ISO Archiving Standards - Second US Workshop - Announcement

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THIS WORKSHOP:

You should participate in this workshop if you are willing to participate in this ongoing standards process by attending workshops and generating material to advance the Reference Model on archiving of information, with an emphasis on digital data.

Those who only want to critique the output of workshops or simply track the effort can do so by reviewing the material available on the WWW beginning at:

There are some related efforts that are generating interesting materials that we need to consider at this workshop:

• Preserving Digital Information - http://www-rlg.stanford.edu/

  You should find the following paragraph and access to the report:

  "Preserving Digital Information, the draft report of the Task Force on Digital Archiving, is now available on the RLG Web server. The Task Force was created by the Commission on Preservation and Access and the Research Libraries Group A to investigate the means of ensuring "continued access indefinitely into the future of records stored in digital electronic form." The Task Force considers this draft report a work in progress and now seeks comment from the community by October 31st. Comments can be sent by electronic mail to the Task Force co- chairs, John Garrett of CNRI (jgarrett@cnri.reston.va.us) or Donald Waters of Yale University (donald.waters@yale.edu). The report is also available in Adobe Acrobat, ASCII text, and Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0 formats."

• Metadata Requirements for Evidence

  by David Bearman, Archives & Museum Informatics and Ken Sochats, University of Pittsburgh, School of Library & Information Science

  We have been given permission to make this draft report available as it is not on the WEB. We will provide it to those who notify us that they will attend this workshop, and we will provide it to others who request it.

DRAFT AGENDA

Tuesday, December 19, 1995

9:00 am
     Welcome and meeting logistics
     
     Results of the ISO/CCSDS workshop and relations to US inputs

     Presentation on new draft Reference Model paper
      (paper available 15 December)

     Review and discussion of related external efforts
       - Preserving Digital Information
       - Metadata Requirements for Evidence

     Reference Model Discussion Topics, including
       - Table of contents
       - Expansion of major functional areas (e.g., ingest, metadata
         management) into sub-functional areas
       - Lists of services at the interfaces

6:00 pm  Adjourn

Wednesday, December 20, 1995

9:00 am
     Continue Reference Model discussion

     Work assignments

     Future Schedules
      e.g., 3rd US Workshop                March ?, 1996     Loc ?
            2nd CCSDS/ISO Workshop     29-30 April, 1996     Pasadena, CA
            4th US Workshop                July  ?, 1996     Loc ?
            5th US Workshop                Sept. ?, 1996     Loc ?
            3rd CCSDS/ISO Workshop         October, 1996     Munich, Germany

5:00 pm  Adjourn

PROCESS PARTICIPATION INFORMATION

This form is to register your interest in the US efforts towards ISO Archiving 
Standards. This registration is NOT to be confused with a registration for any 
particular workshop.  See the second form below.

Please provide the following information:

Name ___________________________________________

Affiliation _____________________________________________

Email ___________________________________________________

Postal Address _____________________________________________________

               _____________________________________________________

               _____________________________________________________

Phone ____________________________

FAX   ____________________________

How many individuals do you think your organization would sponsor to 
participate in archiving standards development:
   _________ at less than 5% - Track Progress Only
   _________ at about 5% - 10% - Review Draft Material
   _________ at more than 10% - Actively Develop Draft Material

At what level to you wish to participate in standard development: 
____________________                                              

Do you expect to attend US meetings?  _________________

Type of Participation/Interest Areas __________________________________
 ______________________________________________________________________
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SECOND US WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION NOTIFICATION

I will participate in the Second US workshop on 19-20 December, 1995 ______

I will NOT participate in the Second US workshop ______


This information should be sent via FAX or E-mail to: 
Don Sawyer
NASA/Science Office of Standards and Technology (NOST)
Internet: sawyer@ncf.gsfc.nasa.gov
Fax: 301-286-1771

LOGISTICS

Details will be provided to those who notify us of their intent to attend. For planning purposes, the workshop will take place at the MITRE facility in Greenbelt, MD. The closest airport is Baltimore Washington International.

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