SUNScholar/Checklist

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Introduction

This wiki page attempts to provide a simple quick check list, to use when considering the possible deployment of a repository system.

This quick check list is open systems based and does not only introduce the repository software but also the system, including preparedness for disaster recovery and long term repository preservation.

The ultimate goal is to provide a high performance trusted system, that is sustainable in the long term, using open published standards and software.

Archival Standards

• NISO - Framework for Good Digital Collections
• CCSDS - Open Archival Information System (OAIS)
• CCSDS - Audit and Certification of Trusted Digital Repositories
• OCLC - RLG - Trusted Digital Repositories

Policies and Plans

• Open Access Policy (OAP)
• Repository Preservation Plan (RPP)
• Research Data Management Plan (RDMP)
• What is grey literature?

Management

• System Personnel
• Content Personnel

Researcher

• Identification
• Visibility
• Authorisation

Network

• Secure Connections
• Internet Firewall

Hardware

• Bare Metal Server
• Virtualised Server
• Cloud Server

Digital Objects

• Digital Object - Identifier
• Digital Object - Preservation
• Digital Object - Open Formats
• Digital Object - Closed Formats

Software

• List of repository software
• Open Source Server Operating System
• Open Source Web Application Repository Software

System

• System Administration
• System Backups

References

• http://bit.ly/goodir
• http://bit.ly/garpir