SIARD Suite - Revision history

Sam.Alloing at 09:02, 20 March 2026

2026-03-20T09:02:41Z

Rcdeboer at 21:31, 25 May 2021

2021-05-25T21:31:47Z

Prwheatley at 11:20, 21 April 2021

2021-04-21T11:20:11Z

193.5.216.100: Updated URLs and licensing information

2019-02-05T12:20:11Z

Updated URLs and licensing information

Chlara: User Experiences: User = Daniel

2016-08-25T07:39:27Z

User Experiences: User = Daniel

Daniel: /* User Experiences */

2016-08-18T11:53:06Z

User Experiences

Chlara: Update: supported databases (DB/2) and Link

2015-06-29T09:29:35Z

Update: supported databases (DB/2) and Link

MediaWiki default at 12:26, 1 July 2014

2014-07-01T12:26:00Z

MediaWiki default at 12:25, 1 July 2014

2014-07-01T12:25:35Z

MediaWiki default: Updating to use format template.

2014-07-01T12:25:24Z

Updating to use format template.

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 |purpose=SIARD Suite is a freeware tool for the conversion of contents of relations databases into the SIARD format.
 |homepage=https://www.bar.admin.ch/bar/en/home/archiving/tools/siard-suite.html
 |license=Vendor-specific licence agreement. Redistribution prohibited
 |platforms=should run under Java 1.8 on any operating system
 |formats_out=SIARD
 |function=File Format Migration
 |content=Database
 }}
 == Description ==
 <!-- Describe the what the tool does, focusing on it's digital preservation value. Keep it factual. -->
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 <!-- Add the Ohloh.com ID for the tool, if known. -->

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 |license=Vendor-specific licence agreement. Redistribution prohibited
 |platforms=should run under Java 1.8 on any operating system
-|formats_out={{Format|SIARD}}
+|formats_out=SIARD
 |function=File Format Migration
 |content=Database

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-<!-- Use the structure provided in this template, do not change it! -->
+{{Infobox tool
 |purpose=SIARD Suite is a freeware tool for the conversion of contents of relations databases into the SIARD format.
-{{Infobox_tool
+|homepage=https://www.bar.admin.ch/bar/en/home/archiving/tools/siard-suite.html
 |license=Vendor-specific licence agreement. Redistribution prohibited
 |platforms=should run under Java 1.8 on any operating system
 |formats_out={{Format|SIARD}}
 }}
+{{Infobox tool details}}
 == Description ==
 <!-- Describe the what the tool does, focusing on it's digital preservation value. Keep it factual. -->
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 <!-- Add the Ohloh.com ID for the tool, if known. -->

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 |purpose=SIARD Suite is a freeware tool for the conversion of contents of relations databases into the SIARD format.
 |image=
-|homepage=http://www.bar.admin.ch/dienstleistungen/00823/index.html?lang=en
+|homepage=https://www.bar.admin.ch/bar/en/home/archiving/tools/siard-suite.html
 |license=Vendor-specific licence agreement. Redistribution prohibited
-|platforms=should run under Java 1.6 on any operating system
+|platforms=should run under Java 1.8 on any operating system
 |formats_out={{Format|SIARD}}
 }}
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 ==== How can I order SIARD Suite? ====
-You can order SIARD Suite using the form under http://www.bar.admin.ch/dienstleistungen/00823/00825/index.html?lang=en.
+You can get SIARD Suite from https://www.bar.admin.ch/bar/en/home/archiving/tools/siard-suite.html or https://github.com/sfa-siard/SiardGui/releases
 ==== Intellectual Property Rights ====
-The SIARD Suite is a development of the Swiss Federal Archives. All rights rest with the Swiss Federal Archives.
+SIARD Suite is a development of Enter AG for the Swiss Federal Archives. The copyright owners publish SIARD Suite as open-source software under the CDDL-1.0 license (in the SIARD distribution as doc/licenses/CDDL-1.0.txt).
-To ease the installation process, this component is delivered on the SIARD CD as JAR files.
+SIARD Suite relies on the components of other manufacturers. For detailed information on all components and their licenses see /doc/manual of the Siard Suite
+.

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 == User Experiences ==
 <!-- Add hotlinks to user experiences with the tool (eg. blog posts). These should illustrate the effectiveness (or otherwise) of the tool. -->
+.
 == Development Activity ==
 <!-- Provide *evidence* of development activity of the tool. For example, RSS feeds for code issues or commits. -->

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	<!-- Add hotlinks to user experiences with the tool (eg. blog posts). These should illustrate the effectiveness (or otherwise) of the tool. -->		<!-- Add hotlinks to user experiences with the tool (eg. blog posts). These should illustrate the effectiveness (or otherwise) of the tool. -->

−	.	+	.
		+	*This user experience is only about SiardEdit, the GUI version of SIARD Suite. The program works fast and because of the minimalistic user interface and the good documentation is the programm easy to use.
		+
		+	*If SIARD has some problems to create the .siard file from a database, then the program will stop and the user gets the message "not successful". A detailed describtion of the error and the reason of this problems is desirable. A useful error message is only avaiable when the error is detected by the database, then SIARD will print out the error message of the database.
		+
		+	*Searching in a .siard file is not possible in a appropriated way. For that the user have to convert the .siard file in a "normal" database and then the user work and search in the database in the typical way.
		+
		+	*Using admin accounts to download a database will cause errors. The best way is to create a achive account which has reading rights to the part of the database which should be archived.
		+
		+	*For converting a MS Access database in a .siard file, SIARD will not store any information about the primary keys. In SIARD only tables can be stored. Views and something like that can't be stored, thats way it is important to make sure the database can be used and read without any extras.
		+
	== Development Activity ==		== Development Activity ==
	<!-- Provide evidence of development activity of the tool. For example, RSS feeds for code issues or commits. -->		<!-- Provide evidence of development activity of the tool. For example, RSS feeds for code issues or commits. -->

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 |purpose=SIARD Suite is a freeware tool for the conversion of contents of relations databases into the SIARD format.
 |image=
-|homepage=http://www.bar.admin.ch/dienstleistungen/00823/00825/index.html?lang=en
+|homepage=http://www.bar.admin.ch/dienstleistungen/00823/index.html?lang=en
 |license=Vendor-specific licence agreement. Redistribution prohibited
 |platforms=should run under Java 1.6 on any operating system
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 ==== Which types of databases does SIARD Suite support? ====
--  Oracle
+* Oracle
+* Microsoft SQL Server
--  Microsoft SQL Server
+* MySQL
+* DB/2
--  MySQL
+* Microsoft Access
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 The SIARD Suite relies on the following component of other manufacturers:
--  JavaHelp 2.0.05 (from http://java.sun.com/products/javahelp, License: in the SIARD folder under doc/JavaHelp LICENSE.HTML)
+*  JavaHelp 2.0.05 (from http://java.sun.com/products/javahelp, License: in the SIARD folder under doc/JavaHelp LICENSE.HTML)
 To ease the installation process, this component is delivered on the SIARD CD as JAR files.

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 |license=Vendor-specific licence agreement. Redistribution prohibited
 |platforms=should run under Java 1.6 on any operating system
-|formats_out={{format:SIARD}}
+|formats_out={{Format:SIARD}}
 }}