The new Operational Preservation Systems Working Group will provide a regular forum for DPC Members to discuss issues relating to the everyday management, configuration and trouble shooting associated with digital preservation systems. It will provide an opportunity to share experiences, discuss good practice, and identify and address common problems. This Group is aimed at Members with established preservation systems - selecting or procuring a system is out of scope for this group.
For the purposes of this WG, a Preservation System is defined as the applications and tools used to preserve digital content that enact processes such as ingest, storage, preservation, and access. This might include (but is not limited to) those systems offered by DPC Supporters: Arkivum, Archivematica, Rosetta, Libnova and Preservica. Home grown, micro-service or open source systems will also be within scope.
The first meeting will look at shaping the Working Group in a form most useful for the attendees as well as commencing with the first OPS topics for discussion. Meetings will be scheduled with varying times to meet the needs of Members in different time zones around the world.
Welcome and introductions
Introduction to the Working Group
Discussion on scope, focus and practical matters (to be formalized in a TOR):
What is in scope and out of scope, starting with the proposed list below?
What shape should the meeting take? Open forum? Proposed topics in advance? Presenters? Mixed agenda?
How often should the group meet, and for how long?
Jam board topics for discussion in future meetings
First WG topic for discussion: configuration and management of storage used for preservation *and* other purposes.
Open forum for discussion
AOB
Next meeting
Integrity checking
System configuration
Virus checking
Storage configuration and management
Cloud
System specific issues
Workflow management
Patching
System migration
Procurement
Testing
Installation
System evaluation
Preservation Planning