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STANDARDS OF TRUST

STANDARDS OF TRUST / DIN 31644

OVERVIEWDATA SEAL OF APPROVALISO16363DIN 31644

DIN 31644 is the Information and Documentation - Criteria for Trustworthy Digital Archives.

The DIN working group on Trustworthy Digital Archives developed the DIN standard 31644 based on 10 core requirements developed by this international collaboration.

The scope was broadened from institutions such as archives, libraries and museums to all institutions who aim to preserve information in digital form.

The main part of the standard consists of 34 requirements structured in 3 parts: organisation, management of intellectual entities and their representations, and infrastructure and security. Appendices with examples of digital archives and best practices for each requirement as well as literature complete the standard.

The DIN standard was published in its final form in German in 2012 after a final test process undertaken as part of the APARSEN project and plans for a translation are ongoing.

 

DIN 31644 (in German)

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DATA LIFECYCLE  

CREATING DATA: designing, planning consent, collection and management, capturing and creating metadata
PROCESSING DATA:  entering, transcribing, checking & validating, anonymising and describing
ANALYSING DATA: interpreting, deriving, producing outputs & publishing, preparing for sharing
PRESERVING DATA: migrating, backing-up, storing, creating metadata and documentation, archiving
ACCESS TO DATA: distributing, sharing, controlling access, promoting
RE-USING DATA: for follow-ups, new research, research reviews, scrutinising, teaching & learning
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