CEF eArchiving: Webinar Introduction to ESSArch, slides and Q&A published
On 26 March, the European Commission organised a live Webinar, followed by an interactive Q&A session, provided information on ESSArch - an open source-based solution for long-term preservation of digital information.
In the second of the CEF eArchiving Building Block’s training webinars, Andreas Segerberg and Björn Skog introduced ESSArch, an open source archival solution compliant to the OAIS ISO-standard and a part of the Sample Software Portfolio in the Building Block.
ESSArch consists of software components that provide functionality for Pre-Ingest, Ingest, Preservation, Access, Data Management, Administration and Archival Management. ESSArch has been developed together with the National Archives of Sweden and Norway. Every software component of ESSArch can be used individually and also be easily integrated together to provide overall functionality for producers, archivists and consumers.
The CEF eArchiving Building Block provides specifications, reference software, training and service desk support for digital archiving, including digital preservation. In order to help users benefit from the features of the Building Block, CEF is running a series of training Webinars that will cover its core functionality and other relevant CEF eArchiving content.
Upcoming webinars
This webinar looking at ESSArch was one in a in a series of webinars looking at the CEF eArchiving Building Block. You can already view the recording of our preservation of digital geospatial records webinar.
Below is the tentative calendar for the next instalments:
| Presenters | Title | Date |
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Katja Suomilammi | The digital preservation service process |
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| Hélder Silva | RODA – an end-to-end solution for digital preservation |
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| Luis Faria | DBPTK – an eArchiving solution for database archiving | TBC |
About the CEF building blocks
The CEF Building Blocks provide basic services which can be reused to enable more complex digital public services offered to citizens, businesses and public administration. They provide reusable tools and services helping to underpin the Digital Single Market, that aims to remove digital barriers.
The CEF Digital Portal is the home of the CEF building blocks (Big Data Test Infrastructure, Blockchain, Context Broker, eArchiving, eID, eDelivery, eInvoicing, eSignature, eTranslation and Once Only Principle). It is the one-stop-shop for information about the building blocks.