Monitoring
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Generic Services Projects
€0.84 million
4 projects / 11 countries
More info on the Generic Services:
Implementation / proofs of concept
22 implementations or proofs of concept use eArchiving. Implementation started in 2018.
National archives
10 countries' national archives reuse eArchiving. Reuse started in 2018.
Digital Service Infrastructures
Connectivity
eArchiving
The CEF eArchiving Building Block is based on the outcomes of the E-ARK project (2014-2017). The project involved a number of European national archives, e-government agencies, digital preservation software developers and research institutions, aimed to synthesise best-practices from across Europe and develop a core set of interoperability specifications for archival operations.
Additional information 
The aim of eArchiving is to provide the core specifications, software, training and knowledge to help data creators, software developers and digital archives tackle the challenge of short, medium and long-term data management and reuse in a sustainable, authentic, cost-efficient, manageable and interoperable way.
The core of eArchiving is formed by Information Package specifications which describe a common format for storing bulk data and metadata in a platform-independent, authentic and long-term understandable way. The specifications are ideal for migrating long-term valuable data between generations of information systems, transferring data to dedicated long-term repositories (i.e. digital archives), or preserving and reusing data over extended (and shorter) periods of time and generations of software systems. Next to the specifications eArchiving offers a set of sample software to demonstrate the format in different scenarios and business environments, and consultancy in regard to long-term digital preservation risks and their mitigation.
Generic Services Projects for eArchiving will be deployed in 2020. The objectives of this call are twofold. On one hand, the goal is to support the deployment of eArchiving to domains in need of digital archiving and preservation services and tools. The focus will be on domains other than national archives (such as digital libraries, justice, finance, environment, etc.). On the other hand, the goal is also to seek synergies with the other CEF building blocks and digital service infrastructures that can benefit from the take up of eArchiving tools and services.