PREMIS (PREservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies) Working Group

News – PREMIS wins 2005 Digital Preservation Award

The PREMIS Working Group has concluded its activities and its final products are available for download below. A maintenance activity for the PREMIS data dictionary and XML schema has been organized. Updates on continuing activities will appear in OCLC Research Announcements.

PREMIS Working Group documents

• Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata: Final Report of the PREMIS Working Group (May 2005) (PDF:3.2MB/237pp.)
  
  This publication includes the PREMIS Working Group Final Report, the Data Dictionary, and Examples. These sections are also available as separate documents:

PREMIS Data Dictionary, version 1.0 (PDF:2.1MB/101pp.)
A data dictionary for core preservation metadata needed to support the long-term preservation of digital materials.

PREMIS Working Group Final Report (PDF:606K/53pp.)
Provides information on the objectives of the PREMIS working group, discussions of particular semantic units and special topics, and a glossary.

Use of the Data Dictionary: PREMIS Examples (PDF:4.5MB/97pp.)
Illustrates use of the PREMIS data dictionary for a number of digital materials and preservation contexts.

• XML Schemas for the PREMIS Data Dictionary
  A set of XML schema containing all the semantic units defined in the PREMIS Data Dictionary.
  
• Implementing Preservation Repositories for Digital Materials: Current Practice and Emerging Trends in the Cultural Heritage Community (September 2004) (PDF:668K/66pp.)
  Reports the findings of a survey focusing on key aspects of planned and existing digital preservation repositories, including mission, funding, preservation strategy, access policies, and current practice for managing preservation metadata in digital archiving systems.

The PREMIS data dictionary and XML schema are maintained by the PREMIS maintenance activity, hosted by the Library of Congress. It may be accessed at: http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/

Please see the maintenance activity web site for information about future PREMIS-related activities, including maintenance of the Data Dictionary and XML schema.

Contact

Send questions and comments to: premis@loc.gov