News and articles:
- PREMIS - Version 2.2 Now Available
- PREMIS - Schema 2.2
- PREMIS - Data Dictionary 2.2 - Rights changes - draft for review
- PREMIS at Graz, Austria: Digitale Bibliothek 2011
- DAITSS (Dark Archive in the Sunshine State) software is available
- PREMIS at iPRES 2011
- PREMIS Owl ontology available for public review
- PREMIS at Archiving 2011
- Understanding PREMIS now available in French translated by Louise Fauduet, Clément Oury, Sébastien Peyrard, Jean-Philippe Tramoni (PDF:226K/26pp.)
- PREMIS Data Dictionary now available in Spanish translated by Lorea Elduayen and Bárbara Muñoz de Solano (PDF:3.4MB/237pp.)
- "Conformant Implementation of the PREMIS Data Dictionary" prepared by the PREMIS Editorial Committee (October 2010) (PDF:1.71K/6pp.)
- "Implementing PREMIS: A Case Study of the Florida Digital Archive"
by Devan Ray Donaldson and Paul Conway, in Library Hi-Tech, 2010 (PDF:164K/17pp.) - PREMIS Data Dictionary and Schema Revision Process Sept 2010
- "A Checklist for Documenting PREMIS-METS Decisions in a METS Profile" by Sally Vermaaten, May 2010 (PDF:312K/14pp.)
- "Digital Preservation Metadata Standards" by Angela Dappert and Markus Enders, in Information Standards Quarterly, Spring 2010 (PDF:1881KK/10pp.)
- PREMIS in METS toolbox : open-source tools to support implementation of PREMIS in METS, November 2009
PREMIS Implementors' Group Forum (pig@loc.gov):
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- PREMIS 2.2
- PREMIS Data Dictionary Entity Hierarchical Listing, version 2.2
A hierarchical list by PREMIS semantic unit. (PDF:/pp.) - PREMIS Data Dictionary 2.2 Rights changes (PDF:/pp.)
- PREMIS Schema 2.2
- PREMIS Data Dictionary Entity Hierarchical Listing, version 2.2
- PREMIS 2.1
- PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata, version 2.1(PDF:1.23MB/233pp.)
This publication includes the PREMIS Introduction, the Data Dictionary, Special Topics, Methodology and Glossary. The data dictionary and report with supporting documentation are also available as separate documents: - PREMIS Data Dictionary, version 2.1 (PDF:776K/193pp.)
The PREMIS Data Dictionary for core preservation metadata needed to support the long-term preservation of digital materials. - PREMIS Introduction and Supporting Documentation, version 2.1 (PDF:285K/51pp.)
Provides information on the background, objectives, data model, implementation and other supporting documentation for the PREMIS Data Dictionary. - PREMIS Data Dictionary Entity Hierarchical Listing, version 2.1
A hierarchical list by PREMIS semantic unit. - PREMIS version 2.1 Sample Records
- PREMIS version 2.1 Changes
- PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata, version 2.1(PDF:1.23MB/233pp.)
- PREMIS 2.0
- PREMIS Data Dictionary, version 2.0 (PDF:1.1MB/184pp.)
- PREMIS Data Dictionary, version 2.0 (Japanese) translated by Masamitsu Kuriyama (Mr.) (PDF:1.4MB/220pp.)
- PREMIS Data Dictionary, version 2.0 (Spanish)
translated by Lorea Elduayen and Bárbara Muñoz de Solano (PDF:3.4MB/237pp.) - PREMIS Schema version 2.0
- PREMIS 1.0
- PREMIS and METS
- PREMIS Data Dictionary and Schema Revision Process
- PREMIS Editorial Committee
- PREMIS Implementors' Group (PIG)
- PREMIS Implementation Fairs
- PREMIS Implementation Registry
- PREMIS Information Sheet (PDF:44K/1p.)
- PREMIS Resources: Articles and Presentations
- PREMIS Schemas
- PREMIS Tools
- PREMIS Tutorials
- Understanding PREMIS by Priscilla Caplan for the Library of Congress: an overview of the PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata (PDF:543K/26pp.)
Also available in:
French: Comprendre PREMIS (PDF:226K/26pp.)
German: PREMIS verstehen (PDF:321K/28pp.)
Italian: Capire PREMIS (PDF:141K/25pp.)
Spanish: Entender PREMIS (PDF:363K/30pp.)
- Comments
The PREMIS maintenance activity is responsible for maintaining, supporting, and coordinating future revisions to the PREMIS data dictionary. The Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies Working Group, convened
by OCLC and RLG , initially developed the PREMIS data dictionary as a specification with the goal of creating an implementable set of "core" preservation metadata elements, with broad applicability within the digital preservation community. Supporting XML schemas allow for implementation of the core metadata element set and are maintained in the Network Development and MARC Standards Office of the Library of Congress.
The PREMIS 2.1 data dictionary and schema were issued in January 2011. The PREMIS 2.0 data dictionary and schema were issued in April 2008.
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