News and articles:
- PREMIS Data Dictionary version 2.0 released (April 3, 2008)
- PREMIS tutorial in San Diego will be held Feb. 11, 2008
- Current news: PREMIS Editorial Committee is engaged in the revision of the PREMIS Data Dictionary and schemas
- Report on Implementing the PREMIS Data Dictionary: a survey of approaches published [PDF: 471KB /56p.]
- PREMIS has been endorsed as a METS extension schema
- "Implementing PREMIS in Container Formats"
Rebecca Guenther and Zhiwu Xie
presented at Archiving 2007 Conference sponsored by Society for Imaging Science and Technology, April 2007[PDF:66KB /4p.] - Report on Rights in the PREMIS Data Model published
- PREMIS wins the 2006 Society of American Archivists' Preservation Publication Award
- Announcement: PREMIS editorial committee formed
- Announcement: PREMIS working group wins 2005 Digital Preservation Award
PREMIS Implementors' Group Forum (pig@loc.gov):
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- PREMIS Data
Dictionary for Preservation Metadata version 2.0 [PDF:3.1MB / 217p.]
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 2.0 (PDF:1.1MB/184pp.)
The PREMIS Data Dictionary for core preservation metadata needed to support the long-term preservation of digital materials. - PREMIS Introduction and Supporting Documentation (PDF:451K/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
A hierarchical list by PREMIS semantic unit.
- PREMIS Data Dictionary, version 2.0 (PDF:1.1MB/184pp.)
- PREMIS schemas
- Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata: Final Report of the PREMIS Working Group (version 1.0) [PDF:3.2MB / 237p.]
- Changes to PREMIS data dictionary and schemas for version 2.0
- PREMIS Editorial Committee
- PREMIS Implementors' Group (PIG)
- PREMIS Resources: articles and presentations
- PREMIS Implementation Registry
- Using PREMIS with METS
- PREMIS Tools
- PREMIS Information Sheet [PDF:44K]
- PREMIS Working Group Home Page [OCLC]
- PREMIS Implementation Survey [PDF: 1.24MB / 66p.]
- 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.
As of May 2005 the PREMIS data dictionary and schemas will begin a period of trial use. It is expected that they will remain stable for at least a year, after which revisions may be made based on results of experimentation.
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