Review of CEF eArchiving procedures is now open
The eArchiving Building Block has begun an open review of six of the procedures and guidelines that support the eArchiving specifications. The Building Block is now seeking members of the eArchiving community who are willing to provide reviews comments.
The specifications and documents will be released for review in four groups. The first group of documents to be reviewed consists mainly of guidelines which support the development of eArchiving specifications, the review closes on 15 November 2020. Further documentation will be made available for review in October 2020, February 2021 and May 2021.
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) eArchiving Building Block provides specifications, reference software, training and service desk support for digital archiving and preservation. The safe preservation of digital information is more important than ever and a prerequisite to digitally interconnecting Europe. As digital technology evolves, organisations need to migrate their data across different generations of software to preserve it over time, in data repositories and archives they can trust.
The E-ARK consortium is the group of organisations that support the CEF eArchiving Building Block through developing technical specifications and standards, running training and conducts outreach for the Building Block. Digital Information LifeCycle Interoperability Standards Board (DILCIS Board) was created to enhance and maintain the draft specifications developed in the E-ARK project. Since 2018 the DILCIS Board has been responsible for developing and maintaining the core specifications in the eArchiving Building Block.