NDSA:Community context

The community context project is compiling resources to document the development and current status of self-assessment, audit, and certification of digital repositories.

A starting point for this project is this basic timeline of community-based self-assessment and audit events and milestones:

1996 Preserving Digital Information report specifies the need for transparency and demonstrating conformance to good practice through audit and certification.

2002 Final version of OAIS Reference Model from CCSDS identifies certification as a standard that will be needed as one of the OAIS standards

2003 RLG/NARA Task Force convened with Robin Dale and Bruce Ambacher as co-chairs

2006 Test audits completed as part of a project in the US that was led by Robin Dale, hosted by CRL, and funded by Andrew W Mellon and by the DCC

2006 First version of DRAMBORA released for review and use (DCC and DPE)

2006 First version of nestor's Catalogue of Criteria for Trusted Digital Repositories released

2007 Public version of Trustworthy Repository Audit and Certification (TRAC): Checklist released by TRAC task force in January

2007 Ten Principles released in January resulting from a meeting Robin Dale convened of representatives from TRAC, nestor, and DRAMBBORA , 2007 (Platter – plans to address)

2007 Birds-of-a-feather group convened in January by David Giaretta to review TRAC and work toeards ISO standard for audit and certification

2008 First version of Data Seal of Approval released for public comment

2012 ISO 16363 based on TRAC requirements approved

2013 Revision of Data Seal of Approval released for review

2013 ISO standard pending for requirements for audit bodies