Difference between revisions of "Email preservation"
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These are requirements for email preservation in Archivematica: | These are requirements for email preservation in Archivematica: | ||
*Conversion of proprietary closed format (eg PST) to open preservation format | *Conversion of proprietary closed format (eg PST) to open preservation format | ||
| − | *Preservation format should be text or xml based | + | **Preservation format should be text or xml based |
| − | *Preservation format should preserve the significant characteristics of the email messages | + | **Email messages, calendars, contacts and other related entities should be normalized to the preservation format |
| − | *Preservation format should | + | **Preservation format should preserve the [[Significant characteristics of email|significant characteristics]] of the email messages |
| + | *Conversion of attachments | ||
| + | **Converted attachments should retain links to emails to which they were attached | ||
| + | *Generating access format | ||
| + | **Preservation format should be capable of being viewed as access format or should be capable of generating access format | ||
| + | **Access format should be human-readable and should be recognizable as email | ||
| + | **Access format should allow simple, intuitive navigation between messages, attachments, email boxes, contacts, calendars | ||
| + | **Access format should allow navigation to normalized access copies of attachments | ||
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[[Category:Development documentation]] | [[Category:Development documentation]] | ||
Revision as of 15:03, 7 June 2011
These are requirements for email preservation in Archivematica:
- Conversion of proprietary closed format (eg PST) to open preservation format
- Preservation format should be text or xml based
- Email messages, calendars, contacts and other related entities should be normalized to the preservation format
- Preservation format should preserve the significant characteristics of the email messages
- Conversion of attachments
- Converted attachments should retain links to emails to which they were attached
- Generating access format
- Preservation format should be capable of being viewed as access format or should be capable of generating access format
- Access format should be human-readable and should be recognizable as email
- Access format should allow simple, intuitive navigation between messages, attachments, email boxes, contacts, calendars
- Access format should allow navigation to normalized access copies of attachments