Digital curation standards
For digital curation and data preservation initiatives to be successful, activities must be based upon sound and tested standards that promote best practice.
The DCC is committed to providing a standards watch that will play a vital role in the testing and certification of new tools and trusted digital repositories.
The DCC Standards Watch
Amongst those resources we use to instil sound digital curation standards across the higher education sector is the Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS).
This external resource is an international standard endorsed by the DCC for use in digital preservation planning and management (ISO 14721: 2003). We also refer to the model in the course of our own development activity.
In addition, we have recently repurposed and published material from DIFFUSE, a DCC project that saw us collect information on standards relevant to the electronic exchange of information. Find out more about DCC DIFFUSE Standards Frameworks.
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Incremental project
Incremental project
All UK HEIs must take steps to improve data curation activities. The Incremental project worked with researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Glasgow to build their knowledge of data mangement, identify their requirements for support and fill any gaps. For access to resources please visit the Cambridge and Glasgow websites.