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− | |purpose=libsafe allows the organizations to create a full OAIS compliant Archive, including active and passive digital preservation workflows and is particularly suited for master image files of digitizing processes. | + | |
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+ | |purpose=libsafe allows to the organizations to create a full OAIS compliant Archive, including active and passive digital preservation workflows and is particularly suited for master image files of digitizing processes. | ||
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|homepage=http://www.preservaciondigital.es | |homepage=http://www.preservaciondigital.es | ||
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+ | [[Category:Preservation System]] | ||
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+ | <!-- Add relevant categories to describe the content type that the tool addresses, such as: | ||
+ | Choose carefully, and view the list of existing categories first (see the Navigation sidebar on the left). If the tool works on any content type, do not add a category. --> | ||
+ | [[Category:Audio]] or [[Category:Document]] or [[Category:Image]] or [[Category:Video]] [[Category:Web Archive]] | ||
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
<!-- Describe the what the tool does, focusing on it's digital preservation value. Keep it factual. --> | <!-- Describe the what the tool does, focusing on it's digital preservation value. Keep it factual. --> | ||
− | + | libsafe allows to the organizations to create a full OAIS compliant Archive, including active and passive digital preservation workflows and is particularly suited for master image files of digitizing processes. It's used by large institutions like the National Library of Spain or the Royal Spanish Language Academy but also by smaller organizations like universities or hospitals. | |
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− | + | It allows to manage high volume data archives with ease, having deployments of 2Pb of capacity. | |
+ | More information and schenshoots are available on http://www.preservaciondigital.es (in spanish) and http://www.digitalpreservationsoftware.com (in english). | ||
Key features and benefits: | Key features and benefits: | ||
* Easy to use web interface | * Easy to use web interface | ||
* Integrated catalog | * Integrated catalog | ||
− | * | + | * Passive preservation (content disseminating, periodic storage hash auditing, etc) |
+ | * Active preservation that allows evolving file formats but also metadata schemas | ||
+ | * Day one full export | ||
* Object versioning | * Object versioning | ||
− | * | + | * Powerfull metadata engine (versioning of the metadata, unique metadata and obligatory metadata) over any schema. Loaded with DC, MAC21, EAD and ISAD.G. Allows creating new schemas and migrating one to another. Allows sync to other tools. libsafe allows any metadata schema to be defined and used. |
* REST API for ingestion, catalog search and object retrieve. | * REST API for ingestion, catalog search and object retrieve. | ||
− | * Works with any | + | * Full WORM, the software never deletes anything. The user can never delete once ingested. |
− | * | + | * Works with any storage mountable with CIFS. |
− | + | * plug-in architecture: It's possible to expand various functions easily with plug-ins. | |
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* Exploring: How metadata should be extracted. | * Exploring: How metadata should be extracted. | ||
* Dissemination: how many copies and in wich "storage pools" should the information be stored. libsafe does not destroy the folder/file structure or filenames. | * Dissemination: how many copies and in wich "storage pools" should the information be stored. libsafe does not destroy the folder/file structure or filenames. | ||
− | * Auditing policy: | + | * Auditing policy: Between how many days the object should be audited by the system in background. |
The whole system is "job" based. Every process is a job (ingestion job, auditing job, migration job, etc). | The whole system is "job" based. Every process is a job (ingestion job, auditing job, migration job, etc). | ||
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==== Active preservation ==== | ==== Active preservation ==== | ||
Including options to evolve not only file formats but also metadata schemas. | Including options to evolve not only file formats but also metadata schemas. | ||
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== User Experiences == | == User Experiences == | ||
<!-- Add hotlinks to user experiences with the tool (eg. blog posts). These should illustrate the effectiveness (or otherwise) of the tool. Use a bullet list. --> | <!-- Add hotlinks to user experiences with the tool (eg. blog posts). These should illustrate the effectiveness (or otherwise) of the tool. Use a bullet list. --> | ||
− | + | Please go to http://www.preservaciondigital.es (in spanish) and http://www.digitalpreservationsoftware.com (in english) for customer stories. | |
== 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. --> | ||
<!-- Add the OpenHub.com ID for the tool, if known. --> | <!-- Add the OpenHub.com ID for the tool, if known. --> | ||
− | + | Please go to http://www.preservaciondigital.es/acerca-de-libnova/blog-de-preservacion-digital/ (spanish) or | |
+ | http://www.digitalpreservationsoftware.com/about-libnova/digital-preservation-blog/ (english) |