Compliance/ Support with OAIS (Open Archival Information System)

[Raunak Jha]

Pretty much the title.

I could not find any strong evidence for DSpace's support for OAIS. 

Wanted to know if DSpace is compliant with the OAIS model ?

Thanks and Regards

Raunak

[Tim Donohue]

Hi Raunak,

OAIS is a high-level reference model, which means that most repository-like systems could be considered "compliant" at some level.  While OAIS does a great job of describing what repository-like systems should off, most of the technical details are left to the systems themselves.

DSpace does align with the OAIS model, in that it supports various (configurable) data management workflows (see our Submission & workflow approval process docs).  DSpace also has defined Ingest (Submission) / Access (User Interface) / Administration (UI & some commandline tools) processes. DSpace also supports various OAIS style package types... various SIPs (Submission Information Packages) are defined in https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/Ingesting+Content+and+Metadata , we also support AIPs (Archival Information Packages) as defined in https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/AIP+Backup+and+Restore

So, to answer your question, I would consider DSpace "compliant" with OAIS at a high level as it has "data flows" like those defined in OAIS. However, DSpace often uses different terminology than OAIS uses, so if there's a specific data management activity you need more information about, feel free to ask on this list and we can help point you in the right direction.

Tim

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