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Using XFDU for CASPAR information packaging

Matthew Dunckley (Science & Technology Facilities Council, Oxford, UK)
Shahar Ronen (IBM Research Laboratory, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel)
Ealan A. Henis (IBM Research Laboratory, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel)
Simona Rabinovici‐Cohen (IBM Research Laboratory, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel)
Petra Reshef (IBM Research Laboratory, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel)
Esther Conway (Science & Technology Facilities Council, Oxford, UK)
David Giaretta (Science & Technology Facilities Council, Oxford, UK)

OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives

ISSN: 1065-075X

Article publication date: 1 June 2010

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Abstract

Purpose

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The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of XML formatted data unit (XFDU) technology to implement OAIS‐based information packaging in the CASPAR project.

Design/methodology/approach

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The paper outlines new tools and techniques in working with XFDU for the purpose of preserving complex digital information.

Findings

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The preservation of digital assets was facilitated by using the features of XFDU in the CASPAR project.

Practical implications

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The paper is of interest to those responsible for the archival or long term preservation of digital assets.

Originality/value

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The paper demonstrates new tools and techniques, which together provide an integrated system suitable for solving complex issues of preserving digital assets using information packaging.

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Citation

Dunckley, M., Ronen, S., Henis, E.A., Rabinovici‐Cohen, S., Reshef, P., Conway, E. and Giaretta, D. (2010), "Using XFDU for CASPAR information packaging", OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives, Vol. 26 No. 2, pp. 80-93. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650751011048452

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2010, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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