metadata Extraction Tool

Creating a simple object will result in one xml report for each object; creating a complex object will create a single report for all objects.
When you create a new object in NLNZ, you will be asked to select the directory: enter /home/ubuntu/ingest/.
The xml reports are set to output to usr/local/OAIS/metadata-extractor/harvested/nlnz_dd/.

6. Using JHOVE

To include calculation of checksums in the validation process, go to Edit > Preferences and click Calculate checksums.
To process a directory of records, click File > Open URL and enter the directory: /home/ubuntu/ingest/.
To save an xml report, in the RepInfo window click on File > Save as; under Choose output handler select xml; then create a file name with the .xml extension added (otherwise JHOVE will save the report as plain text).

7. Using Qubit

Qubit is an open-source software toolkit that allows institutions such as archives, libraries, museums, and art galleries to manage and host web-based collections of information resources.
- It is currently being implemented in the archival community as ICA-AtoM (International Council on Archives Access to Memory).
  - Please refer to the ICA-AtoM user manual for instructions on how to use a typical Qubit application
Qubit is being evaluated for use in the OAIS Data Management and Access components
Please note that the LiveDVD version of Qubit is a development version, not a stable release.