Certification (Best Practices) Checklist
Does the archive have (and follow) processes to migrate data and meta-data across technologies?
- Do you have a test plan to validate your migration procedures that follows industry best practices?
- Are “stable” IT technologies used in archive generation, preservation and maintenance?
- Are documented formats used for data sets and meta-data?
- Is an information model used to characterize collections?
- Are access mechanisms provided that meet user “leading or cutting edge” expectations?
- Are you monitoring your user community access requirements?