Trustworthy

1
Trustworthy repository criteria, virtual
organizations, and infrastructure

• Chronopolis

2
Current Chronopolis state

• SRB/iRODS based, geographically dispersed
  preservation system
• Perform fixity checking on regular basis for all
  objects in the system
• Moving towards more open tools (e.g. BagIt) in
  defining process
• Currently have 25TB under management

3
Two big pushes

• Auditable processes full TRAC assessment
• Starting NOW
• Partnerships active collaborations
• MetaArchive (several areas)
• others coming

4
TRAC

• Being conducted by CRL
• Self assessment being done now
• Completed in early 2011
• An opportunity not just for assessment but for
  development
• Improves common language
• Helps with long-term planning

5
Collaborations

• MetaArchive
• Management discussions
• Technology sharing (iRODS and LOCKSS)
• Grants and projects
• Others coming

6
Collaborations (TRAC fueled)

• Help safety of bits, avoid technology blinders,
  development and planning, sustainability
• Complications safety of objects (?), data
  ownership, sustainability

7
What is Trust?

• Transparency organizationally, grants and
  planning, collaboration rather than collabetition
• Common language on objects and infrastructure

8
Policy and evaluation

• Policies what parts of the infrastructure affect
  how bits are treated what impact do the content
  contributors have?
• Assessment of collaboration should be driven by
  the practical, not only the theoretical.